Purpose
You use this program to generate InfoObjects and an ODS object in a BWsystem. The objects are generated on the basis of the DataSource createdby program RFTBBW_GEN_DATASOURCE.

Prerequisites
To generate BW objects, the following adjustments to the BW targetsystem are required. Before you start the program, you need to do thefollowing:
In transaction RSAI, you need to create an InfoArea.
For this InfoArea, you then create an object catalog for itscharacteristics. You do not select any InfoObjects. Activate thecatalog.
For this InfoArea, you then create an object catalog for its keyfigures. You do not select any InfoObjects. Activate the catalog.

Selection

• BW InfoSource System: Choose a logical system for the generation
of BW objects. This system has be included in the list of logicalsystems, and the ALE settings for this system must exist. When the datais selected, the program refers to this system provided that a link tothis system exists.

• Extraction Structure: Enter the name of the extraction structure
that was created by program RFTBBW_GEN_DATASOURCE as the basis for thegeneration process. Here you need to enter the name of the extractionstructure that you created using program RFTBBW_GEN_DATASOURCE.

• InfoArea: Choose an InfoArea from the BW target system.


• Characteristic in InfoObject Catalog: Choose the object catalog
for characteristics, which you created manually in the steps above. Allthe characteristics for a generation run are stored in this catalog.

• Key Figure in InfoObject Catalog: Choose the object catalog for
key figures, which you created manually in the steps above. All the keyfigures for a generation run are stored in this catalog.

• Prefix of InfoObject: Enter a prefix for the characteristics and
key figures.

• ODS Object: Enter a name for the ODS object that is to be
generated.

• Description: Enter a description for the ODS object.

Once you have entered the parameters, the program can be started in oneof three modes:
Create ODS: All BW objects are created anew.
Change ODS: All existing BW objects can be changed.
Prepare ODS: Only InfoObjects are created; no ODS objects arecreated.

Activity
Once you have started the program by selecting Create ODS,Change ODS or Prepare ODS, the system displays a list ofall the InfoObjects that are based on the DataSource specified. In thislist, you have the following options:


• Entering a name for each InfoObject


• Deciding for each InfoObject whether an InfoObject is to be created in
the BW target system If an InfoObject already exists in the targetsystem, the InfoObject should not be regenerated.

• Deciding for each InfoObject whether it is to be added to the ODS When
you use this program for the first time to generate InfoObjects, werecommend that you generate all InfoObjects, including those to whichyou have not assigned a prefix (field names BUKRS to XCID15).
Once you have defined the composition of an ODS object, start theprogram. If you choose Create ODS, all the InfoObjects selectedare generated, activated, and stored in the respective InfoObjectcatalog. The program then creates the ODS object, and activates it. Ifyou choose Change ODS, an existing ODS is changed. If you choosePrepare ODS, only InfoObjects are created and activated.
Once the generation process has finished, use transaction RSA1 in thetarget BW system to check the contents of the InfoArea you created. Thisshould contain all the characteristics and key figures. You find the ODSobject that was generated under InfoProviders.