Implementing Attribute View with Material

IMPLEMENTING ATTRIBUTE VIEW WITH MATERIAL

Attribute view:

• Attribute views are dimensions, BW characteristics or master data.
• Attribute views are used to join to a dimension or attribute view.
• In most cases used to model master data like entities (like the product, employee, business partner).
• Highly re-used and shared in analytic- and calculation views.

How to create attribute view with Material:

• Go to remote desktop connection->start->click on SAP-HANA studio.

How to create an attribute view:

• Right click on sub package-> new->click on attribute view.

• Provide name AT_MATERIAL->provide label<select subtype as standard->click finish.

• Click on plus icon->select objects.

• Select table MARA->click ok

• Select required output columns.

• Again click on plus icon ->add table MAKT->click ok.

• Join MARA-MATNR to MAKT-MATNR .
• Join type as text join->language coloumn as MAKT-SPARS

Join type:

Text join:  text join is used to fetch the description based on user's session language. Once we implement the text join in SAP-HANA, it automatically finds out user's language and gives description in that language. 

• Select MAKT-MAKTX as output column.

  

•  Click on semantics->provide MATNR as a key attribute.
• The key attribute is a kind of primary key for the attribute view. But, it doesn’t prevent the passage of duplicate values. It is basically needed to determine the join execution order at the runtime when multiple tables are used in an attribute view.
• In attribute views, there is one mandatory step. Whatever keys in the table one key we need to define inside an attribute view.

 

• Provide label mapping.

Label mapping: 

• We can choose to associate an attribute with another attribute description. Label Mapping is also called as Description mapping.
• For example if a1 has a label column B1, then you can rename b1 to a1.description. The related columns appear side by Side during data preview.

• Click save and validate ->click save and activate.

• Assign an object->click finish.

Use of assign object: in the select change dialog, either create a new id or select an existing change id that you want to use to assign your change.

• Click on data preview.

• Click on raw data->to get output.

Output in a different language:

• Go to best system->right click on System->click on properties.

• Click additional properties->select locale->click apply->click ok

• Click save and validate->click save and activate->click on data preview->click on raw data.