What are the steps to create multi provider?

Step by step procedure to create a multi provider.

MultiProvider is a special InfoProvider which combine data from several InfoProv
iders for its own reporting, without actually holding any physical data itself (
i.e. its data comes exclusively from the InfoProviders on which it is based), th
en, it can only use an InfoProvider that is ready and available for reporting, i
n which case, the Transactional ODS object is not one of them. Therefore, to inc
lude a Transactional ODS object in a MultiProvider, you would have to first defi
ne an Infoset for the Transactional ODS object.
You can include Master data table in the Multiprovider but for that you should c
onvert the InfoObject as the data target then only it is possible.
Note : We go for Multiprovider when we want to do reporting on two or more data
targets.
A MultiProvider can be made of of various combinations of the following InfoProv
iders:
1. InfoCubes
2. ODS Objects (Standard only)
3. InfoObjects
4. InfoSets
Creation steps :
1. Go to the info area where you want the multi provider; right click and chose
create multi provider.
2. Chose a technical name and also choose the info providers that you make part
of this multi provider.
3. When you confirm your entries, you will get a infocube maintenance screen; on
the right side, you will see the characteristics available in al the basic cube
s that you choose in the first step.
4. Select the chars that you wish to be in the multiprovider and similarly for t
ime chars, key figs, and nav attributes ( if any).
5. Choose to create dimension and you will get a system msg whether to create fr
om any of the basic cubes.
6. Either select to create your own dimension and insert all the chars in to the
approprate dimensions.
7. Go back to chars tab and there will be tab for "idendification" click that an
d here is where you specify which are the chars form each cube you want into the
multiprovider. And likewise for the key figure.
8. Activate the multiprovider.
If you have data in the basic cube, you can view the data in the multiprovider f
rom LISTCUBE transaction.

Creating SAP BI MultiProviders

April 8th, 2008
Prerequisites
There is an active version of each InfoObject that you want to transfer to the M
ultiProvider. Create any InfoObjects that you require that do not already exist
and activate them.
Instead of creating a new MultiProvider, you can install a MultiProvider from SA
P Business Content.
Procedure
1. Create an InfoArea to which you want to assign the new MultiProvider.
Choose Modeling ® InfoProvider.
2. In the context menu of the InfoArea, choose Create MultiProvider.
3. Enter a technical name and a description.
4. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Create.
5. Select the InfoProvider that you want to form the MultiProvider. Choose Conti
nue. The MultiProvider screen appears.
6. Use drag and drop to transfer the required InfoObjects into your MultiProvide
r. You can also transfer entire dimensions.
7. Use Identify Characteristics and Select Key Figures to make InfoObject assign
ments between MultiProviders and InfoProviders.
In a MultiProvider, each InfoObject in the MultiProvider must correspond to exac
tly one InfoObject in each of the InfoProviders involved (as long as it is avail
able in the MultiProvider). If this mapping is not clear, you have to specify th
e InfoObject to which you want to assign the InfoObject in the MultiProvider.
See also, Consistency Check for Compounding.
8. Save or Activate the MultiProvider. Only active MultiProviders are available
for analysis and reporting.
See also:
The additional functions in DataStore object maintenance are also available as a
dditional functions in MultiProvider maintenance. The only exception is the last
function listed for performance settings.
* Example: SAP BI Multiproviders Sales Scenario
* SAP BI MultiProvider Example: Plan-Actual Data
* Dividing a SAP BI MultiProvider Query into Sub-Que...
* Consistency Check for Compounding
* Creating SAP BI MultiProviders
* SAP BI MultiProviders