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Open Hub Destination: Part 1 PDF
Open Hub Destination: Part 1 PDF
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Summary
This article tells about the Open Hub Destination use and how to use it in case of data down load from
InfoCube to Flat File.
Author:
Author Bio
Surendra Kumar Reddy Koduru is a SAP BI Lead Consultant currently working with ITC
Infotech India Ltd (Bangalore/INDIA). He has got rich experience and worked on various
BW/BI implementation/Support projects.
Table of Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 3
Use of Open Hub ................................................................................................................................................ 3
Structure ............................................................................................................................................................. 3
Integration ........................................................................................................................................................... 3
Creating Open Hub Destinations ........................................................................................................................ 4
Step 1 .............................................................................................................................................................. 4
Step 2: ............................................................................................................................................................. 7
Step 3: ............................................................................................................................................................. 9
Step 4: ........................................................................................................................................................... 14
Related Content ................................................................................................................................................ 17
Disclaimer and Liability Notice .......................................................................................................................... 18
Introduction
The open hub destination is the object that allows you to distribute data from a BI system to non-SAP data
marts, analytical applications, and other applications. It ensures controlled distribution across multiple
systems.
The open hub destination defines the target to which the data is transferred.
See the following figure outlines how the open hub destination is integrated into the data flow:
Structure
The open hub destination contains all the information about a data target: the type of destination, the name
of the flat file or database table and its properties, and the field list and its properties.
BI objects such as InfoCubes, DataStore Objects, InfoObjects (attributes or texts), and InfoSets can function
as open hub data sources. Note that DataSources may not be used as the source.
Integration
You can use the data transfer process to update data to the open hub destination. This involves transforming
the data. Not all rule types are available in the transformation for an open hub destination: Reading master
data, time conversion, currency translation, and unit conversion are not available.
2. In the context menu of your InfoArea, choose Create Open Hub Destination.
3. Enter a technical name and a description. We recommend that you use the object from which you want to
update data to the open hub destination as the template.
4. On the Destination tab page, select the required destination. Here Im selecting the File as Destination.
Note: Here Separator is ; (Semicolon), we can also give , (Comma), at the end of this article we can see with Comma
also.
Here I selected Desktop as path. So the Flat File will save directly on Desktop with the technical name of
Open Hub Destination.
5. On the Field Definition tab page, you can see the fields list (from InfoCube).
Give the Source and Target details like below. i.e. Our InfoCube Technical name and Open Hub Destination
Technical name.
Step 3:
Creating Data Transfer Processes between InfoCube and Open Hub Destination.
Right click on our Open Hub Destination and Create DTP.
The system will take the default values, see the following screen.
Check the parameters in the above screen and then press Enter.
Save and Activate the DTP, you can see the different options in the Extraction Tab, we can select either
Delta or Full. Here I selected Delta.
With delta we will get any new records i.e. from InfoCube to Flat File.
Finally see the Extraction Tab. Once every thing is fine then execute it.
Once it is Success, you can see the below screen with Green lights.
In Desktop i.e. I given the destination path is Desktop, it will create Two Files one is Structure file and other
is Actual Data File.
Actual Data file, the name of the file is Technical name of the Open Hub Destination.
Step 4:
Actually Step 3 it self the Scenario is over, but here Im explaining with different Separator ,. The data in
actual data file is very clear if you select ,.
For this we need to change the Separator in Open Hub Destination.
The above screen tells about ;, the data in the above flat file is used Separator ;.
But now we are giving , as separator, see the below screen.
Once you change the separator, DTP will become Inactive, so you need to activate Transformations between
InfoCube and Open Hub Destination and DTP in between InfoCube and Open Hub Destination.
Active the DTP and then execute it, you can see the below screen.
In DTP we selected the Extraction mode is Delta, so no more data is extracted into Flat File, but here I given
the sample File, which give the details of data, i.e. how the data will extracts into flat file if we change the
separator.
Here in the above Flat File the data is very clear i.e. in different column. Based on our requirements we can
change the Separator.
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