Appendix E. Guidelines For Working With Sap Bw Data For Use In Transformer; Working With Sap Bw Data Using A Package In Framework Manager - IBM Cognos User Manual

Appendix E. Guidelines for Working with SAP BW Data for
Use in Transformer
Starting with Transformer version 8.4, you can use Framework Manager packages
published to Content Manager to leverage your SAP BW data. The SAP-based
packages can be used as data sources to create Transformer models. As result,
Transformer PowerCubes can be used as high speed data access cache methods for
distributing smaller or focused areas of your business information. This is the
recommended method for leveraging your SAP BW data.
There are special considerations when using SAP-based packages created in
Framework Manager. For detailed information about creating your SAP queries,
creating the SAP-based packages in Framework Manager and using them in
Transformer, see Working with SAP BW Data Using a Package in Framework
Manager. For general information about creating packages in Framework Manager,
see "Create or Modify a Package" in the IBM Cognos Framework Manager User Guide.
Transformer versions 7.x, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3
In Transformer versions 7.x, 8.1, and 8.2, you can leverage your SAP BW data
using a Framework Manager package in which the query subjects and dimensions
are externalized using CSV files. Transformer can use the CSV files as a data
source to create a model and generate PowerCubes. This method should only be
used in a IBM Cognos environment when you want to leverage data in IBM
Cognos BI to build PowerCubes for IBM Cognos BI.
In Transformer version 8.3, use published packages for dimensions and use CSV
files for facts.
There are special considerations when using externalized CSV files with SAP data
in Framework Manager. For more information, see "Working with SAP BW Data
Using Externalized CSV Files in Framework Manager" on page 349. For general
information about externalizing query subjects and dimensions using the CSV
method, see "Externalizing Query Subjects and Dimensions" in the Framework
Manager User Guide.

Working with SAP BW Data Using a Package in Framework Manager

You can leverage SAP BW data in Cognos Transformer by using an SAP-based
package created in Framework Manager and published to Content Manager. This is
the recommended method to leverage your SAP BW data. There are special
considerations when using SAP-based packages created in Framework Manager.
v This extract process is limited to SAP BW data sources only.
v The data source must be a specifically constructed query defined in the SAP BW
For general information about creating packages, see "Create or Modify a Package"
in the Framework Manager User Guide.
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