Collecting Objects
Use
To specify which objects you want to install from BI Content or transport using the BI transport connection, you collect the relevant objects in the BI Content or Transport Connection (transaction RSOR) functional areas of the Data Warehousing Workbench
Since BI Content is highly integrated, you should familiarize yourself with the procedures for collecting BI Content.
Avoid collecting BI Content objects from application areas that you do not want to use. If you collect BI Content objects that you do not need, you waste time and memory space, increasing the number of active, but unused, objects in your BI system.
Prerequisites
● You are familiar with the dependencies between BI object types. This knowledge is essential to be able to create consistent requests.
More information: Object Dependencies and Consistency
● To copy BI Content to the active version: You have replicated the source systems for which you want to install source-system-dependent BI Content. The delivery versions (pseudo D versions) are not available to the source-system-dependent objects until after this replication.
More information:
Special Features of Source-System-Dependent Objects
Procedure
1. Specify the target source systems
If you also want to
collect source-system-dependent objects, choose 
Source System Assignment to specify the source systems for which you want to
collect objects. Only those objects that are assigned to the selected source
systems are collected. If you want to collect source-system-dependent objects
but have not selected a source system, the dialog box for assigning source
systems is displayed automatically.
We recommend that you only select those source systems that you require; otherwise, you can expect unnecessarily long waiting times when objects are collected.
This setting is particularly relevant when you activate BI Content because you use it to specify for which source systems you want to activate BI Content.
When you transport objects, you specify the target source systems in the target system of the transport. In this case, the setting is required to specify for which source systems the objects are to be exported.
More information: Defining the Target Source System
2. Group the objects to be collected
In the 
Grouping selection list in the right screen area, specify
which objects are to be collected. The groupings combine the objects of a
scenario. In the default setting, only objects that are essential to activate
an object are collected. If you also want to collect objects that are required
to activate all other objects you are collecting, select the relevant option:
● Only Necessary Objects (default setting)
● In Data Flow Before
● In Data Flow Afterwards
● Data Flow Before and Afterwards
If you change the default setting, the new setting becomes the default setting for your user.
The grouping option selected has a significant impact on system performance while the objects are collected.
We recommend the following alternative for installing BI Content:
○ Collect objects for roles In Data Flow Before and install the collected objects.
○ Collect objects for InfoCubes and InfoProviders In Data Flow Before and install the collected objects. Finally, collect objects In Data Flow Afterwards and reinstall.
More information:
Object Dependencies and Consistency
3. Specify the collection mode for objects
In the Collection Mode selection list in the right screen area, specify how you want to collect the objects.
● Collect Automatically (default setting): The data is collected as soon as the objects are selected.
●
Start Manual
Collection: The data is not
collected until you choose 
Collect Dependent Objects.
Set the collection mode to Start Manual Collection. This allows you to select all the objects without having to wait.
4. Specify the view on the objects
In the left navigation window, specify which criteria you want to use to display the objects that you are collecting to install as BI Content or to transport.
If you selected a particular view in the left navigation window, the available objects are selected and arranged in the tree structure in the center screen area as follows:
View of Objects in Left Navigation Window |
Display of Objects in Tree Structure in Center Screen Area |
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List of InfoCubes and DataStore objects, sorted by InfoArea |
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List of InfoObjects, sorted by InfoObject catalog and by InfoArea |
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List of InfoSources for master data and transaction data |
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List of standard roles and industry roles |
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List of the most important objects according to types |
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List of the BI patches installed, including a list of the new and modified objects delivered with each patch. |
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The Select Request/Task dialog box appears. Choose the request that you want to use. |
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List of packages containing SAP objects |
5. Specify display mode for the collected objects
In the Display selection list in the right screen area, specify whether the collected objects are to be displayed as a hierarchy or a list.
We recommend that you display the objects as a list if you want to keep a clear overview of the collected objects. If you want to identify why a specific object was collected or want to work through related objects scenario by scenario, choose the tree display.
6. Transfer the objects to Collected Objects
In the center screen area, select the objects that you want to collect, and drag and drop them to the right screen area Collected Objects.
The
Find Object function allows you to use strings of characters (for
example, 0CUST) or wildcard searches (for example, 0CUST_*B) to search for
objects.
In the object
types view, you can use the input help: By double-clicking the 
Select Objects icon in the tree structure of the corresponding
object type, you can display the Input Help for Metadata screen. Select the required objects. Choose
Transfer Selections.
If you implement SAP Basis Plug-In releases lower than 2005.1 in the source system, you have to copy the BI Content DataSources of this source system to the active version and replicate them to the BI system before you can use them to transfer data.
More information:
Copying the BI Content DataSource to the Active Version
In the Collected Objects area of the screen, the system displays the selected objects and all their dependent objects. Collected objects are stored by default in the repository cache. This reduces the time it takes to access these objects when you want to use them again.
When you transfer objects to the Collected Objects screen area, these objects are also added to the tree structure of the corresponding object type in the center screen area and are stored for your user. This personal object list is available for each user every time the program is started.
If you want to remove objects from your personal list, select the objects that you want to remove and choose Remove Object from Display in the context menu or choose the corresponding icon.
Objects that are used by other objects are only displayed as changeable in the tree display for collected objects the first time they are listed. Any further instances of these objects are grayed out so you cannot modify them. If you need to edit the object, switch to the list display for collected objects.
7. Check the setting in the Collected Objects screen area
Check the settings for the BI Content installation or transport.
More information: Checking Settings
Result
You can now install the BI Content or start the transport.
More Information
Troubleshooting (Content Activation)