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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS : ---

2. What are key fields in psa ?
ans ) 1 .Request number (REQUEST) , 2. Data Packet number (DATAPACKID), 3. Data
record number (Record), partition value for PSA table ( PARTNO ) .
3. A Report based in planned and actual sales .
ans ) multi provider .
4. how hierarch loading differnt from master data loading .
5. where we will use ods ?
ans ) when data is frequently changing, it is used as a first staging layer, Record details need to
be maintained .
6. Can we remove ODS ?

7. company details ?
8. how to find head count ?
9. Exception and aggregations ?
10. Can we connect one transfer structure to many communication structure ?
11. from which tables of ODS data is loaded to infocube ?
ans ) 1. active data table 2. change log table .
12. difference between PSA and IDOC ?
PSA gives you various options for additional data updates into data targets.
13. difference between ODS and INFOCUBE ?
14. Differnce between R/3 reporting and BW reporting ?
ans ) R/3 (OLTP) System is not meant for reporting .
in oltp report we can drill down up to 22 levels where as in bw we have no limit .
15. v1, v2 , v3 update methods ?
16. delta update in LIS ?
17. advantages of LO over LIS ?
18. Types of variables and their process types ?
ans) variable can be created on 1) charateristic values 2) hierarchy 3)hierarchy node 4)text 5)
formula .
19. variable can be processed by : -
1) user entry/ Default value
2) Replacement path
3) customer exit
4) sap exit
5) authorization object .
20. OPEN HUB Service & info spoke ?
ans) inorder distribute BW data to external target, we make use of openhub or info spoke .
21. Data Archiving ?
ans) un used data can be saved and can be used when it is necessary using data archiving .
ex: if a cube have 10 lakh tr data, in which 9 lakh's data is not used at all, so we make use of data
archiving concept and load data to magnetic tapes or store online and retrieve them whenever it
is necesary .
22. difference between infoset and multi provider ?
infoset and multi-providers are logical structures , data is not store in it . info set makes use of
join operation to combine the data provider's, where as multi providers makes use of union
operation to combine to info providers . info set requires at least one common field for join
operation, where as multi provider doesn't require any common field .
multi providers can be created on infoobject's, dso , infocubes , infoset's .
infoset's can be created on info objects, DSO , infocubes , abap program , views, work books .
23. Q) What area line-item dimensions or degenerate dimentions ?
ans) when characteristic has more number of distinct values, obviously dimension table will have
more number of distinct values and make the path complex, if we make that dimension as line
item dimension then dimension is replaced with SID value and makes the path simple and
removes one extra join .
24. secondary index and aggregates ?
when query is executed the data can be identified uniquely using index. there are two types of
indexes bitmap index(linear search ) , b-tree() index (binary search ).
aggregates :- Aggregates are also called as baby cubes. based on one characteristic
25. No of key figures in fact-table and No of characteristics in dimension table ?
no of key figures 233 ans no of characteristic in dimensions area 248 and 16 dimensions are
allowed while designing infocube .
26. Dimensions that you have worked ?
27. filters, free characteristics , restricted key figures , conditions ?
28. structures how to change from global to local ?
29. use of aggregates and aggregate index ?
30. performance tuning and bw statistics ?
31. object transport in bw ?
32. error handling in psa ?
33. star schema and extended star schema ?
34. what is star schema ?
35. what is your company landscape ?
36. have you worked with web reporting ?
37. request deletion in ods ?
38. using selective delete option we can delete record .
39. what are setup tables ?
40. if i want planned data and actual data ? what i need to do ?
ans) create one infocube for planned data and another info cube for planned data and create
multi provider on both cubes .
41. how do you extract data from r/3 to bw ?
42. what is info package ?
info package is used to load data into psa , where as in 3.5 it is used to load data to data targets
also , but it 7.0 it is restricted to PSA only .
43. where do you use delta queue ?
44. how dimensions are there in extended star schema ?
45. what cubes you worked ?
46. what ods you worked ?
47. about generic extractor ?
48. advantages of lo over lis ?
49. what if full update delta update and initialize update?
full update : loading data from source system will all the
50. what is the use of PSA can we delete PSA ?
PSA is primary staging area in bw .
51. what happens when you delete changelog table in ods ?
52. T-codes of extraction in r/3 ?
53. what is the difference between info provider and data target ?
In data target and info provider data is stored physically, where as reporting can be done on all
info providers where as not possible to some data targets , so all info providers are data targets
but not all data targets are info providers .
54. what is the difference between start routine and transfer rule ?
55. what is the role of return(0) return (1) abort () in abap routine .
56. types of infosources ?
57. flexible and direct update info sources .
58. have you heard of transaction ods ?
59. web reports ?
60. remote cube limitations ?
61. remote cube can be used for small amount of data and can be used with in the system , it
directly takes data from source system hence it takes more processes .
62. i have two cubes i want to access data from these cubes ? is it possible ?
ans : multi provider .
63. i have a data source in overwritten mode , i want to extract data from that is it possible .
64. what is the main feature of ods object ?
over write functionality .
65. what are the four possible components in psa ?
66. where you can do the monitoring ?
in psa .
67. what is info package ? what are the features of info package ?
68. how many info packages you created directly .
69. what are the types of process chains ?
1) local process chain 2) meta chain .
70. what are the uses of setup table ?
71. how can we schedule a job ?
72. what is the special feature of SID table ?
73. what are the uses of 3.05 version ?
74. what are you doing in scheduling ?
75. what are you doing in monitor ?
76. how can u maintain extract structure ?
77. difference between start routine and transfer routine ?
78. what are the function's in update rules ?
79. what is your client name ?
80. organization structure ?
81. v3 updata ?
82. what is delta queue or time stamp ?
83. difference between condition and formula ?
84. which index is used for line item dimension ?
ans) may be b-tree index .
85. use of start routine ?
86. global or local key figures ?
87. how can we delete entire data from psa ? assume that it has data before ?
88. what are the options in ods ?
89. Transitive attribute ? with example ?
ans) A navigation attribute with navigation attribute is called transitive attribute