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Slowly Changing Dimension - Type 1
Slowly Changing Dimension – Type 1 is useful when you need not to maintain the historical data. Below are the two cases explained for implementation of SCD -Type 1 using ‘Auto Correct Load’ Option...
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SQL Transformation
How to use SQL Transform in SAP BODS? SQL Transformation:This transform is used to perform SQL operation retrieve the data from one or multiple table.When we use: Sometimes it may not be possible or...
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Date Generation Transformation for TIME Dimension table in SAP BODS
Date Generation Transformation: This transform will help us to create the dates incremented as our requirement. When we use: To create Time Dimension fields and TableCreate a new PROJECT and a JOB as...
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How to use is_validate_date function?
Is_valid_date is commonly commonly used function in SAP BODS. It will validate the date field with the given format as shown below: is_valid_date("DATE", 'YYYYMMDD') <>0 DATE > Date Field...
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How to create the destination file name dynamically with time stamp?
We can create the destination file names like CSV,TXT,XML with dynamic date names in SAP BODS. Create a job with Script > Data flow Script Code:$G_CurrentDate=...
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First and Last Date of a current and Previous Months
FirstDay_PrevMonth: add_months(last_date(sysdate()), -2) + 1LastDay_PrevMonth: last_date( add_months(sysdate(),-1))First day of the current month:add_months(last_date(sysdate()), -1) + 1Last Day of the...
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Case Transform
The Case Transform is used to route one row to different outputs depending on conditions. Specifies multiple paths in a single transform (different rows are processed in different ways).The Case...
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BODS Recovery and Delta Logic 'Template Job' Creation Guidelines
1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose The purpose of this document is to define the BODS Job Recovery template for Business Objects Data Services (BODS) projects. This Recovery template will enable the...
View ArticleSAP Data Services Blueprints
A blueprint is a sample SAP Data Services job that is configured with best practices to solve a specific scenario. Each blueprint is an end-to-end job that includes sample data and may be run in the...
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Loading Data from BW Open Hub Table to SQL using BODS
In this job we need to import open hub table from BW system to BODS. Make sure that RFC connection from BW to BODS is established properly and is running successfully. Before executing the BODS job all...
View ArticleSAP Announces Changes for SAP Rapid Mart Support
SAP is committed to providing its customers with world-class solutions that help address data quality and information management challenges. In order to make these types of ongoing investments, at...
View ArticleAdd an attachment to BODS Job Notification email using VB Script
Hi All, In some of the ETL Projects there is always a need to send the processed Flat File(CSV, XLS, TXT) to the customer through e-mail. As far as I know there is no functionality in SMTP_TO()...
View ArticleHow to use Current_Configuration() function to send job status for different...
Detailed Description:This document describes the steps for sending the Job status for different environments. This functionality was used in my previous project where the requirement was to send job...
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IDocs and BODS - Message Variant
IntroductionIDoc processing using BODS is used for both real-time and batch processing of data. IDocs are increasingly used for both data migration and data integration.There is hence a possibility for...
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Alias and their application during runtime
Introduction There is an increasing number of scenarios where the database schema that is connected to using Business Objects Data Services in databases like ORACLE and SQL Server change from one...
View ArticleThe EIM Bulletin
Purpose The Enterprise Information Management Bulletin (this page) is a timely and regularly-updated information source providing links to hot issues, new documentation, and upcoming events of interest...
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How to remove header and footer rows from a flat file?
Case 1: process a flat file with header information If you know how many header lines there are, removing them can easily be done by specifying the correct value for “Skipped rows” in the File Format:...
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How to transform a flat file into a master-detail structure using lookup_seq?
Have you ever tried to understand the description of the lookup_seq function in the DS Reference Guide? And if you managed to do so, are you still wondering what it can be used for? Well, here’s a nice...
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Process to create Batch Script to START & STOP Services For SAP Business...
Purpose:The purpose of this document is to create Batch Script to START/ STOP 'Server Intelligence Agent' (SIA) & Tomcat Application on Windows Server Step-by-Step for SAP Business Objects Data...
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The EIM Bulletin The EIM Bulletin is a timely and regularly-updated information source providing links to hot issues, new documentation, and upcoming events of interest to users and administrators of...
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