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Procedure documentation Creating MultiProviders Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Prerequisites

Make sure that an active version is available for all the InfoObjects that you want to transfer to the MultiProvider. Create any InfoObjects that you require that do not already exist, and activate them.

Instead of creating a new MultiProvider, you can install an InfoCube from SAP’s Structure linkBusiness Content.

Procedure

       1.      Create an InfoArea to which you want to assign the new MultiProvider.

Choose Modeling ®  InfoProvider.

       2.      In the context menu of the InfoArea, choose Create MultiProvider.

       3.      Enter a technical name and a description.

       4.      Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Create.

       5.      Select the InfoProvider that you want to form the MultiProvider. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Continue. The MultiProvider screen appears.

       6.      Use Drag&Drop to transfer the required InfoObjects into your MultiProvider. You can also transfer entire dimensions.

       7.      You use Identify Characteristics and Select Key Figures to make InfoObject assignments between MultiProviders and InfoProviders.

Note

In a MultiProvider, every InfoObject in each of the MultiProviders involved has to correspond to exactly one InfoObject (where these are available). In ambiguous cases, you have to specify the InfoObject to which you want to assign the InfoObject of the MultiProvider.

       8.      You can form pairs of InfoProviders for delta caching. Choose Extras  ® Delta Pairs. Prerequisite to forming a delta pair is that both the InfoProviders affected support delta caching. This means that one of the affected InfoProviders contains the cached data of a logical dataset, while the other InfoProvider contains the (new) delta of the dataset. The new delta has not yet been posted to other providers.

       9.      Save or Activate the MultiProvider. Only active MultiProviders are available for reporting.

See also:

The description of additional functions for DataStore object maintenance also applies to the additional functions for MultiProvider maintenance. The only exception is the last function listed for performance settings.

 

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