Characteristics - Master data Tab- infosource with direct update

Dear Experts,
Please explain me in Laymans Language as i am new to BI (but am an ABAP consultant).
In Info Object Characteristics, Master data Tab there is infosource with direct update with an application Component.
1. Now my doubt is, when i specify the Application Component, this infosource would appear under the application component in Modeling->Infosources.
Then on this infosource i would right click and create the info pakage and then data transfer process.
is it correct?
2. Suppose for this characteristic if i dont specify the infosource with direct update then it wont appear in the infosource, so how can i load data in this case?
Regards
BI Learner

Hi,
Using an InfoSource with direct updating, master data (characteristics with attributes, texts, or hierarchies) of an InfoObject can be updated directly (without update rules, only using transfer rules) into the master data table. To do this you must assign it an application component. The system displays the characteristic in the InfoSource tree in the Data Warehousing Workbench. You can assign DataSources and source systems to the characteristic from there. You can then also load master data, texts, and hierarchies for the characteristic.
You cannot use an InfoObject as an InfoSource with direct updating if:
i. The characteristic you want to modify is characteristic 0SOURSYSTEM (source system ID).
ii. The characteristic has neither master data nor texts nor hierarchies. It is therefore impossible to load data for the characteristic.
iii. The characteristic that you want to modify turns out not to be a characteristic, but a unit or a key figure.
To generate an export DataSource for a characteristic, the characteristic must also be an InfoSource with direct updating.
1. *Now my doubt is, when i specify the Application Component, this infosource would appear under the application component in Modeling->Infosources.
Then on this infosource i would right click and create the info pakage and then data transfer process.*
The characteristic will be available in info source tree, you can assign a datasource->assignsource system->create package->load data.
2. Suppose for this characteristic if i dont specify the infosource with direct update then it wont appear in the infosource, so how can i load data in this case?
For a characteristic If you dont specify 'InfoSources with Direct Updating' then it wont appear in infosource tree.

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