Dummy consolidation unit

I have read that for every consolidation area it is needed to configure a dummy consolidation unit. But my question is: which data transfer method should I assing to it?
Thanks in advance!
Rushid

Dan,
In R/3 systems dummy PC very often presents. For data consistency during data load from R/3 to BCS it might be useful to have such PC in BCS also.
Moreover, I met several times situation when data basis was constructed with a matrix for a future use. And in the current situation all PCs in a matrix were attributed to a dummy.

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You need to build properly your data basis in data model.
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_sem350bw/helpdata/en/dd/f3783bcfef4a2de10000000a114084/frameset.htm
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Situation
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Q:   What to do for using this cube in BCS?
A:    Add the business area to the cube. Generate the data basis and the business area gets added to all ODS/DSO , virtual cube.
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I'm getting following extraction error using RSA3 for datasource 3EC_CS_1A in R3 (4.7) system. Could someone shed some ideas on how to fix it.
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