Infocube Creation Steps using SAP BI 7.0

SAP has come up with enhanced functionalities for business warehousing. The new functionalities are part of SAP Business Intelligence 7.0 (SAP BI 7.0).

There are some differences in SAP BI 7.0 while creating objects. We will see how to create InfoCube and other related Objects in SAP BI 7.0.

Infocube uses concept of star schema. Infocube is created using Characteristics and Key Figures.

Characteristics are levels on which reporting has to be performed. For example, Product, Customer and Plant.

Key Figures are measures used for characteristics. For example, sales quantity for a product, customer and location combination.

In this section we will discuss InfoArea and InfoObject Catalog creation steps in SAP BI 7.0.

1) Logon to SAP and Execute transaction RSA1, shown below is the left hand side panel
2) Select the InfoProvider at right hand side panel and select 'Create InfoArea;
3) Enter name and description for InfoArea
4) Go to InfoObjects at left hand panel, select the InfoArea created and right click to create 'InfoObject Catalog' 5) Create InfoObject Catalog for Characteristics and Key Figures
6) Select the InfoObjects for InfoObject Catalog as shown below
7) Enter the InfoObjects and select 'Continue' 8) Activate the InfoObject Catalog
9) InfoObject Catalog is created as shown below
In next section, we will see how to create InfoCube in SAP BI 7.0