I am trying to extract two more fields from 2lis_13_vditm

Question

Dear Experts,
I have some tough situation here.
In BW: i am using 2lis_13_vditm this datasource for the last 5 years. i am running daily deltas to load(10 fields from r/3) ods which is in <b>addition mode.</b>.
from this ods data is going to another 4 ods's.
I have client requirement that he wants to add ship to party and sold to party fields to this existing ods. that means 12 fields we need from r/3 to bw now.
other end at r3 ; 2lis_13_vditm has already 12 fields.
Come to the point:
1) if i run full reapir  now data get aggregated. ruled out.
2) if i want to run re-init  but i can't have block out period in r/3 ; do this is also rule d out.
3) If i run init without data ; then delta ;  it takes more time ;
If you can help me out on this situation it would be great helpful to me
Rds,
kk

Answer 1

Something similar to this should work filling in historical data.
1. Create new, temporary ODS to contain the key fields and the additional data fields.
2. Run logistics set up in R/3 with to new fields added to your data source.
3. Load data into new ODS.
4. Create update rules to load from new ODS to existing ODS, updating only key fields and new data fields.
5. Load from new ODS to existing ODS. At the end of this step all historical info is there.
6. Continue with normal delta process into existing ODS.
If you don't want a lengthy setup run, you can consider creating generic data source to pull the data.  You don't even need the temporary ODS. Just load directly into existing ODS to fill in the new data fields.