Data duplication

We are using SRM 5.0 with CCM 2.0 as catalog tool. We have recently published some changes in a supplier catalog item. We found the items in the master catalog/supplier catalog are fine thru Admin access, however if we check the catalog items as end user using search, we found all the tems for this particular supplier are duplicated, i.e) each items are appearing twice with same value.
Any one please throw some guidance on it.
Regards
TGB

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Hi Gurus,
Can anyone tell me the difference between "Data replication", "Data Cloning", "Data duplication" and "Data Migration". I have gone through Google but doesn't find any appropriate answer for that where I can find the difference.
It would be highly appreciated if you give me a link for all and give me some point out.
Thanks & Regards
Nimai Karmakar

Here is how I see the terms used and understood by most folks
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"Data duplication"
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"Data Migration"
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Hello Everyone,
I have been working on Inventory Aging Report creation and has been facing with a problem. The data seems to get duplicated when i execute the
report. I have attached the screen shot below for your reference.
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OC4J: marshalling does not recreate the same data structure onthe client

Hi guys,
I am trying to use OC4J as an EJB container and have come across the following problem, which looks like a bug.
I have a value object method that returns an instance of ArrayList with references to other value objects of the same class. The value objects have references to other value objects. When this structure is marshalled across the network, we expect it to be recreated as is but that does not happen and instead objects get duplicated.
Suppose we have 2 value objects: ValueObject1 and ValueObject2. ValueObject1 references ValueObject2 via its private field and the ValueObject2 references ValueObject1. Both value objects are returned by our method in an ArrayList structure. Here is how it will look like (number after @ represents an address in memory):
Object[0] = com.cramer.test.SomeVO@1
Object[0].getValueObject[0] = com.cramer.test.SomeVO@2
Object[1] = com.cramer.test.SomeVO@2
Object[1].getValueObject[0] = com.cramer.test.SomeVO@1
We would expect to see the same (except exact addresses) after marshalling. Here is what we get instead:
Object[0] = com.cramer.test.SomeVO@1
Object[0].getValueObject[0] = com.cramer.test.SomeVO@2
Object[1] = com.cramer.test.SomeVO@3
Object[1].getValueObject[0] = com.cramer.test.SomeVO@4
It can be seen that objects get unnecessarily duplicated â“ the instance of the ValueObject1 referenced by the ValueObject2 is not the same now as the instance that is referenced by the ArrayList instance.
This does not only break referential integrity, structure and consistency of the data but dramatically increases the amount of information sent across the network. The problem was discovered when we found that a relatively small but complicated structure that gets serialized into a 142kb file requires about 20Mb of network communication. All this extra info is duplicated object instances.
I have created a small test case to demonstrate the problem and let you reproduce it.
Here is RMITestBean.java:
package com.cramer.test;
import javax.ejb.EJBObject;
import java.util.*;
public interface RMITestBean extends EJBObject
public ArrayList getSomeData(int testSize) throws java.rmi.RemoteException;
public byte[] getSomeDataInBytes(int testSize) throws java.rmi.RemoteException;
Here is RMITestBeanBean.java:
package com.cramer.test;
import javax.ejb.SessionBean;
import javax.ejb.SessionContext;
import java.util.*;
public class RMITestBeanBean implements SessionBean
private SessionContext context;
SomeVO someVO;
public void ejbCreate()
someVO = new SomeVO(0);
public void ejbActivate()
public void ejbPassivate()
public void ejbRemove()
public void setSessionContext(SessionContext ctx)
this.context = ctx;
public byte[] getSomeDataInBytes(int testSize)
ArrayList someData = getSomeData(testSize);
try {
java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream byteOutputStream = new java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream();
java.io.ObjectOutputStream objectOutputStream = new java.io.ObjectOutputStream(byteOutputStream);
objectOutputStream.writeObject(someData);
objectOutputStream.flush();
System.out.println(" serialised output size: "+byteOutputStream.size());
byte[] bytes = byteOutputStream.toByteArray();
objectOutputStream.close();
byteOutputStream.close();
return bytes;
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Serialisation failed: "+e.getMessage());
return null;
public ArrayList getSomeData(int testSize)
// Create array of objects
ArrayList someData = new ArrayList();
for (int i=0; i<testSize; i++)
someData.add(new SomeVO(i));
// Interlink all the objects
for (int i=0; i<someData.size()-1; i++)
for (int j=i+1; j<someData.size(); j++)
((SomeVO)someData.get(i)).addValueObject((SomeVO)someData.get(j));
((SomeVO)someData.get(j)).addValueObject((SomeVO)someData.get(i));
// print out the data structure
System.out.println("Data:");
for (int i = 0; i<someData.size(); i++)
SomeVO tmp = (SomeVO)someData.get(i);
System.out.println("Object["+Integer.toString(i)+"] = "+tmp);
System.out.println("Object["+Integer.toString(i)+"]'s some number = "+tmp.getSomeNumber());
for (int j = 0; j<tmp.getValueObjectCount(); j++)
SomeVO tmp2 = tmp.getValueObject(j);
System.out.println(" getValueObject["+Integer.toString(j)+"] = "+tmp2);
System.out.println(" getValueObject["+Integer.toString(j)+"]'s some number = "+tmp2.getSomeNumber());
// Check the serialised size of the structure
try {
java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream byteOutputStream = new java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream();
java.io.ObjectOutputStream objectOutputStream = new java.io.ObjectOutputStream(byteOutputStream);
objectOutputStream.writeObject(someData);
objectOutputStream.flush();
System.out.println("Serialised output size: "+byteOutputStream.size());
objectOutputStream.close();
byteOutputStream.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Serialisation failed: "+e.getMessage());
return someData;
Here is RMITestBeanHome:
package com.cramer.test;
import javax.ejb.EJBHome;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import javax.ejb.CreateException;
public interface RMITestBeanHome extends EJBHome
RMITestBean create() throws RemoteException, CreateException;
Here is ejb-jar.xml:
<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'windows-1252'?>
<!DOCTYPE ejb-jar PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Enterprise JavaBeans 2.0//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/ejb-jar_2_0.dtd">
<ejb-jar>
<enterprise-beans>
<session>
<description>Session Bean ( Stateful )</description>
<display-name>RMITestBean</display-name>
<ejb-name>RMITestBean</ejb-name>
<home>com.cramer.test.RMITestBeanHome</home>
<remote>com.cramer.test.RMITestBean</remote>
<ejb-class>com.cramer.test.RMITestBeanBean</ejb-class>
<session-type>Stateful</session-type>
<transaction-type>Container</transaction-type>
</session>
</enterprise-beans>
</ejb-jar>
And finally the application that tests the bean:
package com.cramer.test;
import java.util.*;
import javax.rmi.*;
import javax.naming.*;
public class RMITestApplication
final static boolean HARDCODE_SERIALISATION = false;
final static int TEST_SIZE = 2;
public static void main(String[] args)
Hashtable props = new Hashtable();
props.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIInitialContextFactory");
props.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "ormi://lil8m:23792/alexei");
props.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, "admin");
props.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, "admin");
try {
// Get the JNDI initial context
InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext(props);
NamingEnumeration list = ctx.list("comp/env/ejb");
// Get a reference to the Home Object which we use to create the EJB Object
Object objJNDI = ctx.lookup("comp/env/ejb/RMITestBean");
// Now cast it to an InventoryHome object
RMITestBeanHome testBeanHome = (RMITestBeanHome)PortableRemoteObject.narrow(objJNDI,RMITestBeanHome.class);
// Create the Inventory remote interface
RMITestBean testBean = testBeanHome.create();
ArrayList someData = null;
if (!HARDCODE_SERIALISATION)
// ############################### Alternative 1 ##############################
// ## This relies on marshalling serialisation ##
someData = testBean.getSomeData(TEST_SIZE);
// ############################ End of Alternative 1 ##########################
} else
// ############################### Alternative 2 ##############################
// ## This gets a serialised byte stream and de-serialises it ##
byte[] bytes = testBean.getSomeDataInBytes(TEST_SIZE);
try {
java.io.ByteArrayInputStream byteInputStream = new java.io.ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
java.io.ObjectInputStream objectInputStream = new java.io.ObjectInputStream(byteInputStream);
someData = (ArrayList)objectInputStream.readObject();
objectInputStream.close();
byteInputStream.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Serialisation failed: "+e.getMessage());
// ############################ End of Alternative 2 ##########################
// Print out the data structure
System.out.println("Data:");
for (int i = 0; i<someData.size(); i++)
SomeVO tmp = (SomeVO)someData.get(i);
System.out.println("Object["+Integer.toString(i)+"] = "+tmp);
System.out.println("Object["+Integer.toString(i)+"]'s some number = "+tmp.getSomeNumber());
for (int j = 0; j<tmp.getValueObjectCount(); j++)
SomeVO tmp2 = tmp.getValueObject(j);
System.out.println(" getValueObject["+Integer.toString(j)+"] = "+tmp2);
System.out.println(" getValueObject["+Integer.toString(j)+"]'s some number = "+tmp2.getSomeNumber());
// Print out the size of the serialised structure
try {
java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream byteOutputStream = new java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream();
java.io.ObjectOutputStream objectOutputStream = new java.io.ObjectOutputStream(byteOutputStream);
objectOutputStream.writeObject(someData);
objectOutputStream.flush();
System.out.println("Serialised output size: "+byteOutputStream.size());
objectOutputStream.close();
byteOutputStream.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Serialisation failed: "+e.getMessage());
catch(Exception ex){
ex.printStackTrace(System.out);
The parameters you might be interested in playing with are HARDCODE_SERIALISATION and TEST_SIZE defined at the beginning of RMITestApplication.java. The HARDCODE_SERIALISATION is a flag that specifies whether Java serialisation should be used to pass the data across or we should rely on OC4J marshalling. TEST_SIZE defines the size of the object graph and the ArrayList structure. The bigger this size is the more dramatic effect you get from data duplication.
The test case outputs the structure both on the server and on the client and prints out the size of the serialised structure. That gives us sufficient comparison, as both structure and its size should be the same on the client and on the server.
The test case also demonstrates that the problem is specific to OC4J. The standard Java serialisation does not suffer the same flaw. However using the standard serialisation the way I did in the test case code is generally unacceptable as it breaks the transparency benefit and complicates interfaces.
To run the test case:
1) Modify provider URL parameter value on line 15 of the RMITestApplication.java for your environment.
2) Deploy the bean to the server.
4) Run RMITestApplication on a client PC.
5) Compare the outputs on the server and on the client.
I hope someone can reproduce the problem and give their opinion, and possibly point to the solution if there is one at the moment.
Cheers,
Alexei

Hi,
Eugene, wrong end user recovery. Alexey is referring to client desktop end user recovery which is entirely different.
Alexy - As noted in the previous post:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/bc67c597-4379-4a8d-a5e0-cd4b26c85d91/dpm-2012-still-requires-put-end-users-into-local-admin-groups-for-the-purpose-of-end-user-data?forum=dataprotectionmanager
Each recovery point has users permisions tied to it, so it's not possible to retroacively give the users permissions. Implement the below and going forward all users can restore their own files.
This is a hands off solution to allow all users that use a machine to be able to restore their own files.
1) Make these two cmd files and save them in c:\temp
2) Using windows scheduler – schedule addperms.cmd to run daily – any new users that log onto the machine will automatically be able to restore their own files.
<addperms.cmd>
Cmd.exe /v /c c:\temp\addreg.cmd
<addreg.cmd>
set users=
echo Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00>c:\temp\perms.reg
echo [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Data Protection Manager\Agent\ClientProtection]>>c:\temp\perms.reg
FOR /F "Tokens=*" %%n IN ('dir c:\users\*. /b') do set users=!users!%Userdomain%\\%%n,
echo "ClientOwners"=^"%users%%Userdomain%\\bogususer^">>c:\temp\perms.reg
REG IMPORT c:\temp\perms.reg
Del c:\temp\perms.reg
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* Basically, I'm trying to minimize data duplication as much as possible, and just synchronize the systems to each other.
Thanks a ton in advance. If anyone has any suggestions at all, I would love to hear them. Including "This is in the wrong forum, go ask here instead..."

So you have a desktop Mac and a laptop Mac, right? Two user accounts (and a third admin account) on each computer, right?
I profess that I haven't tried this, but here is how I would approach your problem:
Sharing Music and Photos between multiple user accounts on the same computer:
See if http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=194992 and http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=510993 provide any useful information to assist you in this endeavor.
Sharing across multiple computers:
Turn on file sharing on the Desktop (System Preferences > Sharing). Now you can mount the Desktop as an external drive on the laptop's Desktop. Copy the music and photo folders across. Will take awhile to do the first time. Then, for future use, get a copy of the donationware CarbonCopyCloner or equivalent. You can use CCC to selectively sync specific folders from one computer to the other. There may be a hassle with digital copyright issues on music and movies, though.
Calendars:
As you have suggested yourself, publishing yours and subscribing to hers is probably the best way to do it, on the same computer. Across computers, syncing with CCC or equivalent would probably be the way to go.

Error in Process Chain while loading Master data text?

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Heard that v can restart the process in debug screen?can anyone let me know how to do this?
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balaji

Hi dear,
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Hope it helps!
Bye,
Roberto

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RESPECTED GURUS
I AM A NEW BI USER. I AM TRYING TO EXTRACT DATA FROM 2LIS_11_VAHDR WHICH IS A STANDARD DATASOURCE THROUGH RSA3, BUT I AM GETTING A MESSAGE "0 RECORD FOUND" BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF DATA. I WAS TRIED WITH THE OTHER STANDARD DATA SOURCES AND GETTING THE SAME MESSAGE" ZERO RECORD FOUND".PLS GUIDE ME HOW I WOULD I GET DATA.
REGARDS
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Hi Abhay,
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First Delete the set up table to avoid data duplication:
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Go to T.Code: SBIW -> Settings for Application Specific data sources (PI) -> Logistics -> Managing Extract structures -> Initialization -> Filling in the setup table -> Application specific set up of statistical data
Choose the relevant node to perform the set up based on your requirement.
Remember while filling the set up table no entry sould get posted in the relevant tables. So while you do this in production system, you may have to request for user locking for the relevant T.Codes.
All the best.
Regards,
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Active data retrieval

I've created a report using an external data source, and set an active data retrieval interval.
However, when i update a field, using sqlplus, it doesn't update the report.
With an internal data source, it works fine.
Can you help me with this?

Theoretically, yes.
Instead of using a External Data Source as the basis for the report, you could create a data object that is a replica of of the external source. And then you can have changes to the external data source, be replicated in the data object through an EL plan. I recommend this, since Enterprise Link resembles the ETL portion of any data warehouse, which should in charge of handling data cleansing and uploading. IMHO, this may result in data duplication, but you're better off than having your client hit that reprompt button every time she wants to view the report.

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Please advise.
Thanks in advance

Hi Seema,
As discussed we also have the same logical partitioning done in our project and in this case we have all reports build on top of Multiprovider. But in our case we have data flow built for only one cube from source system this is the very first basic cube which was existing before logical partitioning.
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If possible you can think of the same approach.
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Data comparison and deletion of duplicates

I have moved all of my data over to the mac from my PC. Everything has been fairly smooth, but I have a question for some of you regarding data duplication which I have not found a work around yet. Currently, I own a mac mini running 10.4.3 and I also picked up a copy of Filemaker Pro 7 along with MS Office 2004. I needed a database program for the Mac to keep my email lists up to date, but I haven't had time to tinker with Filemaker 7. So my problem is as follows:
There are two .txt files. One with current email address's and the second with outdated email address's. I need to compare both files together and when I find a match between the current and bad email address I need to delete the address in the current email txt file.
I am not fluent enough in Filemaker 7 to figure out how to do a comparison between the 2 tables and then delete the appropriate data when there is a match. I had this set up available on MS Access on my PC, but I need to replicate this process on the Mac. What options do I have available or if someone can help me in the right direction to a possible solution. I would assume that Automator could do this. Maybe there is something in Excel that I can create a workaround.
Thanks again.
Dankman

FileMaker Pro has some support options where you might be able to find some more help:
http://www.filemakerpro.com/support/mailinglists.html
-Doug

Data flow of logical partitions via MultiProvider

Hi experts,
I need to report on an InfoCube which will hold 2 years of data totals about 120 million records..So I would like to use logical partition to distribute the data to other InfoCubes based on time characteristic e.g. month..But I am not sure how can I achieve this? What I would like to know is the procedure, e.g. how to set up DTPs, how to use Process Chain to automate the data load, recommended strategy/approach etc...
Your advice is highly appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Meng

Hi Joon,
In case of logical partitioning the very first import thing is reporting will always be done on Multiprovider so as to keep the reporting unchanged with respect to underlying infoprovider changes.
Now you can have different approaches, let us say in your example you will have to create two different infocubes one for say current year data (I assume already existing) and one for previous year data.
Create transformation and DTP between current cube and previous year data cube and move all the previous year data from current cube to newly created cube using delta method by giving month or year selection in DTP selections. Once you move the data validate the data in target cube and do the selective deletion on the current cube, so as to avoide the data duplication. Compression on current data cube will be good as most of the requests will be empty after selective deletion only holding request ID's.
Till now you have separated the current year and previous year data in two separate cubes, create a multiprovider on top of these cubes and you are free to create reports on top of multiprovider.
Now when you are loading data from source system you have two options,
1) Keep the current data flow as it is for current cube from source system and load all the history data in current cube and let it be as it is in current cube, being in the same multiprovider your overall reporting will not have any impact. But if you want you can move this data from current cube to previous cube using earlier used delta DTP and do the selective deletion again. You can even automate this process.
2) In second scenario you can create individual flows to current and history cube and do the selective loading from source system. Your data will be directly loaded to both these cubes but the extraction from source system will be twice from the same source.
Regards,
Durgesh.

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