This page provides a
navigation tree for browsing metadata that is extracted from your
SAP BW system. The page displays metadata for all data sources that
you included when you extracted SAP BW metadata. Data sources include
InfoAreas, ODS objects, and basic and aggregate InfoCubes.
Browsing through the
SAP BW metadata helps you learn more about the logical structure of
your SAP Business Information Warehouse and the data that is stored
in your SAP BW system. You can use this information to identify the
specific ODS objects and InfoCubes that you want to identify as data
sources in SAS Data Integration Studio. You can also use this page
to select ODS objects and InfoCubes that contain data that you want
to extract to SAS data sets.
The page contains these
items.
displays a hierarchical
navigation tree of the InfoAreas, ODS objects, and basic and aggregate
InfoCubes for which you have extracted metadata. MultiCubes and remote
cubes are not included in the navigation tree. Each InfoArea can consist
of one or more ODS objects and InfoCubes. However, some InfoAreas
might be empty.
For more information about the InfoArea navigation tree,
see SAP BW Browser: Navigation Tree.
displays buttons that you can use to
perform such actions as displaying the tables that are included in
the selected ODS object or InfoCube or displaying the data model that
is associated with a selected InfoCube. Buttons on this toolbar are
enabled or disabled depending on whether you have selected an ODS
object or InfoCube in the InfoArea navigation tree. If you select
an InfoCube, you can display the related data model, tables, and InfoObjects.
If you select an ODS object, you can display either the data within
the table or the metadata that is associated with that table.
For more information about these buttons, see SAP BW Browser: Toolbar.