Hierarchy with Intervals and Temporal Join

Question

Hi,
  I am loading a hierarchy structure (Time dependant and with Temporal Join and Intervals)
in the flat file structure for hier loading we have leaf to and leaf from fields which means Page of the hierarchy to and page of the hierarchy from.
can anyone let me know what is the use of these fields, and the values we have to pass for these fields with an example.
i haven't come across Hier loading with intervals and termporal join.
can anyone please help me in this?
Regards,
p423168.

Answer 1

Hi,
BI Process (Loading Hierarchies from Flat file to BI)
Go to RSA1
Create info object for customer as zcust_b5 and activate
Create info object as zcust_b5 and activate it
Select the info object and double click on it
Select the hierarchies tab and select the option with hierarchies
And select Hierarchies not time dependent
Click external characteristics in hierarchies
Select your Infoobjects in the list and pass it and activate it
After activating the objects we will see tables of hierarchies at maintain Hierarchies
Create an application component
Create the transfer rules for the info object and activate (for hierarchies, texts, attributes)
This screen will show the communication structure.
After creating the data source at info source level the field attributes are shown in above
Create an excel sheet with required values and save it in CSV file.
Uploading the Hierarchy Data into BW
a) Create Info Package for Hierarchy Upload. Select the Hierarchy to be uploaded
and also the Full Update button as we are uploading the entire Hierarchy.
b) There are three update methods for uploading the hierarchy.
Full Update: For Uploading the entire hierarchy structure
Insert Sub tree: For appending the hierarchy with new nodes.
Update Sub tree: For modifying the nodes of the hierarchy.
Create info package and schedule the data loads
Select the Hierarchy and name it before scheduling
Schedule and Start the data loads
After creating the info package of the info object the above screen shows the initial hierarchy maintenance
Hierarchy is done successfully by extracting data from flat file.
time dependent :
a) For making the hierarchy time dependent select the u2018Time-Dependent Hierarchy structureu2019 radio button and activate the info object ZSREP
b) In the transfer structure there will be 2 more additional fields date from and date to for the time dependent nodes.
c) Consider that Sales Representative u2018SREP2u2019 was in England up to 31/12/1995 and moved to USA
d) Flat file structure for the above hierarchy is shown below . It contains two extra columns Date-to and Date-from.
e) In the info-package Update tab , select Fixed Time interval radio button and give start date as 01/01/1000 and End date as 31/12/9999 so that all nodes are uploaded.
f) Upload the hierarchy data from flat-file to BW.
g) Display the loaded hierarchy.
Regards
Sudheer
Edited by: SUDHEER on Dec 30, 2008 12:52 PM