Hi,

I have done SAP DS course from a small institute. I am very new to SAP field, previously I was working on JAVA.

Now I have the best overall idea about DS and BW concept, and now proficient to work in DS.

But I didn't work in real time projects and don't have any idea about the SAP interviews.How can I tackle the interviews.

Or any suggestion to get a job in DS. I have 4 years of experience.

Advance Thanks,

Sabat

Hi,

While trying to move data from SAP ECC to HANA via BODS we get the following error -

'System number <12: CRFC error: RFC_CONVERSION_FAILURE- Could not convert from 4103 codepage to 1100 codepage rc = 2048[SAP

20712 7180 R3C-150101 12/3/2013 4:29:49 PM Partner]>. Make sure the SAP server is running and the login information is correct'

The code page field for ECC data store is set to 'Default'.

Pl assist. Thanks.

Dear Experts,
I have to load the data into a flat file and atleast leave first 4 rows blank(I meant say that Data should be written

into file from 5th row onwards in flat file).See below screenshot.

Could anybody advise me asap.

Thanks&Regards
Mohan

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 customer environment with only a few modifications. Some jobs include batch data flows and some include real-time data flows; some jobs include party data and some include product data. Data quality jobs include structured data, and text data processing jobs include unstructured data.

Data Quality Management and Text Data Processing 4.2 blueprints and other tools

• These blueprints are compatible with 4.2 and all 4.2 Support Packages.
• To configure and set up SAP Data Services blueprints and other objects, download the appropriate User's Guide in the Documentation column below.
• To view a list of new blueprints and other feature in this release, download the What's New document.
• To view a detailed list of the available blueprints, other objects, and their contents, download the Content Objects Summary – version 4.2.
• To contribute your own blueprints, visit the How to Contribute page.

Data Quality Management 4.2 regional blueprints:

Data Quality Management Match 4.2 blueprints:

Data Quality Management product 4.2 blueprints:

Text Data Processing language 4.2 blueprints:

Text Data Processing Data Quality Management 4.2 blueprints:

Text Data Processing miscellaneous 4.2 blueprints:

Other 4.2 tools:

Text Data Processing 4.1 SP1 blueprints and other tools

• To configure and set up SAP BusinessObjects Data Services blueprints and other objects, download the appropriate User's Guide in the Documentation column below.
• To view a list of new blueprints and other feature in this release, download the What's New document.
• To view a detailed list of the available blueprints, other objects, and their contents, download the Content Objects Summary – version 4.1.1.
• To contribute your own blueprints, visit the How to Contribute page.

Text Data Processing language 4.1 SP1 blueprints:

Text Data Processing Data Quality Management 4.1 SP1 blueprints:

Other 4.1 SP1 tools:

Data Quality Management 4.1 blueprints and other tools

• These blueprints are compatible with 4.1 and all 4.1 Support Packages
• To configure and set up SAP BusinessObjects Data Services blueprints and other objects, download the appropriate User's Guide in the Documentation column below.
• To view a list of new blueprints and other feature in this release, download the What's New document.
• To view a detailed list of the available blueprints, other objects, and their contents, download the Content Objects Summary – version 4.1.
• To contribute your own blueprints, visit the How to Contribute page.

Data Quality Management blueprints:

Other 4.1 tools:

Data Quality and Text Data Processing 4.0 blueprints and other tools

• To configure and set up SAP BusinessObjects Data Services blueprints and other objects, download the appropriate User's Guide in the Documentation column.
• To view a detailed list of the available blueprints, other objects, and their contents, download the Content Objects Summary – version 4.0.
• To contribute your own blueprints, visit the How to Contribute page.

Data Quality blueprints:

Text Data Processing language 4.0 blueprints:

Text Data Processing Data Quality 4.0 blueprints:

Other 4.0 tools:

Hi ,

I want to load excel file from the FTP. I have created one folder FTP called test  and kept the excel file .

But when I am trying load excel file into table  or view the data from excel file  it is throwing error like

FTP could not transfer file </TEST/EMP.XLSX> from host <www.0catch.com>: <>. Ensure that the FTP relative path for the SAP server working directory is set correctly such that the data file is accessible to the FTP program.  Also, ensure that the target path, where the transferred file is written to, is correct.

I am using DS 4.1 SP2.

Please help me how to resolve this issue.

Thanks & Regards,

Ramana.

Hi Everyone,

This document is mainly focused on value-Aid to Business and Customer using SAP BODS and SAP BO

The SAP BusinessObjects solution portfolio delivers extreme insight through specialized end-user tools on a single, trusted business intelligence platform.

This entire platform is supported by SAP BusinessObjects Data Services. On top of SAP BusinessObjects Data Services, the SAP BusinessObjectssolution portfolio layers the most reliable, scalable, flexible, and manageable business intelligence (BI) platform which supports the industry's bestintegrated end-user interfaces: reporting, query and analysis, and performance management dashboards, scorecards, and applications.

True data integration blends batch extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) technology with real-time bi-directional data flow across multipleapplications for the extended enterprise.

By building a relational datastore and intelligently blending direct real-time and batch data-access methods to access data from enterprise resourceplanning (ERP) systems and other sources, SAP has created a powerful, high-performance data integration product that allows you to fully leverageyour ERP and enterprise application infrastructure for multiple uses.

SAP deeply integrates the entire ETL process with the business intelligenceplatform so you benefit from:

• Easy metadata management

• Simplified and unified administration

• Life cycle management

• Trusted information

Value Aid to Business and Customer using SAP BODS:

Use SAP BusinessObjects Data Services to develop enterprise data integration for batch and real-time uses. With the software:

• You can create a single infrastructure for batch and real-time data movement to enable faster and lower cost implementation.

• Your enterprise can manage data as a corporate asset independent of any single system. Integrate data across many systems and reuse that data  for many purposes.

• You have the option of using pre-packaged data solutions for fast deployment and quick ROI.

SAP Business Objects Universe

Universe is a semantic layer between end user’s reporting solution and the data source.This layer doesn’t require the users to get involved with the intricacies of the underlying data structure, and simplifies  their access to the source.

Universe are made up of elements such as objects and classes. Objects are the basic data components in a database that you use in a query to retrieve data. A collection of  these objects  is known as a class.

An example would be a class named Customer, which includes objects Name, Age and Address.

Value-Aid to Business and Customer using SAP BO

Web Intelligence enables you to query data without any knowledge of SQL, customize the presentation of reports, organize reports and interact with reports.

Thanks & Regards,

Vishakha Nigam

Hi Experts,

Need information regarding SAP Data Services 4.2.

Currently we are having SAP BI 4.0 SP6 Patch 4 and DS 4.1 SP2 in our environment. We are planning to upgrade our BO System to BI4.1 SP2.

Hence we have to upgrade our DS also to DS 4.2 SP1.

unfortunately i am not able to find any Software related to SAP Data Services 4.2 in SMP. Even in SAP Schedule also i am not able to find the exact date.

Does anyone have any information about SAP Data Services 4.2 GA and Availability of DS 4.2 SP1?

Could you please share your  inputs.

Regards,

prasad

I have installed boe 4.1sp2 on this server.

But while installing BODS 4.1sp2 , the prerequisite checks failed .  It said " it can't find boe or ips" .

But I indeed installed boe .

This is urgent. Please help .

Questions :

1,How can bods detect boe  ?

2,If I don't install HostAgent , will it affect the integration of BOE and BODS ?

Detailed Messages:

Prerequisite check
Summary of any missing critical or optional prerequisites.

Failed: SAP HostAgent (Optional)
        Information: The SAP HostAgent was not detected. You will not be able to integrate Data Services with SLD during
installation.
Failed: SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise (Optional)
        Information: SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise or Information platform services 4.0 SP4 or above is not installed in the
specified folder. You will not be able to install some Data Services components, such as the Management Console and Adaptive
Processing Services.
Succeeded: Minimum patch level requirements for OS (Optional)
Succeeded: Existing Data Services version (Critical)
Succeeded: Platform Memory Architecture (Critical)
Succeeded: SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Version (Critical)
Succeeded: Root User Rights (Critical)

Hi All,

I have two Sources one is Base files(AS400) and another one is Pub Fies (TIBCO).

First, I ran the Base file job , It is loaded data in target table

and again I ran Pub file Job , if the data matches for both the tables it is going to exception table, otherwise it is going to target table.

I have setup the Scheduling for the Pub file Job every one hour running continuously.

Initially, they are not loaded any data ,by the end of today they are uploaded the data for 10 records in pub file.

next day morning, I have verified the Oracle target table and exception table., Is loaded the data in target table  but it is not loaded exception table.

I have verified the log file , it is showing the message , it is loading to the data exception table.

For example:

Base file :

State degree policy type

LA 6 CC

MA5 OC

IN 4 CM

Pub file data:

State Degree Policy type ADB OPCODE

LA 6 CC  1

FL 5 OC  3

The Primary keys  are state, degree and Policy type.

I  think it should be going to one records in exception table.

Please let me know if any one tell above the question..

My Issue :-  

           -->  I got this error when one of my job  (  Oracle Source --> Query --> Oracle Target ) running in prodution

  -        -->  I thought to see the data which is causing this error but  after 10 minutes , source is refreshed with new data ,

                  I did not get a chance to see the data .   Issue resolved at present.

           -->  But in future , if same issue comes then i dont have a readymate solution.  I wants to give perminent solution.

     Already existing posts on this error , but not usefull to me to solve my problem:

                   http://scn.sap.com/message/10818208

-- My Analysis :

         -->  BODS is generating  Statement :  INSERT with BIND Variables to insert data in toa target.

è  --> When bind variables are used , due to null terminator missing,  oracle cannot accept the data from BODS

    --> In source is more size and in target it is less side columns  are there in my job. 

            Just like : source : Decimal(48,8) , in target Decimal(28,8) , but when i test with big values ,

            oracle was throwing Value too large , not null terminator.

Help Required :-

     --> Please help me to understand this issue more , which special charectors cause this null termination issue

    -->  Not only big values are  causinng this issue , some special , junk charectors are causing this issue.

   ---> Please let me know what kind of charectors can cuase this issue,  

Trace Log :- 

(12.2) 11-24-13 20:08:03 (2364:0608) DATAFLOW: Data flow <DF_STG_X_DAILY_INCREMENT> using IN MEMORY Cache.

(12.2) 11-24-13 20:24:25 (2364:0608) DATAFLOW: Data flow <DF_STG_X_DAILY_INCREMENT> is terminated due to error <70301>.

(12.2) 11-24-13 20:24:25 (2364:0608) DATAFLOW: Process to execute data flow <DF_STG_X_DAILY_INCREMENT> is completed.

(12.2) 11-24-13 20:24:25 (3088:2328) WORKFLOW: Work flow <WF_STG_X_DAILY_INCREMENT> is terminated due to an error <70301>.

(12.2) 11-24-13 20:24:25 (3088:2328)  PRINTFN:  in CATCH block

     Error Log :- 

      (12.2) 11-24-13 20:24:15 (E) (2364:3732) DBS-070301: |Data flow DF_STG_X_DAILY_INCREMENT| Loader Query_1_STG_X_DAILY

      Oracle <DDMP> error message for operation <OCIStmtExecute>: <ORA-01480: trailing null missing from STR bind value>.

11-24-13 20:24:15 (E) (2364:3732) RUN-051005: |Data flow DF_STG_X_DAILY_INCREMENT|Loader Query_1_STG_X_DAILY

                                                     Execution of <Regular Load Operations> for target <STG_X_DAILY> failed. Possible causes:

                                                     (1) Error in the SQL syntax;

                                                     (2) Database connection is broken;

                                                     (3) Database related errors such as transaction log is full, etc.;

                                                     (4) The user defined in

the datastore has insufficient privileges to execute the SQL. If the error is for preload or postload operation, or if it is

for regular load operation and load triggers are defined, check the SQL. Otherwise, for (3) and (4), contact your local DBA.

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sd    .

Hi ,

Could anyone let us know if we could use SAP APO as a source for extracting data to BODS.If anyone has worked in this scenario,please provide suggestions/inputs for the same.

Thanks,

Lavanya.

Hi,

Is there any sizing guide with SAPS like for CPU and RAM on production server for Data services 4.1 available?  We are in process to implement Data Services 4.1 to extract data from ECC.

Also we want to install both BO-BI Information Platform service and DS 4.0 on the same server.

Would really appreciate if you could help me with some suggestions.

Thank you,
Arindam Chaudhuri

Hi.

I'm having problems with running AL_RWJobLauncher on Windows.  According to the documentation only return code 0 means no error.  I'm somtimes getting the return code -1 even when the job runs without any warnings/errors.

Can anyone tell me what return code -1 means?

Regards,

Haraldur

The Driver record resulting out of the Match Transforms is observed to be picked up randomly. Is there any way to specify the record that should be used as Driver and rest of records in that group be identified as Passenger or Unique record?

Ex: The output is expected to have record coming from source S1 as Driver 'D match_status' record and records from any other sources should be 'P'. Something like below

Table1 :

But Match_status is assigned D to a random record within a group. Something like below

Table2:

How to achieve the Match transform output as in Table1? Any thoughts?

We are currently using data services 4.0 (14.0.2.262) and we have several folks working in India.  All have the designer installed on their desktops.  I have had several reports of individuals trying to import tables from datastores (specifically an SAP datastore) where they right click and use the "Import by Name" feature.  The data services designer subsequently closes without them selecting a table and they need to log back in.  In addition the performance itself is very slow to log in, open dataflows, etc. Since everyone is using the data services designer on their desktops I can chalk that up to network latency I believe, however, it is leading to a lot of frustration because of the tool going down when they try to do basic functions like importing.

Is this a known bug or is there a way to monitor to see what is happening at the point it crashes?

Hello All,

We are currently working on SAP BODS 4.0 SP and BW 7.3.

BW is the target system.

We are planning to upgrage from BW 7.3 to BW 7.4.

I wanted to know if there are any dependency of this upgrage on current version of SAP BODS.

Also it would be great if someone can highlight the combatibility between DS4.0 sp2 and BW 7.4 , any known issues.

Thanks and Regards,

Rishabh

Hi ,

I Have installed in our system with SAP Data Services 4.2  on Windows 7  64 bit  laptop for demo purposes.  I want to upgrade to 4.2 SP01.

As a prerequisite I have to install IPS 4.1 SP02 .  But when I am trying to install IPS4.1 SP02  but I am getting prerequisite error like have to install Windows 2008 server.  How can I install IPS 4.1 SP02 on my windows 7 64 bit laptop or not possible to install DS 4.2 SP01 stand alone on windows 7 laptop.

Thanks & Regards,

Ramana

Hi All,

I have created job in SAP Data Services. But when I am executing that job, the data in destination table getting replaced. My condition is I want to append rows in SQL table means in next week if I execute that job then it will append rows. How can I do this?

Hello,

We are calling RFC BAPI from ECC to BODS to import data via BAPI. When we imported the BAPI structure to BODS, one of the import parameter is not imported. We have two import parameters, 1. CHK_CHANGES, 2. CHK_DATE. I see CHK_DATE field, but not the CHK_CHANGES field in BODS.

Also, I have attached screen shots of ECC and BODS.

Please provide any insight to over this problem.

Thanks,

Naga

Hi

  I am using BODS 4.1 and am trying to sort a table using query transform and wanted to sort based on 2 columns. I tried to add the columns in the ORDER BY tab but it doesnt looks like it is working .I am outputting it to a template table. Any suggestions on what could be wrong?

Cheers!