Remodeling InfoProviders 

Use

You want to modify an InfoCube into which data has already been loaded. You use remodeling to change the structure of the object without losing data.

If you want to change an InfoCube into which no data has yet been loaded, you can change it in InfoCube maintenance.

You may want to change an InfoProvider that has already been filled with data for the following reasons:

●      You want to replace an InfoObject in an InfoProvider with another, similar InfoObject. You have created an InfoObject yourself but want to replace it with a BI Content InfoObject.

●      The structure of your company has changed. The changes to your organization make different compounding of InfoObjects necessary.

Prerequisites

Before you start remodeling, make sure:

●      You have stopped any process chains that run periodically and affect the corresponding InfoProvider. Do not restart these process chains until remodeling is finished.

●      There is enough tablespace available in the database.

●      After remodeling, you have to check which BI objects that are connected to the InfoProvider (for example, transformation rules, MultiProviders) have been deactivated. You have to reactivate these objects manually. The remodeling makes existing queries that are based on the InfoProvider invalid. You have to manually adjust these queries according to the remodeled InfoProvider. If, for example, you have deleted an InfoObject, you also have to delete it from the query.

Features

A remodeling rule is a collection of changes to your InfoCube that are executed simultaneously.

For InfoCubes, you have the following remodeling options:

For characteristics:

●      Insert or replace characteristics with:

○       Constants

○       An attribute of an InfoObject within the same dimension

○       A value of another InfoObject within the same dimension

○       A customer exit (for user-specific code)

●      Delete

For key figures:

●      Insert:

○       Constants

○       A customer exit (for user-specific code)

●      Replace key figures with:

○       A customer exit (for user-specific code)

●      Delete

You cannot replace or delete units. This avoids having key figures in the InfoCube without the corresponding unit.

SAP NetWeaver 7.0 does not yet support the remodeling of InfoObjects or DataStore objects. This is planned for future releases.

Transport Connection

The remodeling is connected to the BI transport system. More information: Transporting BI Objects.