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What's New Table of Contents

What's New in the SAS/ACCESS 9.1 Interface to SAP BW

Overview

The new features and enhancements for the SAS/ACCESS 9.1 Interface to SAP BW include:

• support for SAP BW, Release 3.0
• changed data capture (CDC) processing that enables you to identify and extract only the data in your ODS tables and InfoCubes that has changed since your last extraction
• enhanced performance when using the Load Metadata wizard to extract your SAP BW metadata
• a logon process that no longer requires CPI-C logon parameters to be used.

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Details

• The SAS/ACCESS Interface to SAP BW now supports all SAP BW releases from SAP BW, Release 2.0B, through SAP BW, Release 3.0. The SAS/ACCESS Interface to SAP BW is now compatible with SAP BW systems that contain transactional operational data store (ODS) tables and transactional InfoCubes that were introduced in SAP BW, Release 3.0.

  Note:   The SAP BW transactional ODS tables and transactional InfoCubes do not support changed data capture (CDC) processing.

• The SAS/ACCESS Interface to SAP BW now provides a new method of extracting data from the ODS tables and InfoCubes in your SAP BW system. When extracting data from ODS tables and InfoCubes, you can either use full update processing, which extracts all of the data in the selected ODS table or InfoCube, or you can use changed data capture (CDC) processing. CDC processing enables you to extract only the data that has changed since your last extraction.
• The Load Metadata wizard has improved performance when extracting metadata. Now, the SAS/ACCESS Interface to SAP BW uses an ABAP function that issues a single call to your SAP BW system rather than issuing multiple calls. This reduces the amount of time required to extract large amounts of metadata from the ODS objects and InfoCubes in your SAP BW system.
• In previous versions of the SAS/ACCESS Interface to SAP BW, the logon profiles required that CPI-C parameters be used when logging on to your SAP BW system. Now, the CPI-C parameters are no longer used when you log on to your SAP BW system. The logon utility enables you to access the following windows in which you will need to enter your logon parameters:
  • Logon to SAP BW window
  • Advanced Parameters window