InfoObjects as InfoProvider 

Definition

You can indicate an InfoObject of type characteristic as an InfoProvider if it has attributes and/or texts. The data is then loaded into the master data tables using the update rules.

You can turn only designate one characteristic as an InfoProvider if it contains texts or attributes. It is not possible to use transformation rules to load hierarchies.

Use

You can define transformation rules for the characteristic and use them to load attributes and texts.

You can also define queries for the characteristic (more exactly: for the master data of a characteristic) and then report using the master data.

In InfoObject maintenance, you can also select two-level navigation attributes (that is the navigation attributes for the navigation attributes of the characteristic) for this characteristic in the Attribute tab page. These are then available like normal characteristics in the query definition.

Integration

If you want to turn a characteristic into an InfoProvider, you have to assign an InfoArea to the characteristic. The characteristic is subsequently displayed in the InfoProvider tree in the Data Warehousing Workbench.