(Glue-2105) Glue Mass Generation

Owned by SNP
May 14, 2021
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Transaction: /DVD/GL_MASS_GEN

This program is used for the mass generation of Glue tables, Extractors, and Variants from SAP tables, Infocubes, and DSO's.

You can specify from what object you want to generate by selecting from the provided drop-down menu.


Common settings for generating from SAP tables, Infocubes, and DSO's:

General settings:

  • Name prefix - is the naming convention for generated Glue tables, Extractors, and Variants
  • Package - where to save objects.

Table settings:

  • Storage ID -  connection to the storage, which can be a transparent or a binary storage.

           In the case of binary storage, a popup window appears after execution with binary storage options in which Container name and Delimiter type are mandatory. For more information, see the section binary storage options.

  • Meaningful fields setting helps you to define the field's name. You can use standard SAP field names or "meaningful" ones. For more information, see the chapter Meaningful fields.
  • Meaningful values – transforms original values into more meaningful ones, see the chapter Meaningful values.

General extractor settings:


  • Truncate table - when marked, data of target tables are deleted at the start of extraction.

Variant settings:


  • Package size - specify the number of records, which are transported to external storage in a single package. If a higher number of records is about to be transported, they are divided into multiple packages.


Generation from SAP tables:

In the select option, you can select multiple SAP tables to generate from.


General extractor settings:

  • Delta Type to specify which data should be extracted and ensure data synchronization.

The following types are supported:

FULL - Standard full load. Data is transferred and appended to the target table.

TRIGGER - Trigger-based delta. 


Generation from Infocubes:

In the select option, you can select multiple Infocubes to generate from.


Generation from DSO's:

In the select option, you can select multiple DSO's to generate from. 

DSO Extractor settings:

  • After-Image, Add, and New Image are set by default. For more information on these settings, see the chapter Recordmode values.