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Function documentation Comparing and Adjusting InfoSets  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

If changes have been made to InfoProviders that are used in InfoSets, you must compare the InfoSets and adjust them if necessary. When you call the InfoSet Builder, the system checks whether the InfoProviders that are used have been changed. In this case you can compare and adjust the InfoSets. If you do not adjust the InfoSet, the data might not be consistent.

Features

The compare and adjust function for InfoSets checks the following:                                                    

In the case of DataStore objects and master data-bearing characteristics, it checks if:      

●      Attributes/data fields have been added or removed.                                                        

In the case of DataStore objects, it checks if:

●      Changes have been made to the key (key fields have been added or removed).

In the case of master data-bearing characteristics, it checks if:

●      Changes have been made to the compounding (attributes have been added or removed).

●      Changes have been made to the time-dependency of attributes:

○       If a new time-dependent attribute or an existing time-independent attribute that has been converted into a time-dependent attribute is added to a characteristic that until now has contained only time-independent attributes, meaning that until now it has been a time-independent characteristic. In the InfoSet it must be made clear that this characteristic is now time-dependent.

○       If the time-dependent attributes belonging to a characteristic are all converted into time-independent attributes, or all the time-dependent attributes are removed from the InfoProvider. In the InfoSet it must be made clear that this characteristic is now time-independent.

In the case of InfoCubes, it checks if:

●      New dimensions have been added to the InfoCube

●      InfoCube dimensions have been deleted

Explanation of the Log

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Green means that you do not need to compare and adjust the objects.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Yellow means that the objects do need to be compared and adjusted and that this process can be carried out automatically. In this case choose Adjust.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Red means that the objects need to be compared and adjusted but that this process cannot be carried out automatically. You have to change and reactivate the InfoSet manually in the InfoSet Builder.

Dependencies

In the following situations, when the traffic light shows red, you need to make changes to the InfoSet definition manually:

●      If attributes that have been removed from their corresponding InfoProvider are still joined by a join condition to other objects or attributes, the system is not able to compare and adjust the objects automatically until you have removed this link in the InfoSet Builder.

●      If a temporal operand has been set for attributes that have been removed from their corresponding InfoProvider, you first have to reset this indicator in the InfoSet Builder.

When you have made these changes to the InfoSet, restart the compare and adjust process.

Activities

You use transaction RSISET to compare and adjust the data. In the main menu, choose InfoSet  → Adjust. The system checks the InfoProviders that are used in the InfoSet and produces a log giving details of the results of the check. You can decide whether to compare and adjust the data.

 

 

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