Understanding OLAP Processor and RSRT

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Understanding OLAP Processor

and RSRT

Applies to:

SAP R/3, SAP ECC 6.0 and SAP BI NetWeaver 2004s. For more information, visit the EDW homepage.

Summary

This article gives the idea about Architecture of OLAP Processor (OLAP Engine) and different features available in RSRT to analysis queries in different scenarios.

Author: Vipin A Company: Cognizant Created on: 4 August 2011

Author Bio

Vipin is currently working with Cognizant as BW Senior Consultant. He has more than 4 years of experience in BW and 2 years of experience in ABAP

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Introduction

This article gives the idea about Architecture of OLAP Processor (OLAP Engine) and different features available in RSRT to analysis queries in different scenarios.

How it is Beneficial to BW Consultant?

A) OLAP Processor

When we are executing our Queries, we need to understand the following:

How data get processed by OLAP Engine and display result as per our requirement on Frontend tools. What all are the different Stages through which data get passes from InfoProvider to Frontend.

B) RSRT

RSRT have many features which helps BW Consultants to Analysis Queries in a details way. It helps to find root cause of many issues like Performance, Aggregates, RRI, Wrong Values, BIA and many others.

OLAP Processor Architecture

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RSRT Details

Features of RSRT

List of Options available in RSRT for Displaying Results

a) BEX Analyzer: It’s look and feel like BEX Analyzer only but no Navigation Block. b) HTML: It feels like Portal with a Default Template.

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Execute + Debug

These are the Break Points available in “Execute + Debug”. From these options, we can do Debugging on:

1. Data Manager 2. Currency Conversion 3. Data Get

4. Authorization 5. Cache 6. BIA 7. SQL 8. Planning 9. Statistics / RRI 10. Variables

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Query Definition Designer

In Technical Information screen, Press “Query Definition Designer” tab. Program take us to Debugger, here we can find details about Query Designing. We can see the entire Component used in particular Query.

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Details about L_THX_FORM:

Double click on L_THX_FORM and a list appears. From there we can find following Information’s:

NAV = Free Characteristics – Characteristics that are Navigational STR = Structures

SEL = Selection Element - all restrictions on all Characteristics

FIX = collection of all Filters – in the boxes filters, rows, columns and free characteristics. In this same way we can find more details from following tables:

l_ts_var - will display all Variables for the query l_th_dkf - will display all Keyfigures for the query. l_tsx_fst_f - will display all Formulas for the query

l_tsx_fst_k - will display all Formulas for Calculated Keyfigures.

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Query Definition Processor

A piece of coding and the complex data structure SX_REPORT are generated for a query in a time-consuming process. During this generation, the query definition and all of the metadata information are processed. A range of flags and control tables are created that accelerate the processing considerably during runtime.

CELL: Structure elements

CHAFREE: Free characteristics of the query. LRECH: Formulas after aggregation. SEL: All selections.

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SUMM: Formulas after aggregation. VAR: All variables.

VAR_LRECH: Numerical variables with replacement paths.

VCHECK: Controls the validation of variables, that is, the dependencies among variables. VREP: Controls the replacement of variables.

Properties:

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Aggregates:

S = Search or Wanted Aggregates A = Available or Used Aggregates.

Default Breakpoints:

1) OLAP Processor Start (RTO Open) (RRK_RTO_OPEN) : Here all “Variables” get processed.

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How to Learn OLAP:

HELP TEXT

This will help us to understand OLAP Processor in details way with showing Proper Function Modules for different scenarios.

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Important Function Modules:

These are the important Function Modules for OLAP Processor.

RSDRC_BASIC_DB_QUERY_DATA_GET function Module retrieve data from Database. E_T_DATA : Each single result of one query stored in E_T_DATA

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Understanding OLAP Processor and RSRT