Loading Hierarchies
Use
You can load hierarchies from different source systems:
● From an SAP system
Since the metadata is already delivered, you can load the standard hierarchies directly from an SAP system.
● From an external system (BAPI, file)
If you want to load hierarchies from an external system, you have to first maintain the metadata for this hierarchy.
Furthermore,
you can load hierarchies using the data mart interface from another BI
system. For more information, see
Hierarchies and
Using the Data
Mart Interface.
Prerequisites
● In the InfoObject maintenance, the With Hierarchies indicator is set for the hierarchy basic characteristic. This means that the characteristic can have hierarchies.
●
If you load a
hierarchy, you must have selected the permitted characteristics in the
InfoObject maintenance. For more
information, see
Tab Page:
Hierarchy in the InfoObject maintenance.
● You have assigned an InfoArea to the characteristic in the InfoObject maintenance. The hierarchy becomes an InfoProvider.
Procedure
1. Create a transformation.
...
1. Create a transformation for your hierarchy.
More
information:
Create Transformation
for a Hierarchy
2. Create an InfoPackage.
...
1. Create an InfoPackage using the context menu of your DataSource.
More
information:
Maintaining
InfoPackages
2. Enter the description for the InfoPackage. Select the DataSource (data element Hierarchies) that you require and confirm your entries.
3. On the Hierarchy Selection tab page, select the hierarchy that you want to load into your BI system.
If you want to load a hierarchy from an external system with BAPI functionality, make the appropriate BAPI-specific restrictions, if necessary.
4.
If you want to load
a hierarchy from a flat file, maintain the
tab page: external
data.
5.
Maintain the
tab page:
processing .
6.
Maintain the
tab page:
updating.
3. Create a data transfer process.
...
...
1. In the context menu of your hierarchy, choose Create Data Transfer Process.
More
information:
Creating Data Transfer
Processes
2. On the Updates tab page, set the Activate Hierarchyindicator.
4. Define a process chain.
...
1. Define a process chain and schedule it.
More information: Loading Hierarchies Using a Process Chain
Result
The hierarchy structure and the node texts or intervals are loaded. The structure information and the hierarchy texts are stored in the BI system. You can edit the hierarchy.
The hierarchy must be activated before it can be used for analysis and reporting purposes.