Update rules/communication strucuture clarifications

Hello EVerybody
I am really getting confused in figuring out whats finally coming to the data-target or in general mappings. I have a single ods that has 4 update rules from 4 distinct infosources.
q1. what is in my communication stucture ( does it change if there are one infosource as oppose to many). My understanding was that it is a replica of your data target and if thats the case why dont i see some of the infoobjects in my ods even though they are in the communication strucutre and also getting mapped in the transfer rules.
q2. Now with 4 update rules i see in two of them the 0calendar day infoobject is maped to 0calendar day in one and posting date in another one. Also another date feilds(date of confirmation info-object) is being mapped by two different date feilds in each of them one by budat feild and another by calday feild. So my question is whats finally coming in these objects in this particular ods.
Thanks
Mark

Hi Mark,
This is how it is connected:
DataSource->Transfer Structure->Transfer Rules->Communication Structure->InfoSource->Update Rules->Data Target (e.g. ODS)
You will have 1 communication structure per InfoSource. The question on "what's the final data that comes to my ODS" actually depends on what is the structure of each InfoSource (e.g. do they contain similar characteristics and Key Figures), what is the update mode in your update rules (e.g. is it "overwrite", "Add"?), and also the sequence of your data load.
Hope this helps.

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*put in global area.
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A Key figure is missing in Update rule of ODS & Infocube.
But it is listed in infosource ( comm. & transfer structure) of ODS.
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Edited by: anand k on Mar 24, 2008 12:16 PM

Hi,
I will give the process that I followed (as you specified) now:
1. I deleted the Source System Assignment for the Infosource.
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No communication structure exists in version abc... A
Message no. RSAU251
Diagnosis
In order to be able to maintain the update rules an active communication structure must be available.
Procedure
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<<text removed>>
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i need to write a routine at the update rule level for currency type....
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InfoObject 0MATERIAL: CHAR - 000018
HEADER_MATERIAL(000018) TYPE C,
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HEADER_MAT_TYPE(000004) TYPE C,
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LOTSIZE(000007) TYPE P,
InfoObject 0UNIT: UNIT - 000003
LOTSIZE_QTY_UNIT(000003) TYPE C,
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PERIODE(000007) TYPE N,
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