Update Rules

Definition
The update rules specify how the data (key figures, time characteristics,
characteristics) are updated in the data targets from the communication structure
of an InfoSource. You are therefore connecting an InfoSource with an
InfoCube/ODS object.

Use
An update rule must be specified for each key figure and the corresponding
characteristics of the InfoCube. Do the same with the data fields and key fields of
an ODS object.
There are two ways of defining the update rules for a key figure.
1. No update

2. Addition, minimum or maximum

3. Overwriting (with ODS objects only)

A data target can be supplied with data from several InfoSources. A record of
update rules must be maintained for each of these InfoSources, describing how
the data is written from the communication structure belonging to the InfoSource
into the data target.
The InfoObjects of the communication structure belonging to the InfoSource are
described in the update as source InfoObjects (meaning source key figure or
source characteristic). The InfoObjects for the InfoCube, on the other hand, are
described as target InfoObjects (meaning target key figure or target
characteristic). Similarly, an ODS objects InfoObjects are called target
InfoObjects (therefore, target data field or target key field).

Structure
There is an update rule for each key figure of the InfoSource. This is put together
from the rule for the key figure itself and the current rules for characteristics, time
characteristics, and units assigned to it.