What is the use of InfoProvider in SAP BW?

InfoProviders are BW objects that data is loaded into or which display views of data. You analyze this data in BEx queries. There are InfoProvider types in which the data is stored physically and InfoProvider types that are only views on the data. In BEx Query Designer, they are seen as uniform objects however.

What is the difference between InfoObject and InfoProvider?

The difference between Infoprovider and Infoobject can be seen when we define the meaning of both. Info Providers are used to store the data in SAP BW system. Info Providers are the objects in BW, which are storing data physically or virtually give access to the data.

How do I query as InfoProvider?

Procedure

  1. If you want to use the selected query as an InfoProvider, set the relevant flag. The system checks whether this is possible.
  2. Choose . The Display Logs dialog box appears. The system indicates whether the selected query can be used as an InfoProvider.

What is a multi provider in SAP BW?

A MultiProvider is known as an InfoProvider that allows you to combine data from multiple InfoProviders and makes it available for reporting purposes.

What is star schema SAP?

A Star Schema is the simplest form of a dimensional model,in which the data is organized into facts and dimensions. A Fact is an event which counted or measured , such as quantity and sales. A Dimension contains a reference information about a fact such as date,product or customer.

How do I create an open hub destination in SAP BW?

Creating Open Hub Destinations

  1. You are in the BW Modeling tools. In the context menu for your BW project, choose New Open Hub Destination .
  2. On the General tab, you can change the open hub destination type again if required.
  3. Edit the field list on the Details tab.
  4. Activate the open hub destination.

What is the difference between Multiprovider and Infoset?

1) A Multiprovider can be built on basic InfoCubes, ODSs, info objects or Infosets. An Infoset can have only ODSs or info objects. Multiproviders use ‘union’ operation but Infosets use ‘join’. Both the objects are logical definitions which don’t store any data.

What is difference between composite provider and Multiprovider?

The multiproivder seems to perform select from all the individual infoproviders parallelly whereas the composite provider seems to cluster these 20 infoproviders into 4 parallel processes as shown in the access counter field.