Transformation 

The following table gives an overview of the transformation properties that are relevant for transport, BI Content delivery, and BI Content activation.

Classification
Degree of dependency	Indirectly dependent
Type of dependency	Dependency in object key
Key technology	Hash
Active Object
Transport object	TRFN
Object key	Tran ID (hash key is created from the source and target names)
Source system reference in data part	Field SOURCENAME in primary table: Reference to DataSource key
Reference to shadow object	Data field SHADOW_TRANID in the primary table
Primary table	RSTRAN
Import version	T
Object versions in primary table	A | M | T | Pseudo D | Shadow
Shadow Object
Transport object for delivery	DTRF
Object key	Tran ID (hash key is created from the source and target names)
BI Content version reference in data part	Field SOURCENAME in primary table: Reference to the shadow DataSource key
Identification for shadow version	Indicator IS_SHADOW in primary table is set
Primary table	RSTRAN
Pseudo D version	SAP systems: Is created by replicating the corresponding DataSource or by replicating the source system Non-SAP systems: Is created by activating the source system
Maintenance	Creating Transformations

Special Features

The Tran IDs used in the object key are generated for different object versions in the same manner. They differ in that the RSDS name of the DataSource is used for the active object, and the SHDS name is used in the shadow version.

Transformations can reference routines or formulas. If there is more than one target source system, the routines and formulas for each target source system are also copied during a transport or during BI Content activation. The copies are entered in the modified and active versions of the relevant (target source system-specific) transformation. When a transformation is deleted in which the referenced routines and formulas are also deleted, this prevents the other transformations that were created from the same shadow version or transport version from becoming inconsistent.

More Information

Object Dependencies and Consistency

Classification of Source System-Dependent Objects

Enhancements to the BI Versioning Concept

DataSource