Creating Update Rules for InfoProviders 

Prerequisites

To maintain update rules, choose Modeling →  InfoProvider →  Context Menu for Your InfoProvider → Additional Functions →  Create Update Rules in the Data Warehousing Workbench.

Procedure

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       1.      Select a data source. Choose between InfoSources, DataStore objects and InfoCubes. You can select a template for the update rule.

       2.      Choose Next Screen .

A proposal for the update rule is generated from the InfoProvider. To display the technical name used to describe the fields, choose Technical Name .

       3.      Select a field by double-clicking on it, or choose Type.

       4.      Define the update type for the displayed key figure or data field.

       5.      Select an update method.

       6.      Also select an update method for the characteristics and the time reference or for the key fields.

Note: For non-cumulative InfoCubes, only the time reference characteristic and fiscal year variant can be maintained. All other time characteristics are automatically derived from the time-reference characteristic. Therefore, the time-reference characteristic must not be left blank.

       7.      Select the next key figure by double clicking on it, or by selecting Type, and repeat steps 4 to 6.

       8.      Choose Save if you want to save the rules without the system performing an update.

Choose Activate  if you want the system to perform an update. An InfoProvider has to have an active update rule before it can contain data.