Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Naming Convention in SAP BW

SAP BW has a naming convention related to its objects.

SAP BW prefixes /BIO/ to the names of BusinessContentdatabase objects. It prefixes /BIC/ to the database objects created by users.If a user creates characteristics type info object ZPRODUCT and activates it, information will be stored infollowing:

Data element: /BIC/IOZPRODUCT
SIDtable: /BIC/SZPRODUCT
Master data table: /BIC/PZPRODUCT
Text table: /BIC/TZPRODUCT
View: /BIC/MZPRODUCT

When an info cube ZSALES is created and activated, information will be stored in following:
ViewFact table: /BIC/VZSALESF
Transparent Fact table: /BIC/FZSALES
Dimensiontables: /BIC/DZSALES1 to /BIC/DZSALESN where N being no. of dimensions/BIC/DZSALESP, /BIC/DZSALEST, /BICDZALESU
for Data Packet, Unit & Time (maximum 16dimensions possible, 3 reserved for P, T & U)

If a hierarchy is used in an info object ZDATE, following tables will be created:

Hierarchy table: /BI0/HZDATEHierarchy
SID table: /BI0/KZDATESID
hierarchy structure: /BI0/IZDATE
HierInterval table: /BI0/JZDATE

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