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Summary
This part of the article series explains the various update modes and the working methodology in LO
extraction.
Author: P Renjith Kumar
Company: SAP Labs India PVT Ltd
Created on: 19 August 2010
Author Bio
P Renjith Kumar is presently working in SAP Labs India PVT Ltd and specializes in
Extraction and Modeling areas of BI. Basically as an ABAP consultant, he has extensive
cross functional experience and has been with end to end SAP ERP and BI implementation
projects across manufacturing domain.
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Table of Contents
Prerequisite................................................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 3
Direct Delta: .............................................................................................................................................. 3
Queued Delta: ........................................................................................................................................... 3
Non-serialized V3 Update: ......................................................................................................................... 3
Unserialized V3 Update................................................................................................................................. 4
When to use this? ...................................................................................................................................... 4
Queued Delta................................................................................................................................................ 5
Benefits and Features of the “Queued Delta”: ............................................................................................ 6
Direct Delta ................................................................................................................................................... 9
Concept..................................................................................................................................................... 9
Performance Factor ................................................................................................................................... 9
When you can use this?........................................................................................................................... 10
Benefits and Features of the “Direct Delta”:.............................................................................................. 10
Tables for update methods .......................................................................................................................... 11
Related SAP OSS note ............................................................................................................................... 13
Related SAP OSS note ............................................................................................................................... 13
Related Content .......................................................................................................................................... 14
Reference to my previous articles ............................................................................................................ 14
Copyright .................................................................................................................................................... 15
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Prerequisite
Kindly read the previous 3 part of the article, it will make you to feel comfortable to read this article.
Introduction
In Transaction LBWE you can see three different update methods, now we will see that in detail.
With PI 2002.1 the following new update methods for logistics extraction will be offered:
Direct Delta
Queued Delta
Un Serialized V3 update
Direct Delta:
With this update mode, the extraction data is transferred with each document posting directly into the BW
delta queue. In doing so, each document posting with delta extraction is posted for exactly one LUW in the
respective BW delta queues.
Queued Delta:
With this update mode, the extraction data is collected for the affected application instead of being collected
in an extraction queue, and can be transferred as usual with the V3 update by means of an updating
collective run into the BW delta queue. In doing so, up to 10000 delta extractions of documents for an LUW
are compressed for each DataSource into the BW delta queue, depending on the application.
Non-serialized V3 Update:
With this update mode, the extraction data for the application considered is written as before into the update
tables with the help of a V3 update module. They are kept there as long as the data is selected through an
updating collective run and are processed. However, in contrast to the current default settings (serialized V3
update), the data in the updating collective run are thereby read without regard to sequence from the update
tables and are transferred to the BW delta queue.
This is shown below
Now we will see the document flow during the different update modes.
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Unserialized V3 Update
The extraction data of the application being viewed is written to the Update Queue with an V3 update module
and is kept there until the data is read with an update collection run and processed.
With this update mode, the extraction data of the application in question continues to be written to the update
tables using a V3 update module and is retained there until the data is read and processed by a collective
update run.
Note: In this mode, the delta records may not arrive in the same order in the BW as they were generated in the OLTP
system. In particular, this can cause problems in the BW when using ODS objects.
The method “Unserialized V3 Update” does not ensure serialization of the document data. Update to the
DataStore objects is not recommended if serialization is desired.
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Queued Delta
The extraction data from the concerned application is collected in an Extraction Queue. Then the data will be
transferred to Delta queue, in a similar manner to the V3 update, with an update Collections run.
With this update mode, the extraction data for the affected application is compiled in an extraction queue
(instead of in the update data) and can be transferred to the BW delta queues by an update collective run, as
previously executed during the V3 update. Up to 10,000 delta extractions of documents to an LUW in the BW
delta queues are cumulated in this way per DataSource, depending on the application.
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Note: If you use this method, it is also necessary to schedule a job to regularly transfer the data to the BW
delta queues ("update collective run"). However, you should note that reports delivered using the logistics
extract structures customizing cockpit are used during this scheduling.
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Note: In the following cases, the extraction queues should never contain any data:
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Direct Delta
The extracted data is transferred directly to the delta queue with the Document Posting. Thus the sequence
of the transfer of document agrees with the chronological order of data creation.
Concept
With this update mode, extraction data is transferred directly to the BW delta queues every time a document
is posted. In this way, each document posted with delta extraction is converted to exactly one LUW in the
related BW delta queues.
If you are using this method, there is no need to schedule a job at regular intervals to transfer the data to the
BW delta queues.
Performance Factor
The number of LUWs per DataSource increases significantly in the BW delta queues because the deltas of
many documents are not summarized into one LUW in the BW delta queues.
Note: If you are using this update mode, note that you cannot post any documents during delta initialization in an
application from the start of the recompilation run in the OLTP until all delta init requests have been successfully
updated successfully in BW.Otherwise, data from documents posted in the meantime is irretrievably lost.
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