Data Staging
Purpose
Data staging is one of the data warehousing processes in BI. BI provides mechanisms for staging data (master data, transaction data, metadata) from various sources.
The following sections describe the sources available for the data transfer to BI and how the sources are connected to the BI system as source systems. They also describe how the data can be transferred from the sources.
The extraction and transfer of data generally takes place when requested by BI (pull). The sections about the scheduler, process chain and monitor describe how a data request is defined and how the loading process can be monitored in the BI system.
The graphic shows the sources and transfer mechanisms described below:
More information:
Data Extraction from SAP Source Systems
Transferring Data with UD Connect
Transferring Data Using DB Connect
Transferring Data from Flat Files
Transferring Data Using Staging BAPIs