This page provides a
navigation tree for browsing metadata that is extracted from your
SAP BW system. The page is displayed 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.
navigation tree
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.
toolbar
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.