Flat Files: Use of Business Content or not?

Hello Experts,
I am wondering, with all the extra effort in the research to identify Cubes with preferred fields for a BW project, especailly if the source is a flat file, what actually are the advantages of going through this analysis to use the SAP delivered objects.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Amanda,
If you are on a project in the functional area which is already covered by SAP, then it is preferrable to make an analysis of business content objects. Even if you are going to use flat files for data upload, predelivered infosources, ODSs, cubes, TRs and URs, queries may save you a lot of time.
Search help.sap.com for your functional area looking for infoobjects and providers. Try to evaluate if they are useful. Certainly, some knowledge in the func area is a great advantage.
Search business content in the func area. You may even simulate BC installation. For example, choose a cube, with data flow before and after and gather objects. The scope of these objects may give your some hints to evaluate.
If there is just one, yours, project on a BW instance, then you can use or even modify BC objects that you found. Master data loaded will not interfere with the other projects.
If the func area of your project is not covered by SAP, then, most likely, youll be able to use just a few BC objects, all the others youll have to create.
Sometimes, even if you are in the func area for which youll find predelivered objects, its more suitable to make copies of such objects and modify them deleting attributes that youll never use. Use of such standard infoobjects with many attributes may fource users to ask a lot of questions about these attributes (why, whats this, what for etc.). Moreover, if these attributes are not used, youll prepare your flat files with a lot of blank fields for the attributes. Consider also an extra DB space for them.
Doing the project almost from the scratch (with minimal usage of BC objects) will require very careful conceptual design of the data model.
Best regards,
Eugene

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V_COMP_ID           VARCHAR2(10);
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V_EXT_INVC_DATE     ||','||
V_PAID_DATE         ||','||
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ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06510: PL/SQL: unhandled user-defined exception
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ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_FILE", line 157
ORA-06512: at "RMSBIZ.WRT_LIFUNGDUTY", line 39
ORA-06512: at line 1
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V_ADJ_ELC           :=to_char(nvl(x1.ADJ_ELC,0));
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V_KEY_VALUE_1       ||','||
V_KEY_VALUE_2       ||','||
V_PARTNER_TYPE      ||','||
V_PARTNER_ID        ||','||
V_EXT_INVC_NO       ||','||
V_EXT_INVC_DATE     ||','||
V_PAID_DATE         ||','||
V_PAID_AMT          ||','||
V_COMP_ID           ||','||
V_RECEIPT_DATE      ||','||
V_ORDER_QTY         ||','||
V_RECEIPT_QTY       ||','||
V_FRT               ||','||
V_DUTY              ||','||
V_SUPPLIER          ||','||
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ERROR at line 1:
ORA-20003: sbduty - aborted
ORA-06512: at "RMSBIZ.WRT_LIFUNGDUTY", line 117
ORA-06512: at line 1
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117* RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20003,'sbduty - aborted');
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Oracle Data Integrator Adapter for Hyperion Essbase User's Guide - http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E10530_01/doc/epm.931/odiess_users.pdf
If you have read them and are still have a problem at what stage are you having the issues?
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

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Hi guys
I wonder if someone can help me. I'm battling with something in pl/sql. I have a procedure that writes to a flat file. Each procedure I call writes a single section of the file, e.g "create_hdr_rec_line_fn" writes the header on top of the file and "create_std_trx_rec_line_fn" writes the body below the header. Then lastly the procedure that writes the trailer at the bottom of the file.
My problem comes here: I have a proc that calculates the hash total.
This is done by " utl_file.put_line(g_file_id, g_seed_number)". I want to write the hash total next to the trailer section of the file and not below it. How can I do this? Here's the example of the flat file produced. The very last line is the hash total, but I my hash total to be on the same line as the (Trailer). I want it to be just next to the trailer. I hope my question is clear. Please see my procedure below the flat file.
Thanking you in advance....
My flat file
FHSSVSDIM15000932008102810483220081028T (header)
SD0009300100001D19874200019873402211ACSA JOHANNESBURG INTERNATIONA (Line1-Detail)SC00093001D14540500014540057261IS H/O MAIN ACCOUNT 0000000124959315207 (Line-Transaction)
ST00093000000700000000070000000000020000001806378410000000000000000000001806378 (Trailer)
58298239848772973764654319387982 (hash total)
My procedure
PROCEDURE eft(errbuf OUT NOCOPY VARCHAR2,
retcode OUT NOCOPY NUMBER,
p_payment_batch IN VARCHAR2) IS
v_eft_date VARCHAR2(100);
BEGIN
v_eft_date := TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'DD-MON-RRRR_HH24_MI_SS');
g_payment_batch := p_payment_batch;
g_file_name := 'EFT'||v_eft_date||'.txt';
g_file_id := utl_file.fopen(g_dir_name,
g_file_name,
'W');
utl_file.put_line(g_file_id,
create_hdr_rec_line_fn);
create_std_trx_rec_line_fn(g_file_id);
create_std_contra_rec_line_fn(g_file_id);
create_std_trailer_fn(g_file_id);
utl_file.put_line(g_file_id,
g_seed_number);
utl_file.fclose_all;
IF (update_tables != TRUE) THEN
Fnd_File.put_line(Fnd_File.LOG, 'Failed to update payment batch tables. Cancel the batch');
END IF;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
Fnd_File.put_line(Fnd_File.LOG, 'Print Error - eft' || SUBSTR(SQLERRM, 1, 250));
END eft;

user643734 wrote:
Hi cdkumar
I'm not quite sure if I understand what you mean. Are you saying that I should use the "PUT" to write 'create_std_trailer_fn' and and then use the "PUT_LINE" to write 'g_seed_number'? Could you please show me what you mean by changing the proc I posted on my question with your suggestions.How about, rather than use code it for you, you try changing the code and giving it a go yourself.
Essentially PUT_LINE will write out the data and put a "new line" character on the end so the next output will appear on the following line; PUT will just output the data without terminating the line, so any subsequent output will just append to the end.
It's very simple. Give it a go.

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I must build an interface between SAP R/3 4.7 and an external application
Daily a flat file must be generated contaning Material data in full exchange mode
(volume 100 000 materials, <10 fields => ~ File of 30Mo)
No complex mapping, only format mapping (Ex : Price quantity...)
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=>
viable solution ?
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2) BPM Collecting and Bundling Messages - One Interface
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=>
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Is there another ?
Last question : (more general one)
In such scenario, I can't see XI-value added comparing a creation of flat file directly with R/3.
I will generate a big number of idocs, use a big part of XI memory ...
Can you give me your opinion about it ?
Thanks a lot
Best regards
Jean-Charles
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Jean-Charles
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Jean-Charles

Hi Jean-Charles,
>>>volume 100 000 materials, <10 fields => ~ File of 30Mo
You have a performance task...
>>>Is there problem of concurrent access to file in such a solution ?
No, the adapter framework has its own queueing, the message would be stored and executed later. If sequence is important, you can use EOIO as well.
>>>BPM Collecting and Bundling Messages - One Interface
BPM is not required in your case, you should avoid becoz of performance task. You can append at file adapter, no problem. Bundling and splitting is even possible at Integration Server without BPM.
>>>Each SAP message is a small message but the outbound XML will represent a 30 Mo flat file => Is it a problem ??
Avoid using BAD words
>>>Each SAP message is a small message but the outbound XML will represent a 30 Mo flat file => Is it a problem ??
Use the <a href="https://websmp110.sap-ag.de/quicksizing">Quick Sizer</a> for sizing the hardware.
Regards,
Udo

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Hi Experts,
I try to load a flat file PSA->DSO->INFOCUBE using DTP.
I my flatfile in the application server in csv format.
in the My data source I opted Adapter as Load Text -Type file from Application Server.
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Thanks & Regards

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in the My data source I opted Adapter as Load Text -Type file from Application Server.
Data Format : I test with both the potions : Fixed length & Separated with Separator( For example CSV) .
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Load Text -Type file from Application Server
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