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SemanticGroupsinDTP
PostedbySangitaKumariinSAPBusinessWarehouseon16Jun201314:04:54
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Introduction
From SAP BI 7.0 onwards, in DTP we have an option for semantic groups. We have different perception about
SemanticGroupsinDTPanditsusage.HereIamsummarizingspecificusageofsemanticgroupwithexamples.
Case1.Calculationongroupofrecords
Example:IwouldliketoprovidediscounttoeachcustomerbasedontotalsalesvalueofCustomerNo,Countryand
Productcategory.
Discountshouldbeassignedtoeachrowi.e.foreachproduct.Iamhavingbelowsamplerecords.
ProductNo
CustomerNo
Country
ProductCategory
SaleValue(In
US$)
P001
C001
US
Home
5000
P002
C002
UK
Electronics
3000
P003
C003
Germany
Kids
2000
P004
C004
India
Home
4000
P005
C001
US
Electronics
1000
P006
C003
Germany
Kids
6000
P007
C005
France
Home
5000
P008
C004
India
Electronics
3000
P009
C002
UK
Kids
2000
P010
C001
US
Home
1000
DiscountCriteriabasedonSalesvalueaspergrouping(CustomerNo+Country+ProductCategory)
TotalSales(InUS$)
Discount%
>=1000AND<5000
>=5000AND<10000
10
>=10000
20
DataUploadfromPSAtoStandardDSO.
DTPPackagesizeis5Records.
EndroutineiscalculatingtotalsaleswhichareusedfordiscountcalculationofeachcustomerbasedonSales
valueandassigningittoeachproductrow.
WithoutSemanticGroupDataUpload
TotalsalesvalueandDiscountamountwhendataloadedwithoutsemanticgroupisasbelow
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Product
Customer
No
No
Country
Product
SaleValue
TotalSales
Discount
Category
(InUS$)
(InUS$)
Amount(In
US$)
P001
C001
US
Home
5000
5000
500
P002
C002
UK
Electronics
3000
3000
150
P003
C003
Germany
Kids
2000
2000
100
P004
C004
India
Home
4000
4000
200
P005
C001
US
Electronics
1000
1000
50
P006
C003
Germany
Kids
6000
6000
600
P007
C005
France
Home
5000
5000
500
P008
C004
India
Electronics
3000
3000
150
P009
C002
UK
Kids
2000
2000
100
P010
C001
US
Home
1000
1000
50
HereifyounoticeaboutCustomerC001havingsamecountryandproductcategorybutTotalsaleisassignedas5000
and1000respectively.
InsuchcaseforProductP010,customerreceivedonly5%discountwhereasactuallyhe/sheshouldget10%.
SimilarcaseisforCustomerC003andproductP003.
ThisisbecauseDatauploadedinto2equalpackagesof5recordseach,first5recordsinto1stpackageandrest5
recordsin2ndpackage.
SinceinFirstpackage5recordsareasbelow,
Product
Customer Country
Product
SaleValue(In
No
No
Category
US$)
P001
C001
US
Home
5000
P002
C002
UK
Electronics
3000
P003
C003
Germany
Kids
2000
P004
C004
India
Home
4000
P005
C001
US
Electronics
1000
TotalSalesValueiscalculatedasbelow
Product
Customer Country
Product
No
No
Category
Sale
Value(In
US$)
Total
Sale(In
US$)
P001
C001
US
Home
5000
5000
P002
C002
UK
Electronics
3000
3000
P003
C003
Germany
Kids
2000
2000
P004
C004
India
Home
4000
4000
P005
C001
US
Electronics
1000
1000
SoDiscountvaluesforfirst5rowsarestoredintoTargetDSOasbelow
Product
Customer
No
No
P001
C001
US
Home
5000
5000
500
P002
C002
UK
Electronics
3000
3000
150
P003
C003
Germany
Kids
2000
2000
100
P004
C004
India
Home
4000
4000
200
P005
C001
US
Electronics
1000
1000
50
Country
Product
Category
Fornext5rowsasbelow
Product Customer
No
No
Country
Product
SaleValue
TotalSale
Discount
Category
(InUS$)
(InUS$)
Amount(In
US$)
SaleValue
(InUS$)
TotalSale
(InUS$)
Discount
Amount(In
US$)
P006
C003
Germany
Kids
6000
6000
600
P007
C005
France
Home
5000
5000
500
P008
C004
India
Electronics
3000
3000
150
P009
C002
UK
Kids
2000
2000
100
P010
C001
US
Home
1000
1000
50
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WithSemanticGroupDataUpload
KeyfieldsareCustomerno,CountryandProductcategory
TotalsalesvalueandDiscountamountwhendataloadedwithsemanticgroupareasbelow
ProductNo
Customer
Country
Product
SaleValue(In
TotalSale(In
No
Category
US$)
US$)
Discount
Amount
(InUS$)
P001
C001
US
Home
5000
6000
500
P002
C002
UK
Electronics
3000
3000
150
P003
C003
Germany
Kids
2000
8000
200
P004
C004
India
Home
4000
4000
200
P005
C001
US
Electronics
1000
1000
50
P006
C003
Germany
Kids
6000
8000
600
P007
C005
France
Home
5000
5000
500
P008
C004
India
Electronics
3000
3000
150
P009
C002
UK
Kids
2000
2000
100
P010
C001
US
Home
1000
6000
100
InthiscaserecordswillbegroupedbasedonSemantickeydefinitionandevenifthereare2packageseachwillhave
recordsasbelow.
RecordsinFirstpackagegroupedbasedonareCustomerNo,CountryandProductCategory
Product Customer Country

Product
SaleValue
TotalSale
Discount
No
No
Category
(InUS$)
(InUS$)
Amount(InUS
$)
P001
C001
US
Home
5000
6000
500
P002
C002
UK
Electronics
3000
3000
150
P005
C001
US
Electronics
1000
1000
50
P009
C002
UK
Kids
2000
2000
100
P010
C001
US
Home
1000
6000
100
SaleValue
(InUS$)
TotalSale
(InUS$)
RecordsinSecondpackage
Product
No
Customer
No
Country
Product
Category
Discount
Amount(In
US$)
P003
C003
Germany
Kids
2000
8000
200
P004
C004
India
Home
4000
4000
200
P006
C003
Germany
Kids
6000
8000
600
P007
C005
France
Home
5000
5000
500
P008
C004
India
Electronics
3000
3000
150
DuetothissemanticgroupingwehavecorrectvaluesfortheTotalSalesandourdiscountvaluesarealsocalculated
asexpected.
Pleasenotetoaccommodaterecordsaspersemanticgroup,packagesizewillbeautomaticallyadjusted.Hence,it
willnotbeconstantthroughouttheload.
Case2.Errorhandling
SimilarlyifErrorhandlingisenabledanderrorDTPisavailable,errorhandlingfunctionalitywillworkasbelowbased
onsemanticgroup.
WithoutSemanticGroupDataUpload
IncasethereisanerrorintherecordhavingproductnoP001thenitwillgointoerrorstackandrestoftherecordswill
beuploaded.InsuchcaseforProductP010,totalsalesvaluewillbe1000andhencediscountwillbe5%i.e.50$.
Evenlaterifwewillcorrectfirstrecord(P001)intoerrorstackanduploaditthrougherrorDTP,Discountvaluewillnot
changeforrecordP010.
WithSemanticGroupDataUpload
IncasethereisanerrorintherecordhavingproductnoP001thenitwillgointoerrorstackalongwithrecordhaving
productidP010andrestofrecordswillbe
uploadedintotarget.Itisduetosemanticdefinition,soevenonerecordishavingerror,bothrecordsaretransferred
intoerrorstacktomaintainsemanticgrouping.
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Insuchcase,whenproductP001willbecorrectedintoerrorstackanderrorDTPwillrun,itwilluploadbothrecords
withcorrecttotalsalesanddiscountvalue.
AdditionalNote
HereIhaveusedonly2casesforillustrationpurpose.Inreallifetherecanbemoreusecasesasperspecificneeds.
Pleasenoteaboveexampleistoexplaintheconceptofsemanticgroups.Therecanalsobeotherwaystoachievethis
calculation.
HopeitwillhelptogetbetterinsightaboutsemanticgroupsintoDTPforbeginners.
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25Comments
SumanChakravarthyK16Jun201315:02
Nicedemonstrationwithrealtimeexamples...ButthisexampleistouploadtoDSO(WOptimized)
One,Amiright?Ifyouuploadthese10recordstoStandardDSO,thenthebehaviorwillchange
basedontheKeyfieldsandsettingsinyourDSO.
Thanks,
Suman
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SangitaKumari16Jun201315:04(inresponsetoSumanChakravarthyK)
HelloSuman,
Thanksforcomments.EveninStdDSO,ifyouhavedefinedonlyProductidaskey
fielditwillbehaveasImentionedintheaboveexample.SohereassumptionisinStd
DSOonlyproductidiskeyfield.
ButyouarerightifyouhavealreadydefinedCustomerNo,CountryandProduct
categoryaskeyfieldinStdDSObehaviorwillbedifferent.
BestRegards,
Sangita
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SumanChakravarthyK16Jun201315:05(inresponsetoSangitaKumari)
Yeah,Nowitisverycleartome.Anyway,niceefforts..
Regards,
Suman
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KannanJagadeesan17Jun201306:48
Goodworkkeepitup.
Kannan
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AnshuLilhori17Jun201307:15
Reallyhelpfuldocumnettounderstandtheconceptofsemantickeysingroupingthesamedataand
processingitinsimilarpackage.
ItautomaticallyincreasesthePackagesizebasedonrecordsibelieve.
Regards,
AnshuLilhori
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SangitaKumari18Jun201312:46(inresponsetoAnshuLilhori)
ThanksAnshu.Itautomaticallyincreasesordecreasesthepackagesizebasedonsemantic
grouping.
Regards,
Sangita
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MannaDas17Jun201307:50
reallygreatdocumentwithbriefexplanation.
KindRegards
MannaDas
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RamanjaneyuluKorrapati17Jun201310:30
Nicearticlewithgoodexamples.verywelldocumented.thanksforsharing.
Thanks
RK
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UmashankarPoojar17Jun201311:41
Verygoodarticletounderstandtheconceptwithexample.Thanksforsharing.
Cheers!
Umashankar
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SangitaKumari18Jun201312:45
ThanksAllforyourvaluablefeedbackandappreciation!!
Regards,
Sangita
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KrishnaChaitanya02Sep201311:23
Goodwork...niceefforts...Informative..Thanks:)Regards,Krishna.
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HarishAllachervu08Feb201417:43
Exceptionalarticulationthanksorsharingandmakingustounderstoodveryclearlywithyour
fabulousblog....
Regards,
Harish
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PadmasekharPediredla08Feb201418:39
excellent
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GiriPrasad10Feb201413:19
Verygood.
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SelvamRamalingam21Apr201421:32
Thanksforsharing,excellentdocument
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Dukewu25Apr201408:31
simpleanduseful,
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anirbanmukhopadhyay25Apr201412:11
HiSangita,
Firstly,thisisatopnotcharticlewithcrispexplanations.
However,Ijusthadalittlethought.Idon'tthinkthattheDTPpackagesizeincreasesanytime.Forthe
samesetofsemantickeys,standardaggregationtakesplaceandthusthereisonerecordforthe
samesetofsemantickeys.Theserecordshavebeenaggregatedduringextractionfromthesource.
Whensemantickeysareused,internallysortingofthesourcedatatakesplaceduringextractionon
thebasisofthesemantickeys.
Letmeknowwhatyouthink!
Regards,
Anirban.
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SangitaKumari17May201414:41(inresponsetoanirbanmukhopadhyay)
HelloAnirban,
Thanksforappreciation.Toansweryourquestion,Iwillsuggesttrytoloaddatawith
semantickeyandwithoutsemantickeyandobserveeachDTPpackagesize.Itwillbeself
explanatoryandshallansweryourquestion.
Thanks.
Regards,
Sangita
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anirbanmukhopadhyay13May201414:15(inresponsetoSangitaKumari)
WillDo.
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MohammedAbdullah22May201409:07
Excellentdocument!!Keepitup!!,
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vimonwu22Aug201403:48
nicedocument,simplebuthelpful.
Like(0)
EvgeniyPotseluev11Aug201511:47
Thanks!
Like(0)
Jinalpatel01Jan201616:57
onestepupafterreadingthisdoctogetalongwithDTPs.GoodWork!!
Like(0)
RaviRaja20Apr201613:40
Thanks.NiceexamplestoshoweffectiveuseofSymanticGroupinginDTP.
Like(0)
PrakashDoguparthy11May201612:44
Thanksforyourexplanation,GoodJob!
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