What is INFOPACKAGE in BW

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Q: What is INFOPACKAGE in BIW ? & Why it is important?

HI
infopackage is the component which is used to load data from source system to PSA and we have to schedule it accordingly with the update modes
such as full update,init with out data transfer,delta update
How to create it
Highlight a source system in the InfoSource tree in the Administrator Workbench.
Choose Context menu (right mouse click) ® Create InfoPackage and enter any alphanumeric or numeric name for the InfoPackage.
Dialog box that follows will show you which source system you want to load data and to which InfoSource. You will see the DataSources that are assigned to the InfoSource to which data is to be loaded.
Select a DataSource for which you want to load data into BW.
If the InfoPackage is scheduled, data is loaded into BW from the DataSource selected here.
Now go through the procedure for the relevant system:
For more info
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_sem60ep1/helpdata/en/e3/e60138fede083de10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm
Regards
sridath
Edited by: sridath on Apr 25, 2008 1:01 PM

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>
Nigel Blanchard wrote:
> Dear Respondants so far,
>
> At least KMR is the closest!
>
> Geo - Your comment doesn't really help me.
>
> Jagadish - Yes you can move data from a data source or PSA straight into a Cube. You do not need a DSO. So I do mean infopackages.
>
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>
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>
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