Creating File Systems 

Prerequisites

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       1.      You have made the following settings in the BW Customizing Implementation Guide under Business Information Warehouse → Connections to other Systems.

¡        General connection settings

¡        Connection between flat files and BI

¡        Verify workflow Customizing

       2.      As a rule, system changes are not permitted in productive systems. Connecting a system as a source system to BI, or connecting BI to a new source system will, however, mean changes as far as the system change option is concerned. For the clients concerned in the BI system therefore, you have made sure that the following changes are permitted during the source system connection.

·         Cross-client Customizing and repository changes

In the BW Customizing Implementation Guide, select the relevant client under Business Information Warehouse → Connections to Other Systems → General Connection Settings → Assign Logical System to Client, then choose Goto → Detail. In the Cross-Client Object Changes field, choose the Changes to Repository and Cross-Client Customizing Allowed option.

·         Changes to the local developments and Business Information Warehouse software components

You use transaction SE03 (Organizer Tools) to set the change options. Choose Organizer Tools →Administration → Set Up System Change Option, then Execute. Make the following settings on the next screen.

·         Changes to the customer name range.

Again, you use transaction SE03 to set the change option for the customer name range.

·         Changes to BI namespaces /BIC/ and /BI0/

Again, you can set up the changeability of the BI namespace with transaction SE03.

Procedure

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       1.      In the source system tree in the Data Warehousing Workbench, choose Create in the context menu of the File  folder.

       2.      Enter the technical name of your file system under Source system and enter a description.

Result

In BI, the ALE settings that are necessary for communication between a BI system and a file system are created in the background. The BI settings for the new connection are created in BI.

See also:

Maintaining InfoSources (Flat Files)