SAP BW – Why Semantic Intelligence Matters: A Q&A with Lothar Henkes of SAP

Question

Hi,
    Recently I have come across the Q&A from  HenkesLothar which address the BW on HANA Advantages and new features.Please go through the below link:
SAP BW – Why Semantic Intelligence Matters: A Q&A with Lothar Henkes of SAP by Ron Powell - BeyeNETWORK
Thanks & Regards
  A.DInesh

Answer 1

TRANSLATE result USING R.
This statement replaces all characters in field result according to the substitution rule stored in field string R .  R contains pairs of letters, where the first letter of each pair is replaced by the second letter.
in your case TRANSLATE result USING '#'.
menas '#' and  ' ' space are 2 pair of characters.. and # is replaced by ' ' (space).
for better understanding..
Example:
DATA: T(10) VALUE 'AbCdEfGhIj',
STRING LIKE T,
RULE(20) VALUE 'AxbXCydYEzfZ'.
STRING = T.
TRANSLATE STRING USING RULE.
WRITE / STRING.
Output:
xXyYzZGhIj
Hope this helps..