Deletion of data from the cube

Question

Hi,
In our sales cube i want to delete the raws from the cube where there is no data for invoice quantity.
Likewise in my material master i want to delete the raws without division.
Is there any permenant solution. I suppose we can write routine.Where should i write the routine ? i mean at update rule level or transfer rule level or start routine will be the best option.Which one will be faster and why ?
Regards,
Viren.

Answer 1

Hi,
I understood, that the records are already in the cube.
Selective deletion will not work because you can't select on keyfigure values.
So create records with RECORDMODE = R (Reverse Image) for these records you want to dissappear. Get the relevant records into a flatfile, upload these records with recordmode R with all keyfigures inverted. The incorrect values will the vanish.
A Deletion with recordmode = D is not possible for cubes.
For the Material-Records:
Within the updaterules, get the relevant Materialrecords into an internal table.
(SELECT * FROM /BI0/PMAT_SALES into itab_mat_del WHERE DIVISION is inital.)
For these MasterDatarecords: check in the sid-Table, if the relevant materialnumbers are in use already (Check Flags in the sid-Table).
loop at itab_mat_del into wa_mat_del.
select single * from /BIC/SMAT_SALES where
MATERIAL = wa_mat_del-material.
if CHCKFL is initial.
if DATAFL is initial.
if INCFL is initial.
If they are not used, the can be deleted by using the function module RSDMD_DEL_MASTER_DATA.
endif.
endif.
endif.
This should be implemented within the updaterules. (Didn't I said that already??)
hth
cheers
Sven
Message was edited by: Sven Muntermann