Generating Master Data Export DataSources 

Use

The export DataSource is needed to transfer data from a source BI system into a target BI system.

You can generate an export DataSource for master data, and thus for individual InfoObjects. By doing this, all the metadata is created that is required to extract master data (all attributes, texts, and hierarchies) from an InfoObject.

Prerequisites

The source BI system must have been created and actively saved in the target BI system as a BI source system.

More information: Creating SAP Source Systems

Procedure

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       1.      Select the InfoObject tree in the Data Warehousing Workbench in the source BI system.

       2.      Generate the export DataSource from the context menu of your InfoObject. To do this, choose Additional Functions → Generate Export DataSource.

The technical name of the export DataSource is

8******M for attributes (M stands for master data)

8******T for texts

8******H for hierarchies.

(The asterisks (*) stand for the source InfoObject).

When you create an InfoObject or a master data InfoSource in the source BI system, you must therefore make sure that the length of the technical name of each object is no longer than 28 characters.