Alpha conversions in BW7

Hello all,
I found out that transaction for alpha conversion became obsolete in BW 7.0. You can observe this while you try to run TA RSMDCNVEXIT or RSMDEXITON in BW 7.0 SP10+ system is raising following error:
Data conversion functions are no longer supported Message no. RSMD001
Since I briefly searched on OSS and I'm not successful to find any relevant note I would like to ask here how Data conversion are handled in BW7. Somebody has any clue?
PS. Note that I'm running on Unicode system.
Thanks
m./

Hi Martin,
Since some objects of the new data flow in BI 7.0, for example BIA, are not covered by RSMDCNVEXIT it has been set to obsolete. You should not use it anymore.
As an alternative to solve your problem, if you would like to switch on a certain customer exit, you have to delete the data, switch on the customer data, and reload the data.
For further information regarding to Customer exit please check the below links:
Customer Exits
   http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/EN/f1/0a56f5e09411d2acb90000e829fbfe/frameset.htm
Creating Free Characteristics and Characteristic Values
   http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/EN/cd/6a5378051a11d2a5700000e8407c05/frameset.htm
Selecting Characteristics and Storing Characteristic Values
   http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/EN/c1/376a58449a11d188fe0000e8322f96/frameset.htm
Rgds,
Colum
Edited by: Colum Cronin on Jul 7, 2009 4:01 PM

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