6/25/22, 4:04 AM 25+ Tricky SAP BODS Interview Questions with SMART ANSWERS

Array fetch size indicates the number of rows retrieved in a single request to a source database. The default value is 1000.
Higher numbers reduce requests, lowering network traffic, and possibly improve performance. The maximum value is 5000

  41. What is the use of Case Transform?

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Use the Case transform to simplify branch logic in data flows by consolidating case or decision-making logic into one
transform. The transform allows you to split a data set into smaller sets based on logical branches.

  42. What must you define in order to audit a data flow?

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You must define audit points and audit rules when you want to audit a data flow

  43. What is the difference between OLTP and a Data warehouse?

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Indexes − OLTP system has only few indexes while in an OLAP system there are many indexes for performance
optimization.

Joins − In an OLTP system, large number of joins and data is normalized however in an OLAP system there are less joins and de-normalized.

Aggregation − In an OLTP system data is not aggregated while in an OLAP database more aggregations are used.

44. Why do we need a staging area in an ETL process? 

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There is a staging area that is required during ETL load. There are various reasons why a staging area is required

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Please share your (Name, Mobile Number,
As source systems are only available for a specific period of time to extract data and this time is less than total data load time so the Staging area
Email ID, Course Interested) to assist you
allows you to extract the data from the source system and keep it in the staging area before the time slot is ended.
better.
Staging area is required when you want to get data from multiple data sources together. If you want to join two or more systems together.
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Example- You will not be able to perform a SQL query joining two tables from two physically different databases.

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Data extracted from source systems can be used in multiple data warehouse system, Operational Data stores, etc.

During ETL you can perform complex transformations that allows you to perform complex transformations and require extra area to store the
data.

  45. What is SAP Data services?

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SAP BO Data Services is an ETL tool used for Data integration, data quality, data profiling and data processing and allows
you to integrate, transform trusted data to data warehouse system for analytical reporting.

BO Data Services consists of a UI development interface, metadata repository, data connectivity to source and target system and management
console for scheduling of jobs.

  46. Explain the architecture of BODS with Job Server, Repository Manager, and Management Console?

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You can also divide BODS architecture in below layers −

Web Application Layer, Database Server Layer, Data Services Service Layer.

Architecture of BODS

What is a repository in BODS? What are the different types of Repositories in BODS?

Repository is used to store meta-data of objects used in BO Data Services. Each Repository should be registered in Central Management Console
CMC and is linked with single or many job servers which is responsible to execute jobs that are created by you.

There are three types of Repositories −

Local Repository −

It is used to store the metadata of all objects created in Data Services Designer like project, jobs, data flow, work flow, etc.

Central Repository −

It is used to control the version management of the objects and is used for multiuse development. Central Repository stores all the versions of an
application object so it allows you to move to previous versions. 
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