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Friday, July 29, 2011

How to re-construct a Load From DSO

All the screenshots in this guide are thought to reconstruct a load in Opportunities Header DSO but the process is similar to any other object and can be a reference for any other DSO we need to fix data without taking new data from source system (CRM or R3).

1. Delete the existing load from the DSO.
2. Go to the Reconstruction tab and select the request we want to reconstruct and click the Reconstruction/Insert button.
3. Come back to the Request tab and monitor the progress of the load clicking the refresh button, we need continue monitoring until the request reach the green status.
4. Despite of the load will complete, it won’t be inactive (there is no value in the ID of Request column).
5. In order to activate it, we need to choose the request from the manage and click on the activate button.
6. A new window with the list of available requests in the DSO will be shown, most of the times it will only exist one in the first row of the list, let’s select it and click on the start button
7. A new window asking in which specific Server we want to run the process appears, let’s accept what is proposed by default and click on green button to allow the process to continue.
8. Once the activation is done, the request in the manage will show with all the information populated and data will be ready to be moved to the cubes or accessed by routines

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Hierachy / Attribute Change Run

If hierarchies and attributes for characteristics have changed, then it is necessary to make structural changes to the aggregates in order to adjust the data accordingly.
Attribute change run is nothing but adjusting the master data after its been loaded from time to time so that it can change or generate or adjust the sid's so that u may not have any problem when loading the transaction data in to data targets.When a master data is modified or changed it gets loaded into the master data table as version "M". It is only after a attribute change run that the master data becomes activated i.e. version "A".If hierarchies and attributes of characteristics belonging to an Info Cube have been changed, It is a necessary to make structural changes to the aggregates in order to modify the data accordingly.
Attribute change run replace activating of master data ? Yes, Both do the same function- make "M" status records to "A" status.
ACR will do the activation of master data if and only if the characteristic’s attributes are used in the Aggregate. And also it refreshes the Aggregate with new attributes. That why you cannot see all available characteristics (in the system) in the list of characteristics in the screen of ACR.And ACR is not required and of course you cannot use ACR for activating the Characteristics whose attributes are not used in any aggregate.
USE: When we load Master data, the attribute change run is run to activate and adjust the master data with the existing data.Unless the change run is run, chances are transaction data loads may fail for lack of master data and reports may not display correctly even if the master data is loaded.If we have aggregates on the cubes, then the new or changed master data is adjusted with the aggregate tables during the change run.
Debug:
I would suggest double click on the cancelled job(in SM37), and view the Job Log to find out the reason for the failure of the job.You can also restart the change run using transaction CHANGERUNMONI, refer to Note 915515 for more details.
Or
look at SM50 if process is still active and check also with ST22 if there are dumps.
Or
there could be a lock situation. remember SAP doesn't allow 2 attr changeruns at the same time.

Monday, July 25, 2011

BI - R/3 Configuration Steps

Here are few checkout steps for succesful connection between R/3 and BW
- Define Logical system (SPRO)
- Assign Logical system to client (SPRO)
- Create Background Users (In both the systems- ALEREMOTE & BWREMOTE) (SU01)
- Test the System RFC Connection (SM59)
- Create the Source System Connection (RSA1 0r RSA1OLD)
- Activate the Datasources (RSA6)
- Transfer Application Component Hierarchy (RSA9)
- Source System Assignment
- Transfer Global Settings.Replicate Datasources
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