SAP BI FAQs

InfoObjects:
1. What is InfoObject?
2. What is the T-Code to create InfoObject?
3. What is the pre-requisite to create InfoObject?
4. How many types of InfoObjects available in BI?
5. What is Characteristic InfoObject?
6. What is Key figure InfoObject?
7. How can we create InfoObject?
8. What is Master data?
9. What is the pre-requisite to load Master data?
10.What is Domain?
11.What is Data Type and how many Data Types available in BI?
12.What are the Data Types to create Key Figures?
13.How can we find whether InfoObject is standard or custom?
14.What is InfoArea?
15.What is Field Catalog and how can we define?
16.Can we modify description of InfoArea or Field Catalog in future?
17.Can we use Master data InfoObject as InfoProvider and how?
18.How can we load Hierarchies?
19.Can we create hierarchies in BI?
20.What is Display Attribute?
21.What is Navigational Attribute?
22.What is Time-dependent Navigational Attributes?
23.What is Time-independent Navigational Attributes?
24.What is Compound Attribute?
25.What is transitive Attribute?
26.How can we enable Display Attribute?
27.How can we enable master data text in InfoObject?
28.What is SID and when these are generated?
29.What is 0HIER_NODE?
30.How many maximum nodes can we create in hierarchy?
31.Which table having information on Master data Hierarchies?
32.Which table having information on Master Data Texts?
33.Which table having information on Master data Attributes?
34.Which table having information on Time dependent Navigational
Attributes?
35.Which table having information on Time in-dependent Navigational
Attributes?
36.Which table having information on Time dependent Attribute?
37.How many tables can be created if we use all option in Master data?
38.What is the use of Attribute Change Run?
39.What is the use of Hierarchy Change Run?
40.Can we create Date field with Char Data Type and why?
41.Explain where you was used Hierarchies?
42.What is the InfoObjects extension in transport connection?
43.What are the Objects using InfoObjects in BI?
44.What is the use of template while creating InfoObject?
45.How to enable Authorization object in InfoObject?
46.How many versions of objects available in InfoObject?
47.What is the use of ALPHA conversion in InfoObject?
48.While loading where can we set to allow lower case letter for the
InfoObject?
49.Where can we import the standard InfoObjects?
50.What is the use of Fixed Currency/Unit in Key Figure InfoObject?

51.If you create a InfoObject for Key Figure; it is comes under cumulative or
non-cumulative?
52.Give an example to Non-cumulative Key Figure InfoObject?
53.What is the use of inflow and outflow options in Key Figure InfoObject?
54.What is the default Aggregation set to the Key Figure InfoObject?
55.What are options available Additional Properties tab while creating Key
Figure InfoObject?
56.What is the difference between Cumulated Key-figure and non-Cumulated
Key figure?

InfoPackage:
1. What is the use of InfoPackage?
2. How many available Tabs in InfoPackage?
3. Can you please list the Tabs in InfoPackage?
4. How to change packet size in InfoPackage?
5. How Full/Delta works in InfoPackage?
6. How init works in InfoPackage?
7. Why always using full load for flat loads?
8. What is pseudo code?
9. Where can we develop pseudo code in InfoPackage?
10.What is the difference between Range and Selection?
11.How can we place file path for application server?
12.How can we schedule using background?
13.How can we restrict the loading data like Delta load with Full load?
14.If the InfoPackage is not triggered in process chain, what will you do?
15.How many ways to update data in InfoPackage?

DataSource:
1. What is DataSource?
2. What is Application Component?
3. How many types of DataSources are available and what are they in SAP
BI?
4. How can we load data to the DataSource?
5. How can we view the data in DataSource?
6. How can we insert Fields into DataSource?
7. Is it necessary InfoPackage to load data to the DataSource?
8. What is the table name syntax for the DataSource?
9. How can we view data from DataSource Table?
10.What is domain, how can we use domain while creating fields?
11.After DataSource is replicated, what is the status of DataSource?
12.If the replicated DataSource is in-active, what will you do?
13.When can we edit the data in DataSource?
14.How to delete data from DataSource?
15.How many ways to delete data from DataSource?
16.How to create generic DataSource?
17.How to enable standard DataSource?
18.What are generic Deltas?
19.What are standard Deltas?
20.What is the use of safety level intervals and explain with one example?
21.What is the use of Additive Delta option in Generic Delta and when we
are using this option?
22.What is the best Standard Delta mechanism and why?
23.Explain V1, V2 and V3 mechanism.
24.What is the difference between serialized and un-serialized delta
mechanism?

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What is the full-form of DTP?

What is use of DTP?
How many Tabs available in DTP and what are they?
How can we avoid master data duplication in DTP?
How can we manage number of data packet size?
How can we manage batch jobs for data packets?

Transformation:
1. What is Transformation?
2. What is the basic rule to use transformation?
3. What is Transfer Structure?
4. What is Transfer Rule?
5. What is Update Rule?
6. What is Rule Group?
7. Where we are using Rule Group?
8. How many transformation rules available and what are they?
9. What is Start Routine?
10.When we use using Start Routine?
11.What is End Routine?
12.When we use End Routine?
13.How can we define Field Routines?
14.What is Expert Routine?
15.When we will prefer Expert Routine?
16.Is it mandatory to maintain Start, End, and Field Routines in
transformation?
17.If Expert Routine enables, can we use Start, End and Field Routines?
18.How to view the transformation generated ABAP program?
19.How can we debug the transformation?
20.What is Break point?
21.How many types of break points available and what are they?

InfoSource:
1. What is InfoSource?
2. What is the use of InfoSource?

DataStore Object:
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What is DataStore Object?

What is the use of DSO?
How many DSO are available in SAP BI and what are they?
How can we find whether the request loaded to target or not?

InfoCube:
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What is InfoCube?
How can we create InfoCube?
How many types of InfoCubes are there and what are they?
What is Unit dimension?
What is Cardinality?
How many dimensions can we create while creating InfoCube?
How many Characteristics can we maintain in one dimension?

8. What is the maximum number of key figures can be maintained in Fact

table?
9. How can we View data from InfoCube?
10.Is InfoCube comes under start schema or extended star schema?
11.What is the use of Indexes?
12.Why we need to delete indexes before load and creation indexes after data
load?
13.What is the use of DB Statistics?
14.What is Rollup?
15.What is thumb rule to create Aggregates?
16.What is Collapse?
17.How can we reconstruct the error request?

MultiProvider:
1. What is MultiProvider?
2. What is the basic rule to use MultiProvider?

InfoSet:
1. What is InfoSet?
2. What is the basic rule to use InfoSet?

Transports:
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What is Transport?
What is the T-code to access Transport Management?
What is the serial to import the objects from source to target system?
How can we move the objects with transport copies?
What is the use of SLG1 and SLG2 T-Codes?
What is the T-code to import transport from one system to another
system?

Open Hub Destination:

1. What is the use of Open Hub Destination?
2. What is back up?
3. How many ways can we take back up?

Queries:
1. What is Query?
2. What is use of Query?
3. Where can we build Queries in SAP BI?
4. Where can we place Characteristics in Query Designer?
5. Where can we place Key Figures in query Designer?
6. Why can we place Characteristics into free Characteristic window?
7. What is Formula?
8. What is Selection?
9. What is Restricted Key Figure?
10.What is Calculated Key Figure?
11.What is Condition?
12.What is the use of Exceptions?
13.What is the use of Filters window?
14.How can we use restrict characteristics?
15.What is the use of Variable?

16.How many types of Variables available in Query Designer?

17.How many process types available in Characteristic Variable?
18.How many process types available in Text Variable?
19.How many process types available in Formula Variable?
20.How many process types available in Hierarchies Variable?
21.How many process types available in Hierarchies Node Variable?
22.How to define Cell definition?
23.Can we transpose Characteristic from Rows to Columns and Key figures
Columns to Rows?
24.Scaling factors can be applicable to?
25.How can we improve the Query performance?
26.What is the use of RRI concept?
27.What is the basic rule to connect source query to target query?
28.How can we transport Queries from one system to another system?
29.What is the use of BEx Analyzer?
30.What is the use of Workbook?
31.What is the use of Web Application Design tool?

Miscellaneous
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How to change User Parameters?

How to view user information?
How to create roles for a user?
How to change the output view from List to ALV Grid?
What is debugging?
How can we use Classical debugging tool instead standard debugging
tool?
7. What are the keys to use for debugging?