Any easy way to load different master data into BI?

Hi,
I have started setting up our BI system. I have to load master data for different things - company code, customer, vendor, material etc.
For all of the standard BI Content has InfoObjects, Infosources and Datasources. However, I need to create InfoPackage, Transformation and DTP and process chain for delta load and PSA deletion. This seems to a tedious process to do for all the master data objects.
Is there any different way of doing it?
It seems surprising one has to repeat all these for each BI system.
Regards,

Hi Gitesh,
If you are working on BI 7 then you can always migrate your datasources and migrate data flow accordingly. The only thing you need to take care of LO datasources and transfer rule routines as something they didnt copy.
Please refer the following link to migrate dataflow.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sdn.sap.com%2Firj%2Fscn%2Findex%3Frid%3D%2Flibrary%2Fuuid%2F70094737-8f38-2c10-20b1-f364527c5d3d%26overridelayout%3Dtrue&ei=WhzTTvbZNOfy0gHN7_hI&usg=AFQjCNFueH9OSUS828ywkp-BcTmI_4vdGA
Regards,
Amit

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