Creating InfoSet Queries 

Use

The InfoSet Query is designed for reporting on data stored in flat tables. It is particularly useful for reporting on joins for master data and joins for DataStore objects.

Prerequisites

You must take the following steps before you can create Infoset queries:

●      Setting Up Roles for InfoSet Queries

●      Processing Classic InfoSets and Assigning Roles

Procedure

Define the InfoSet Query

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       1.      Call the Query Builder. There are various ways of doing this:

·         To call the Query Builder from the corresponding role menu or from the BEx Browser, double-click on InfoSet Query in the menu that is created when you set up a role.

·         Developers and testers of Classic InfoSets are able to call up the Query Builder directly from the Classic InfoSet overview in the Data Warehousing Workbench.

If several Classic InfoSets are assigned to a role, and one of them has been identified as a standard Classic InfoSet, this Classic InfoSet is used as a template when the query is called up. To change the template, choose Create New Query – Classic InfoSet Selection. Any of the Classic InfoSets that are assigned to the role can be the new template.

       2.      Define your query. The procedure is similar to the procedure for defining queries in the BEx Analyzer.

Transfer individual fields from the field groups you have selected in the Classic InfoSet into the preview. To do this, use the drag and drop function, or highlight the relevant fields in the field list.

Use either of these two methods to select any fields you want to use as filters. These fields are displayed in the Selections area of the screen (top right).

When you are preparing the query, only example data is displayed in the Preview. When you choose the Output or Refresh function, the actual results are displayed on the same screen.

       3.      Execute the query.

       4.      Choose from the following options:

Ad hoc reporting

You do not want to save the query for later. Save the Query Builder without saving.

Reusable queries

You want to save the query, because you want to work on it later, or use it as a template. Use either the Save or the Save as function to save the query.

In addition to the Classic InfoSets that you assigned to the role, you are also able to use the query as a template. It is not possible, however, to access the query from other roles.

After you save the query, a second dialog box appears, asking you if you want to save the query as a separate menu entry within the role. If you choose this option, you are able to start the query directly from the user menu or from the BEx Browser. It is also possible to use the Role Maintenance transaction (PFCG) to save this kind of role entry.

Choose Menu → Refresh to display the query.

If you want to change or delete the saved query, use the Edit function from the context menu in the BEx Browser to call the maintenance tool for InfoSet Queries with this query as a template.

InfoSet Query on the Web

It is possible to publish each InfoSet Query on the Web. There are the following display options:

●      MiniALV for creating MiniApps in the SAP Workplace

●      MidiALV without selection options

●      MidiALV with selection options

Both the MiniALV and the MidiALV allow you to switch between various selection/layout variants. The publishing screen for the data is adjusted individually using URL parameters.

The following prerequisites are necessary for security reasons:

●      Releasing the query for the Web

●      Specifying an authorization group for the corresponding Classic InfoSet

Call up transaction RSQ02 InfoSet: Entry, and choose Go to → More Functions → Web Administration of Queries. Make the corresponding entries.