What exactly a data source is

What exactly a data source is? Is flat file a data source (while extracting from flat file)?

Hi Ganesh,
A datasource is a group of fields whose data can be extracted to BW. Flat file is actually a source system.
See here:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/8a/3045381d10f327e10000009b38f8cf/content.htm
Hope this helps...

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