A document class is made up of the documents for one of the following categories of BI objects: Metadata, master data, InfoProvider data. Documents in a document class are characterized by particular logical document properties.
The following overview shows you the BI objects that you can choose from and the corresponding document classes. For each document class, examples are provided of where the different documents are typically used.
BI Object |
Document Class |
Metadata · Aggregate · Transformation rule · InfoCube · InfoObject · InfoPackage · InfoSet · InfoSource · DataStore Object · Query (including variables, structures, restricted and calculated key figures) · Reporting Agent scheduling package · Reporting Agent settings · Web item · Web template |
META Example of documents for metadata: · Documentation · Explanations (“characteristic ABC means ...”) · History/changes
The user can select a document that they want to display in the online documentation. See Documents as Online Documentation.
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Master data · Characteristic value
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MAST Example of documents for master data: · Screens for personnel numbers · Descriptions and technical specifications of materials · Original documents for order forms · Version documentation (target/actual budget) |
InfoProvider data · Combination of characteristic values
It is not possible to assign documents to navigation attributes. Neither is this possible if the attribute is a document-relevant characteristic. If this is the case, you have to model all the characteristics that you want to use for assigning documents as direct characteristics in the InfoProviders and not as navigation attributes. |
TRAN Example of documents for InfoProvider data: Comments on various characteristic values (“Sales for material 4711 in Germany were poor in May, because ...”, “In May the following key figures were interesting: Delivery quantity – Explanation ..., Outstanding payments - ...”) See also: Documents for planning objects in BW-BPS |
The following overview shows you the document classes that you can choose from and the corresponding document properties.
Document Class |
Document properties |
META
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You can set one value for each of the following document properties: · Object Type · Object Name |
MAST
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You can set one value for each of the following document properties: · Characteristic · Characteristic Value |
TRAN
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· InfoProvider · Query You can set more than one value for the following document property: · Key Figure The characteristics that have been maintained as properties of documents are also displayed (sorted alphabetically). You can set more than one value for each document property for these characteristics.
You have to activate any characteristics that you want the system to display in the maintenance screens for InfoProvider data documents. You do this in the maintenance screens for characteristics on the Tab Page: General (Characteristic is Document Property). |
Document properties are provided by default:
· As search criteria in the Documents functional area of the Data Warehousing Workbench.
See Processing Documents in the DW Workbench Documents View.
· As logical document properties when you create a document. You can use document properties to assign documents to a BI object. See Creating Documents