Info objects are the basic building blocks in SAP BW that provide information. There are five main types of info objects: characteristics, key figures, time characteristics, unit info objects, and technical characteristics. Characteristics represent business entities for analysis, key figures represent numeric measures, time characteristics represent transaction periods, unit info objects represent measurement units, and technical characteristics represent internal technical entities. Each type of info object has different attributes and purposes in modeling and configuring other SAP BW objects.

1. INFO
OBJECTS
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2. DEFINITION & INTRODUCTION:
 The basic and smallest building block used in
building other objects is called ‘Info Objects’
 In other terms, it is the basic information provider in
SAP BW
 We will need to use Info Objects to design, build or
configure other SAP BW objects such as Info
Cubes, Data store objects (DSOs), Multiproviders,
Queries, Infosets and so on
 They can also store information (master data)

3. TYPES OF INFO OBJECTS:
 Following are the types of Info Objects:
i. Characteristic
ii. Key Figure
iii. Time Characteristic
iv. Unit
v. Technical Characteristic

4. TYPES OF INFO OBJECTS (WITH EG.):
Types of
Info
Objects
CHARACTERICTICS
Eg. :Product, Customer
KEY FIGURES
Eg.:Sales Quantity,Amount
TIME CHARACTERISTICS
Eg.: Billing Date, Cal Month
UNIT INFO OBJECTS
Eg.: Currency unit,
Measurement unit
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Eg.: Data Load Request ID, Change
Run

5.  CHARACTERISTICS INFO OBJECT:
 Characteristics Info Objects are the
business reference objects used to analyze
the facts
 This type of Info Object represents business
entities that are the subjects of analysis
 For Eg., Product, Customer, Material and
Marketing Region

6. CHARACTERISTICS INFO OBJECT(CONTD.):
 The following tab pages are available in the
maintenance menu:
a. General
b. Business Explorer
c. Master data/ Texts
d. Attributes
e. Hierarchies
f. Compounding

7.  KEY FIGURES INFO OBJECT:
 This type of Info Object represents numeric measures of
business entities
 For Eg., Weight, Number, Quantity, Amount
 The following tab pages are available in the maintenance
menu:
a) Type / Unit
b) Aggregation
c) Additional Properties

8.  TIME CHARACTERISTICS INFO OBJECT:
 This type of Info Object represents the
period of the transaction between entities
 For Eg., Billing Date, Month of Sale, Fiscal
year, Fiscal Period
 Time Characteristics are delivered by SAP
and aren’t customizable

9.  UNIT INFO OBJECT :
 This type of Info Object represents the unit of
measure for the numeric measures of business
entities
 For Eg., Currency, Weight Unit, Unit of Volume

10.  TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS INFO
OBJECT:
 This type of Info Object represents entities that are
internal to SAP BW and are technical in type
 For Eg., A data load Request ID, Change Run
 Technical Characteristics are delivered by SAP and
aren’t customizable

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