Step by Step The Process of Selective Deletion From A DSO

SAP COMMUNITY NETWORK SDN - sdn.sap.com | BPX - bpx.sap.com | BOC - boc.sap.com | UAC - uac.sap.
com
2011 SAP AG 1
Step By Step: the Process of
Selective Deletion from a DSO
Applies to:
SAP NetWeaver BW. For more information, visit the EDW homepage.
Summary
Selective deletion from DSO refers to deleting specific values from a DSO leaving the other values
unaffected. These values are deleted based on specific variables like Calendar Date, Account No. etc.

Author: Shyam Uthaman
Company: Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.
Created on: 20 January 2011

Author Bio
Shyam is working as a SAP BI Consultant in Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd. He has an experience of
7 months in SAP BI.
He has worked on 3 support and 1 development project in SAP BI simultaneously till date.

Step By Step: the Process of Selective Deletion from a DSO
SAP COMMUNITY NETWORK SDN - sdn.sap.com | BPX - bpx.sap.com | BOC - boc.sap.com | UAC - uac.sap.com
2011 SAP AG 2
Table of Contents
Document Objective ........................................................................................................................................... 3
Document Detail ................................................................................................................................................. 3
Data Store Objects (DSO) An Overview .................................................................................................... 3
Selective Deletion Process ............................................................................................................................. 3
An Illustrated Example .................................................................................................................................... 3
Related Content ................................................................................................................................................ 12
Disclaimer and Liability Notice .......................................................................................................................... 13

2011 SAP AG 3
Document Objective
The objective of this document is to provide a step by step overview of the Selective deletion process from a
DSO (Data Store Object). Every step has an associated screenshot for better understanding of the topic.
Document Detail
Data Store Objects (DSO) An Overview
A DataStore object (DSO) serves as a storage location for consolidated and cleansed transaction data or
master data on a document (atomic) level.
This data can be evaluated using a BEx query.
A DataStore object contains key fields (such as document number, document item) and data fields that, in
addition to key figures, can also contain character fields (such as order status, customer). The data from a
DataStore object can be updated with a delta update into InfoCubes (standard) and/or other DataStore
objects or master data tables (attributes or texts) in the same system or across different systems.
Unlike multidimensional data storage using InfoCubes, the data in DataStore objects is stored in transparent,
flat database tables. The system does not create fact tables or dimension tables.

Selective Deletion Process
Selective deletion from DSO refers to deleting specific values from a DSO leaving the other values
unaffected. These values are deleted based on specific variables like Calendar Date, Account No. etc.
An Illustrated Example
In the example taken in this document, all values associated with Product Code P00001 on the Calendar
date value 25.03.2003 are to be deleted from the DSO.
The DSO we will be using has the technical name DSO_SHY and the description as my DSO.

2011 SAP AG 4
The following is a screenshot that shows the fields in the DSO along with their associated values.

Now, for selective deletion, go to the DSO and select Manage after right-clicking the DSO.

2011 SAP AG 5
You will get the following screen. Go to the contents Tab.

The screenshot of the Contents tab is given below. Before deleting, let us check out the number of records in
the DSO pertaining to the Date and Product code values. For that, Click on Active Data

2011 SAP AG 6
Input the values on the fields pertaining to which you want to do the selective deletion operation to be
performed. In this example, as mentioned before, it will be done based on Product Code P00001 and
Calendar Day 25.03.2003. Press Number of Entries button after doing this.

The number of entries will be shown as in the screenshot below.

2011 SAP AG 7
Now, press the back button to go back to the contents tab
Coming back to the selective deletion process, press the Selective button in the contents tab.

You will get the following window. Press Deletion Selections to select values on the fields pertaining to
which you want to do the selective deletion operation to be performed

2011 SAP AG 8
You will get the following screen. Input the values in the aforementioned fields and press execute.

This will take you back to the original window. But this time the Deletion Selections Button will have Green
tick sign before it. This shows that the selection process is complete. Now we need to schedule the deletion,
Press the Selection button to do this.

You will get the following window. In this example we will schedule it immediately. Else, you can also give the
time when the deletion should happen. Press the radio button for Immediate Start

2011 SAP AG 9
After selecting Immidiate Start, you will be directed back to the same window we saw before but this time
with a green tick which on the Selection button, which as we saw before in the previous case, shows that the
Job Scheduling is done. Now to start the deletion process press the Start button.

You will get the following screen press Yes to confirm the deletion.

The Start button will remain grayed out as long as the deletion is being carried out in the background. This
time depends on the number of data records being deleted.

2011 SAP AG 10
Keep pressing the Refresh button repeatedly until the Start Button becomes active again. This confirms
that the job is finished as shown below.

Now to verify that the data has been deleted, go back to the Contents tab in the DSO manage option

2011 SAP AG 11
Here, Press the Active data button to get the following familiar window we saw earlier. Input the values
which we used earlier. Now, Press the Number of Entries button.

The following window verifies that all the Selective Deletion Process was successful and the targetted
records have been deleted. In short, a job well done
.
2011 SAP AG 12
Related Content
DataStore Object
Selective Deletion in a DSO
http://forums.sdn.sap.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1794489
For more information, visit the EDW homepage.
2011 SAP AG 13
Disclaimer and Liability Notice
This document may discuss sample coding or other information that does not include SAP official interfaces and therefore is not
supported by SAP. Changes made based on this information are not supported and can be overwritten during an upgrade.
SAP will not be held liable for any damages caused by using or misusing the information, code or methods suggested in this document,
and anyone using these methods does so at his/her own risk.
SAP offers no guarantees and assumes no responsibility or liability of any type with respect to the content of this technical article or
code sample, including any liability resulting from incompatibility between the content within this document and the materials and
services offered by SAP. You agree that you will not hold, or seek to hold, SAP responsible or liable with respect to the content of this
document.

Step by Step The Process of Selective Deletion From A DSO

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Step by Step The Process of Selective Deletion From A DSO

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

SAP COMMUNITY NETWORK SDN - sdn.sap.com | BPX - bpx.sap.com | BOC - boc.sap.com | UAC - uac.sap.

You might also like