Finding a common Time Dimension in DSO and InfoCube

Question

Hi,
I am working on creating a MultiProvider which is a combination of 2 COPA InfoCubes, Open Orders DSO and a Shipment Data DSO.
I want to use the 'Requested Delivery Period' from Open Orders DSO and a custom field ZSHIPMONTH from the Shipments Data DSO for a common Period dimension in the MultiProvider but that does not look like an option when I tried to assign the 0FISCPER in the MultiProvider to these fields in the DSO. I do not see the fields from the DSOs as options for the period field here, I only see the 0FISCPER from the two COPA InfoCubes as seen in the screenshot attached.
The only alternative I can think of is to create separate InfoCubes on top of these two DSOs and then use a MultiProvider.
I learned that reporting is allowed on top of DSOs from 7.3 onwards, is there any easier way to get a common time dimension across these InfoCubes and DSOs for a MultiProvider?

Answer 1

Hi,
in both DSO and Cube the data is stored as
          Sales Doc1   M1  10   100
          Sales Doc1   M2    5     50
          Sales Doc2   M1  20   200.
The material M1 in sales doc1 does not get overwritten with M1 in sales doc 2  in DSO since the data is updated based on sales doc no.
If u try to view the contents of data target or analyse the data at reporting level with all these fields then it displays as above.
But if u ignore sales document field then the data is displayed as,
                                   M1  20   300
                                   M2   5      50.
In Cube, suppose if you dont have sales doc, then
Material | Qty | Amount
M1 30 300
M2 5 50
and in DSO.
Material | Qty | Amount
M1 20 100
M2 5 50
Thanks,
Sandeep