Virtual cube reporting logic

I have created report directly out of BCS transactional Totals cube and is giving correct output.
But why does SAP suggest to make BCS reports out of virtual cube, rather than BCS totals cube? Is it more helpful for reporting if COI logic is implemented?
What is the distinct difference reason for creating reports with Virtual cube Vs Transactional cube.
What is the pros and cons of creating report out of BCS Transactional cube vs virtual cube.?
Inputs are appreciated.

Hi Christopher,
In general, you are right.
But, in practice... The restrictions that you mentioned may be very easily avoided. As I wrote here:
COI Equity method...
it's not even necessary to have associated companies in the Group's hierarchy. Hence, at equity method limitation doesn't work in our situation.
The main point here is a general consolidation logic. And the virtual cube performs it perfectly.
Of course, we can devise some situation which the vcube will not be able to handle. Like running the report for a period when a daughter company was already sold or become an associate (drastical org changes).

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I'm following a how-to document to report on a virtual cube using a custom function module and everything seems to be OK except it is dumping at the following line which is included in the How To document "How Tou2026Implement a virtual InfoProvider with Services".
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FIELD-SYMBOLS: <l_s_data> TYPE ANY.
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Hi,
In the debugging this is what I found out.. Any further insight?
Virtual cube has only 1 characteristic Z_CRNUM & only 1 keyfigure Z_SR
Report has only Z_CRNUM & Z_SR
<L_S_DATA> has following record & value
component      type     length     contents
K____504     P     9     1.000
S____504     C     18     16EA4D-R
K____504 is the technical name of Z_SR in virtual provider.
S____504 is the technical name of Z_CRNUM in virtual provider.
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S____504    K____504           &KEYEND 1ROWCOUNT   Z_SR
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Reporting on Virtual Cube - DTP Authorisation is required??

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Hi
The multi cube you created must be comprising of Info cubes, DSO and Info objects. Now this error which you are getting is it for
- a specific characteristics or
- any characterisitcs that is entered fourth in the series of filter selections or
- the fourth value in a specific characteristics
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Use of virtual cube 0FIGL_V10 for reporting on Financal Statements

Dear all,
I am new to the GL reporting and I have a question about the usage of the virtual cube for reporting on Financial Statements.
On the content site I see that you can report your Balance Sheet based on the infocube 0FIGL_C10, where you can use the infoobject 0GLACCOUNT to display the balances.
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Hi Sundar,
As ravi said the VC can be used when we have leass number of users, basically in VC the structure will be available. And moreover when you generetae a report based on Multiprovider which is based on the VC then it will pick up the data directly from the source to which it has been connected..
Hope it helps..
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Advantages of using Virtual cube & Multi Cube for Reporting

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Can you please explain me the advantages of desiging Virtual Cube with services & multi Cubes for Reporting.
Thanks in advance
Thanks & regards
Sailekha

Hi sailekha;
Pls go through the link below:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/62/d2e26b696b11d5b2f50050da4c74dc/content.htm
For the multi-cube;
you can create a reports out of different infoprovider...let's say you have infocube for actual and another for plan...you can create a report to see actual and plan both...
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BK

OLAP Virtual cubes in PS 2010: what are their components ?

Hi,
I read somewhere that the 3 following OLAP Cubes in Project Server 2010 are virtual cubes built with the "aggregation" of several other cubes. What are these "primary" cubes?
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MSP_Portfolio_Analyzer
MSP_Project_SharePoint
MSP_Project_Timesheet

To understand the Total fields and Dimensions available in the 14 OLAP cubes available in Project Server 2010, it is helpful to group the OLAP cubes based on the Total fields and Dimensions they have in common with one another. Therefore, consider
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Assignment: The Assignment Non Timephased, Assignment Timephased,
MSP Portfolio Analyzer, and MSP Project Timesheet
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Timesheet: The EPM Timesheet and Timesheet OLAP cubes contain timesheet
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Project:The Project Non Timephased OLAP cube contains project
data. Although this OLAP cube contains some information in common with several others, the common information is so limited that I include it in its own group.
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MSP_Portfolio_Analyzer :: combines the Assignment Timephased and Resource Timephased cubes
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Not able to fetch the data by Virtual Cube

Hi Experts,
My requirement is I need to fetch the data from Source System (From Data base table) by using Virtual Cube.
What I have done is I have created Virtual Cube and created corresponding Function Module in Source System.
That Function MOdule is working fine, if Data base table is small in Source System.But If data base table contains huge amount of data (millions of record), I am not able to fetch the data.
Below is the code I have incorporated in my function module.
c_th_mapping TYPE CL_RSDRV_EXTERNAL_IPROV_SRV=>TN_TH_IOBJ_FLD_MAPPING.
DATA:
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    i_t_selection       = selection[] ).
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So would you please help me how to handle these kind of issues.

Hi Experts,
My requirement is I need to fetch the data from Source System (From Data base table) by using Virtual Cube.
What I have done is I have created Virtual Cube and created corresponding Function Module in Source System.
That Function MOdule is working fine, if Data base table is small in Source System.But If data base table contains huge amount of data (millions of record), I am not able to fetch the data.
Below is the code I have incorporated in my function module.
c_th_mapping TYPE CL_RSDRV_EXTERNAL_IPROV_SRV=>TN_TH_IOBJ_FLD_MAPPING.
DATA:
    l_s_map TYPE CL_RSDRV_EXTERNAL_IPROV_SRV=>TN_S_IOBJ_FLD_MAPPING.
l_s_map-iobjnm = '0PARTNER'.
l_s_map-fldnm = 'PARTNER'.
insert l_s_map into table l_th_mapping.
create object l_r_srv
    exporting
       i_tablnm              = '/SAPSLL/V_BLBP'
      i_th_iobj_fld_mapping = l_th_mapping.
l_r_srv->open_cursor(
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    i_t_selection       = selection[] ).
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    importing
      e_t_data = data[] ).
return-type = 'S'.
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The problem where I am facing is, in the method FETCH_PACK_DATA, initially program is trying to fetch all the recordsfrom data base table to internal table.If Data base table so lagre, this logic is not working.
So would you please help me how to handle these kind of issues.

Virtual Cube with DTP for direct access

Hello experts, I would like to hear about some tips to improve performance on reporting over this kind of infoprovider. If there were no performance impact in reporting then this cubes would be perfect to face the requirement we are facing. So I would like to get some help on deciding if we can go ahead with this idea or not.
The volume of information is not going to be small in underlying cube staged in APO source system but we can take care on reports using restrictions and small horizons of information. There is no processing in BW side, we would just transfer records from source system to report.
What else besides restrictions in reports can we do to reduce query performance impact? Any work in underlying cube like partitioning, compression or so?.
Any advice from your experience?.
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Hi Martin,
There are 2 BCS documents that might give you some starting point on Virtual cubes, if you have a S-userID for service.sap.com/support, these generally discuss the use of Multiproviders, helped by VirtualProviders so you'll have to skip through some redundnat content.
How tou2026 use Deltacache and Deltapair in SEM-BCS (
https://websmp208.sap-ag.de/~form/sapnet?_FRAME=CONTAINER&_OBJECT=011000358700000063832008E)
How to... configure the Delta Load based MultiProvider Scenario
https://websmp208.sap-ag.de/~form/sapnet?_FRAME=CONTAINER&_OBJECT=011000358700000063842008E
or
https://websmp208.sap-ag.de/~form/sapnet?_FRAME=CONTAINER&_OBJECT=011000358700006323702006E
How to... Set up a SEM-BCS Data Mart in BW;
https://websmp208.sap-ag.de/~form/sapnet?_FRAME=CONTAINER&_OBJECT=011000358700006323962006E
A generic Virtual provider link that I had lying around;
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Hello,
I have implemented a virtual InfoProvider with Services.When I create queries directly on the Virtual Infoprovider the query runs fine and I see the report.
As per my requirement I create an aggregate on the Virtual Infoprovider .Then I define a query on the aggregate .But when I execute this query I get the following errors :
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Dereferencing of the NULL reference.
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Thanks
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Yes it is possible to create aggregates on Virtual cubes.
I will be grateful if hope anybody who is aware of the method of aggreagate creation and who has faced similar issues comes forward and throws some light on what could be the error.
Thanks

How to load data from a virtual cube with services

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Hi:
I don't have system before me, so try this.
I know it works for Remote Cube.
Right Click on the Cube and Select Generate Export Data Source.
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ELSE.
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ELSE.
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Cheers
Noor

Hi Noor,
Check this link, it may help you.
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I am using virtual cube with services linked to a function module.
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Best Regards,
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- How to Reporting from External Data via Virtual InfoProvider
-How to Implement a Virtual InfoCube with Services
both with some code samples: did you read it?
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GFV

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Hi,
How to Virtual cube with services works.
can anyone provide me a realtime scenerio.
if possible provide some code.
Thanks,
cheta.

For which functinality you are trying to create VC with services.
This is mostly used in SEM BCS.
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Am using Virtual Cube for Reporting Inventory data.
Am moving Inventory data from a Cube to a Virtual Cube.
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when i pass the Values to the Function Module Output Table
e_t_data following errors occur:
ASystem error in program SAPLRRK0 and form HIERA_AGGRE_SPID-01.
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