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(2005) Writer 3 Settings

(2005) Writer 3 Settings

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May 04, 2020

Under Settings > W3 Settings tab you can display and change the Writer 3.0 settings.

Setting elementDescription
Package size of writer processingNumber of rows that is processed at once by Writer 3 functionality. Processing includes read of offloaded data and insertion to active InfoProvider table.
Writer 3.0 enableSetting that enables or disables Writer 3 functionality.Writer 3 for OutBoard DataTiering with SDA+ is enhancement of standard SAP process for loading and activation in SAP BW. Writer enables loading and activation of data that overlaps with offloaded data. Functionality reloads relevant data from archive back into InfoProvider active table and then standard SAP loading or activation process will continue. Data that was reloaded and updated will be archived during next offloading job.
Writer 3 execution behaviourSetting can affect execution behaviour of writer functionality.

Here you can define default behaviour for all InfoProviders but setting can be used also specifically for combinations of InfoProvider and archiving interface.

 How to set DP specific setting

This specific setting needs to be manually set into table /DVD/RL_SETTC with following values:

TOOL: W3

PARAM: EXEC_BEHAVIOUR

TAG1: [Archiving interface]

TAG2: [InfoProvider name]

Archiving interface could be:

NLS - for Outboard DataTirering with NLS

ONI - for Outboard DataTriering with SDA+

There are three options that can be used as input

Input value:

  • X - use writer and continue with underlying SAP functionality (default option)
  • T - don't use writer and terminate underlying SAP functionality
  • C - don't use writer and continue with underlying SAP functionality

Default value: X