The business needs a time-dependent sales report where users can select a fiscal period dynamically. How would you implement time-dependent modeling and parametrized views in SAP Datasphere?
Ans:
To implement the time-dependent sales report with dynamic fiscal period selection in SAP, we need to use:
Time-dependent modelling, parametrized views & analytical datasets.
Here’s the step-by-step implementation:
– Preparing the time-dependent sales data as our source table (whether replicated or remote) should include sales amount, product ID, customer ID, and fiscal year period.
– Also, using joins with valid to and valid from logic.
– Next is to create the parametrized view in the data builder. Add our sales table and input parameter. Add the filter option as well. This will help with the dashboards and users to pass the fiscal period at runtime.
– Now model the time-dependent joins to ensure proper analysis on historical correctness.
– Mark the view as an Analytical Dataset and define all the dimensions and measures. Enable the consumption in SAP Analytics Cloud or Excel.
– In the consumption layer, when consuming the dataset, the user is prompted to enter or select the fiscal period. The input parameter will be passed dynamically to the filter of the data.
For accuracy purposes:
Always ensure the date format is in YYYY.MM or YYYYMM format, and the validity should be put in the BETWEEN condition.
Using replicated tables for larger data and applying the filters should also be there.
This is the basic way we can implement the time-dependent modelling in SAP Datasphere.
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