Administrator Workbench (AWB) in SAP BW - Learn from my SAP Consultant experiences

The Administrator Workbench (AWB) is the tool for data warehouse management in SAP BW (Business Information Warehouse). Using AWB we can manage, control and monitor all relevant objects and processes in SAP BW including scheduling, data load monitoring and metadata maintenance. Following are the functions that we can perform using AWB: modeling, monitoring, transport connection, documents, business content, translation, and metadata repository.

Modeling

Here we can create and maintenance objects relevant to the data staging process in SAP BW. For example, create InfoProvider, InfoObject, InfoSource, maintenance and define source system and PSA.

Transaction code (T-Code): RSA1

Monitoring

In monitoring Function area, we can monitor and control data loading process and other data process in SAP BW.

Transaction code (T-Code): RSMON

Transport Connection

This function is used to maintenance and move object between SAP systems: development to quality assurance (QA/Test) and QA to production.

Document

The document function area, we can maintenance links for one or more documents in various formats, versions and languages for SAP BW Objects.

Business Content

Pre-configured information models based on metadata is maintenance in this area. Business Content Function are provides us a selection of information that we can use to fulfill our tasks.

Transaction code (T-Code): RSORBCT.

Translation

The use of translation function area is to translate short and long texts belonging to SAP BW- objects.

Metadata Repository

In the HTML-based SAP BW- Metadata Repository, all SAP BW meta objects and the corresponding links to each other are managed centrally. Together with an integrated Metadata Repository browser, a search function is available enabling a quick access to the meta objects. In addition, metadata can also be exchanged between different systems, HTML pages can be exported, and graphics for the objects can be displayed.

Transaction code: RSOR.

Modeling, monitoring, transport connection, documents, business content, translation, and metadata repository are tasks or functions that we can do in SAP BW Administrator Workbench (AWB). Next post, I will try to explain more deeply for each function.

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