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Organization
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Viewing General Information
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Viewing Adapter Prerequisites
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Viewing Adapter-Supported Objects
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Viewing Adapter History
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Creating SAP BI Warehouse Target
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Managing SAP BI Warehouse Targets
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Enabling an SAP BI Warehouse Target
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Disabling an SAP BI Warehouse Target
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Viewing Used By Properties
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Viewing Target History
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Defining an Activity
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Defining Select from SAP BI Warehouse Activity
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Table 1 April 2012—Cisco TEO Adapter Guide for OLAP Database 2.3 Changes
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Updated Trademark and Copyright date
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Location
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Chapter 3, “Using the OLAP Database
Activities”
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Properties
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The Cisco TEO Adapter for OLAP Database provides the functionality in Tidal Enterprise Orchestrator
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This guide provides information on the objects supported by the OLAP Database Adapter.
This guide includes the following sections:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Understanding the OLAP
Database Adapter Objects
Managing SAP BI Warehouse
Targets
Using the OLAP Database
Activities
Describes the objects provided by the adapter.
Provides information about creating and managing the SAP BI Warehouse targets.
Provides information about defining the OLAP
Database activities used in the processes.
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The OLAP Database Adapter provides the SAP BI Warehouse target and SAP BI Warehouse activities to access SAP BI Data Warehouse cubes and execute MDX queries.
This chapter provides information on accessing and viewing the objects provided by the OLAP Database
Adapter. It contains the following sections:
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Accessing the OLAP Database Adapter Properties, page 1-1
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Viewing OLAP Database Adapter Properties, page 1-2
You can view the OLAP Database Adapter properties from the Administration—Adapters view in the
Console. This view displays general information about the functionality provided by the adapter, version number, release date and install date.
Step 1 On the Administration workspace, click Adapters to display the installed adapters in the Adapters pane.
Figure 1-1 Administration—Adapters View
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Step 2 Select OLAP Database Adapter and use one of the following methods to open the OLAP Database
Adapter Properties dialog box:
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Right-click and choose Properties .
In the Details pane, click any of the hyperlinks on the General tab.
You use the OLAP Database Adapter Properties dialog box to view the functionality provided by the adapter.
Use the General tab on the OLAP Database Adapter Properties dialog box to view general information about the adapter.
Figure 1-2 OLAP Database Adapter Properties—General Tab
The fields on the General tab are display only and provide the following information about the adapter:
Field
Display name
Type
Description
Company
Version
Description
Name of the adapter that displays in the Adapters pane.
Object type.
Text description of the adapter.
Name of company that created or supplied the adapter
(Cisco).
Version number of the adapter.
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Field
Release date
Install date
Description
Date and time the adapter was available in the product.
Date and time the adapter was installed.
Use the Prerequisites tab to view the adapter requirements on the TEO server.
Step 1 On the OLAP Database Adapter Properties dialog box, click the Prerequisites tab.
Figure 1-3 OLAP Database Adapter Properties—Prerequisites Tab
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Column
Name
Importance
State
Minimum Value
Detected Value
Explanation
Description
Name of the required hardware or software for the supported adapter.
Indicates whether the item is Required or Optional for the adapter.
Indicates whether the system has the required hardware or software installed (Satisfied or Not satisfied).
Indicates the minimum value required for the item.
Displays the software or hardware version on the system.
Display only . Information related to the selected adapter requirement.
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Use the Provides tab to view the name and type of object provided by the adapter.
Step 1 On the OLAP Database Adapter Properties dialog box, click the Provides tab.
Figure 1-4 OLAP Database Adapter Properties—Provides Tab
Step 2 Review the following information about the objects provided by the adapter:
Column
Name
Type
Description
Name of the activities, processes and objects that the adapter supports.
Object type (Target, Activity, Event).
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Use the History tab to view a history of changes that have been made to the adapter.
Step 1 On the OLAP Database Adapter Properties dialog box, click the History tab.
Figure 1-5 OLAP Database Adapter Properties—History Tab
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Field
Created by
Created time
Time
Change Type
User
Description
Description
Display only . User name of the person who created the object.
Display only . Date and time the object was created.
Date and time the action occurred.
Action that occurred.
User name of the person that performed the action.
Information about the action that was performed.
Step 3
Step 4
To view the audit history for a specific action, select the item, right-click and choose Properties .
Click OK to close the dialog box.
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The SAP BI Warehouse targets enable you to run a process on a specific SAP BI Warehouse server. The targets can be defined once and reused in several processes.
This chapter guides you through accessing, creating and managing the SAP BI Warehouse targets. It includes the following sections:
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Accessing the Targets View, page 2-1
Creating SAP BI Warehouse Target, page 2-2
Managing SAP BI Warehouse Targets, page 2-5
You use the Definitions—Targets view to create, manage and delete targets. Information about the configured targets display in the Targets pane, including the type of target, its status, the automation pack it is associated with, and the date and time modifications were made to it.
Figure 2-1 Definitions—Targets View
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Before you can create or run processes in your SAP BI Warehouse environment, you must create the targets on which the processes will run. You use the New SAP BI Warehouse Properties dialog to create the target.
Step 1 On the Definitions workspace, right-click Targets and choose New > SAP BI Warehouse to open the
New SAP BI Warehouse Properties dialog box.
Figure 2-2 New SAP BI Warehouse Properties—General Tab
Step 2 On the General tab, enter the following general information about the target (optional):
Field
Display name
Type
Owner
Description
Name of the target that displays in the Targets pane.
Display only.
Type of target.
User name of the owner of the category. This is typically the person who created the category.
Click the Browse tool to change the owner.
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Field
Status
Status information
Organization
Description
Enabled
Description
Display only. Indicates the status of the target. The status determines whether the target is available or unavailable for process or activity execution:
• Unknown—Status of the target cannot be identified
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•
Normal—No known problems with this target
Unreachable—Target cannot currently be reached
• Disabled—Target is disabled and in unvailable for activity execution
Display only. Detailed information regarding the target status and the reasons for the target being unreachable.
Name of the company that supports the target.
Text description of the target.
Check or uncheck the check box to enable or disable the target. The check box is checked by default, which makes it available immediately upon creation.
If you uncheck the check box, the target is disabled and will be unavailable for execution.
Step 3 Click the Connection tab to specify the connection information for the SAP BI Warehouse target.
Note The Required Value icon displayed on a tab or page indicates that the field is required and is either missing a value or contains an invalid value.
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New SAP BI Warehouse Properties—Connection Tab
Step 4 On the Connection tab, enter the following information:
Field
SAP system ID
SAP BI XMLA Web Service URL
Default timeout for MDX query activity
(seconds)
Default runtime user
Description
System ID for the SAP system where the SAP BI
Warehouse server resides.
URL to connect to the SAP BI XMLA web service.
Number of seconds to wait before a MDX query activity fails because it timed out. The default number of seconds is 120.
Runtime user account to be used to connect to the target. Choose the default runtime user from the drop-down list.
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To view the properties for the runtime user, click the Properties tool.
To create a new runtime user, choose New >
Runtime User .
Step 5 Click OK to close the dialog box.
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Use the Definitions—Targets view to manage the SAP BI Warehouse targets. From this view, you can enable and disable the target, delete the target, and view and modify the target properties.
A target is enabled by default after it is created. If a target is manually disabled, it must be enabled before it is available for execution.
Step 1
Step 2
On the Definitions—Targets view, use one of the following methods to enable the target:
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In the Targets pane, right-click the SAP BI Warehouse target and choose Enable .
In the Targets pane, select the SAP BI Warehouse target and then click the Click here link in the
Details pane.
Verify the status in the Enabled column in the Targets pane changes to True. If necessary, click the
Refresh icon to update the view.
Disabling a target prevents the item from being available for execution. However, a disabled target is not removed from the list of targets in the Targets pane.
Step 1
Step 2
On the Definitions—Targets view, use one of the following methods to disable the target:
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In the Targets pane, right-click the SAP BI Warehouse target and choose Disable .
In the Targets pane, select the SAP BI Warehouse target and then click the Click here link in the
Details pane.
Verify the status in the Enabled column on the Targets pane changes to False. If necessary, click the
Refresh icon to update the view.
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Before deleting a target, open the SAP BI Warehouse target properties dialog box and click the Used By tab to view where objects are being used by the target. This ensures that deleting the target does not affect any processes or activities.
Step 1 In the Definitions—Targets view, right-click the SAP BI Warehouse target and choose Delete .
Figure 2-4 Confirm Delete
Step 2 Click Yes to confirm the deletion. The target will be removed from the product.
Use the Definitions—Targets view to display and modify the SAP BI Warehouse target properties.
Step 1
Step 2
In the Definitions view, click Targets to display the defined targets in the Targets pane.
Double-click the SAP BI Warehouse target, or right-click and choose Properties .
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Figure 2-5 SAP BI Warehouse Properties—General Tab
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Step 3 Use the General tab to view or modify the following information:
Field
Display name
Type
Owner
Status
Status information
Organization
Description
Enabled
Description
Name of the target that displays in the Targets pane.
Display only.
Type of target.
User name of the owner of the category. This is typically the person who created the category.
Click the Browse tool to change the owner.
Display only. Indicates the status of the target. The status determines whether the target is available or unavailable for process or activity execution.
Display only. Detailed information regarding the target status and the reasons for the target being unreachable.
Name of the company that supports the target
Brief description of the target
Check or uncheck the check box to enable or disable the target. The check box is checked by default, which makes it available immediately upon creation.
If you uncheck the check box, the target is disabled and will be unavailable for execution.
Step 4 Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog box.
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You can modify the SAP BI Warehouse server or change the default runtime user record that connects to the server.
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
In the Definitions view, click Targets to display the defined targets in the Targets pane.
Double-click the SAP BI Warehouse target or right-click and choose Properties .
On the SAP BI Warehouse Properties dialog box, click the Connection tab.
Figure 2-6 SAP BI Warehouse Properties—Connection Tab
Step 4 Use the Connection tab to modify any of the following information:
Field
SAP system ID
SAP BI XMLA Web Service URL
Default timeout for MDX query activity
(seconds)
Default runtime user
Description
System ID for the SAP system where the SAP BI
Warehouse server resides.
URL to connect to the SAP BI XMLA web service.
Number of seconds to wait before a MDX query activity fails because it timed out. The default number of seconds is 120.
Runtime user account to be used to connect to the target. Choose the default runtime user from the drop-down list.
• To view the properties for the runtime user, click the Properties tool.
• To create a new runtime user, choose New >
Runtime User .
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Step 5 Click OK to close the dialog box.
You can view the target groups to which a target belongs using the Member Of tab on the SAP BI
Warehouse Properties dialog box.
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
In the Definitions view, click Targets to display the defined targets in the Targets pane.
Double-click the SAP BI Warehouse target, or right-click and choose Properties .
On the SAP BI Warehouse Properties dialog box, click the Member Of tab.
Figure 2-7 SAP BI Warehouse Properties—Member Of Tab
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Step 5
Step 6
In the list box, view the target groups that the target is a member.
To view the properties of a specific target group, right-click and choose Properties .
Click OK to close the dialog box.
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You can view the extended properties that have been defined for the target using the Extended Properties tab on the SAP BI Warehouse Properties dialog box.
Note For additional information about Target Extended Properties, see the Tidal Enterprise Orchestrator
Reference Guide .
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
In the Definitions view, click Targets to display the defined targets in the Targets pane.
Double-click the SAP BI Warehouse target, or right-click and choose Properties .
On the SAP BI Warehouse Properties dialog box, click the Extended Properties tab.
Figure 2-8 SAP BI Warehouse Properties—Extended Properties Tab
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
In the list box, view the extended target properties.
To modify the extended property, select it and then click Edit .
Click OK to close the dialog box.
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You can view the objects that are directly associated with the selected target (for example, a process or activity) using the Used By tab on the SAP BI Warehouse Properties dialog box.
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
In the Definitions view, click Targets to display the defined targets display in the Targets pane.
Double-click the SAP BI Warehouse target, or right-click and choose Properties .
On the SAP BI Warehouse Properties dialog box, click the Used By tab.
Figure 2-9 SAP BI Warehouse Properties—Used By Tab
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Step 5
Step 6
View the objects that used the target in the list box.
To view the properties of a specific target group, right-click and choose Properties .
Click OK to close the dialog box.
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You can view the history of changes that have been made to the target using the History tab on the SAP
BI Warehouse Properties dialog box.
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
In the Definitions view, click Targets to display the defined targets in the Targets pane.
Double-click the SAP BI Warehouse target, or right-click and choose Properties .
On the SAP System Properties dialog box, click the History tab.
Figure 2-10 SAP BI Warehouse Properties—History Tab
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
View the changes that have been made to the target.
To view the audit history for a specific action in the list box, right-click the item and choose Properties .
Click OK to close the dialog box.
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The OLAP Database activities enable you to create processes specific to your SAP BI Warehouse environment. When defining an activity in the process workflow, the properties pane contains property pages that are specific to the selected activity.
This chapter provides instructions for defining an activity using the OLAP Database activities, instructions for completing the property pages for each specific activity, and instructions on viewing the activity results. It includes the following sections:
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Defining an Activity, page 3-1
Defining Select from SAP BI Warehouse Activity, page 3-4
Use the following steps to define an activity in the Process Editor. The property pages that display depend on the activity. Refer to the appropriate section for instructions on completing the activity property pages.
Step 1 On the Toolbox pane, navigate to the Database—OLAP section, click the activity and drag it onto the
Workflow pane.
The Activity Properties dialog box displays.
Note The Required Value icon displayed on a tab or page indicates that the field is required and is either missing a value or contains an invalid value.
Click the Reference tool to select a defined variable or reference an object within the process on the Insert Variable Reference dialog. For additional information, see the Tidal Enterprise
Orchestrator Reference Guide .
Step 2 On the General tab, enter the following information:
Field
Display name
Type
Description
Description
Name of the activity.
Display only . Type of activity.
Text description of the activity.
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Step 3
Step 4
Click the activity-specific tab and enter the required information. See the appropriate section in this chapter for instructions on completing the fields on the activity-specific tab.
Click the Target tab to specify the process target. You can use the process target or override it and specify a different target for the specific activity.
Field
Execute on the process target
Execute on activity target
Execute on this target
Execute on this target reference
Execute on this target group
Description
Click this radio button to use the same target that was specified for the process.
Click this radio button to indicate that the activity should execute against a target selected in an activity within the process. Chooe the activity from the drop-down list.
Click this radio button and then click the Browse tool to launch the Select Target dialog box and choose a specific target on which to execute the activity.
The targets that display in the Select Target dialog box are targets already defined in TEO.
To view the properties for the selected target, click the
Properties tool.
Click this radio button and then click the Reference tool to select the target reference property on which to execute the activity.
You can also click the click the Browse tool to launch the Select Target dialog box and choose a specific target on which to execute the activity.
Click this radio button and then click the Browse tool to launch the Select Target Group dialog box and choose a specific target on which to execute the activity.
The target groups that display in the Select Target
Group dialog box are target groups already defined in
TEO.
To view the properties for the selected target group, click the Properties tool.
From the Choose a target using this algorithm drop-down list, select the algorithm which will determine the target to execute from the eligible target group.
Note The available algorithms that display depend on the selected activity.
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Step 5 Click the Credentials tab to specify the runtime user whose credentials should be used for process execution:
Field
Use target's default runtime user
Use process runtime user
Override process runtime user
Description
Click this radio button to use the default runtime user for the target that is specified in the activity.
Click this radio button to use the credentials for the runtime user that was specified for the process.
Click this radio button to specify different credentials than what are used for the process. The selected runtime user overrides the runtime user that was specified for the process.
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•
To view the properties for the selected runtime user, click the Properties tool.
To create a runtime user record for the process, click
New .
For additional information on creating a runtime users, see the Tidal Enterprise Orchestrator Reference Guide .
Step 6 Click the Knowledge Base tab to specify a knowledge base article for the activity. The following information displays:
Field
Knowledge base
Summary
Possible Cause
Possible resolution
Related information
Description
Knowledge base article associated with the activity.
Brief description of the issue.
Explanation of the condition that may be causing the issue.
List of actions that can be performed to attempt to resolve the issue.
Additional information related to the issue.
a.
b.
If the knowledge base article is not displayed by default, click the Browse tool in the Knowledge
Base field.
On   the   Select Knowledge Base dialog box, select the appropriate knowledge base article in the list and click OK .
Note Click New to create a new knowledge base article. For additional information on knowledge base articles, see the Tidal Enterprise Orchestrator Reference Guide .
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Step 7 Click the Result Handlers tab to specify condition branches for the activity.
Button
Add
Remove
Move Up
Move Down
Description
Adds a condition branch.
Removes the condition branch from the activity.
Moves the condition up one position in the list of conditions.
Moves the condition down one position in the list of conditions.
Step 8 Click the Save tool to save the activity definition.
Use the Select from SAP BI Warehouse activity to define an MDX query to collect SAP BI Warehouse statistics.
Step 1 On the Toolbox, click the Select from SAP BI Warehouse activity and drag it onto the Workflow pane.
Figure 3-1 Select from SAP BI Warehouse Properties—General Tab
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Step 2 On the General tab, enter the following information:
Field
Display name
Type
Description
Description
Name of the activity.
Display only . Type of activity generated.
Text description of the activity.
Step 3 Click the OLAP tab.
Figure 3-2 Select from SAP BI Warehouse Properties—OLAP Tab
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Step 4 Complete the following information:
Field
MDX command text (limit to 2 dimensions)
Row number per page
Maximum number of rows
Description
MDX query command text.
Number of rows to display in each output page.
Maximum number of rows to return from the MDX query.
Use database target query timeout Click this radio button to use the query timeout specified for the database target.
Override database target query timeout Click this radio button to specify a different query timeout than that specified for the database target.
Enter the value in the text field.
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Step 5
Step 6
Complete the appropriate information in the following tabs:
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•
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Target—Specify whether the defined process target should be used or overridden.
Credentials—Specify the runtime user whose credentials should be used for process execution.
Knowledge Base—Select the appropriate knowledge base article to associate with the process.
Result Handlers—Click the appropriate buttons to manage the condition branches on the workflow.
Click the Save tool to complete the activity definition.
When the Select SAP BI Warehouse activity is executed, results are displayed in the Operations workspace activity instance view.
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
In the Operations workspace, expand the Activity Views folder and then click the view that represents how the process was executed (for example, View Adhoc if the process was manually executed).
In the View Results pane, expand the process and double-click the activity instance, or right-click and choose Properties .
On the Select from SAP BI Warehouse Instance Properties dialog box, click the OLAP tab to view the activity properties.
Click the Instance tab to view the number of rows affected and any warning or informational messages.
Figure 3-3 Select SAP BI Warehouse Instance Properties—Instance Tab
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The following information displays:
Field
Number of rows affected
Warning or informational message
Description
Number of rows affected from running the MDX query.
Message returned from the MDX query.
Step 5 Click the Paged Output tab to view the query results. The information that displays on this page will vary depending on the MDX query that was run.
Figure 3-4 Select SAP BI Warehouse Instance Properties—Paged Output Tab
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Step 6 Click Close to close the dialog box.
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A accessing
Targets view
2-1
UCS Software Adapter properties
1-1
activities defining
3-1
activities, defining
3-1
adapter accessing UCS Software Adapter properties
1-1
adapter-supported objects
1-4
history
1-5
D defining activity, general
3-1
deleting
SAP BI Warehouse targets
2-6
disabling SAP BI Warehouse target
2-5
E enabling SAP BI Warehouse target
2-5
M managing
SAP BI Warehouse targets
2-5
P properties
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SAP BI Warehouse target
2-7, 2-8
Select from SAP BI Warehouse 3-5
S
SAP BI Warehouse targets
accessing 2-1
enabling
2-5
managing
2-5
Select from SAP BI Warehouse activity properties
3-5
Select from SAP BI Warehouse results (Instance)
3-6
Select from SAP BI Warehouse results (Paged
Output)
3-7
T targets deleting
2-6
disabling
2-5
history
2-12
Used by
2-11
V viewing
adapter history 1-5
adapter-supported objects 1-4
objects using target
2-11
paged output
3-7
Select from SAP BI Warehouse results
3-6
target history
2-12
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