Which SAP BVW4HANA Objects are possible Sources for data load processes? (3)

Question

Options

• ADatastore Objects (advanced)
• BCharacteristics
• CComposit e providers
• DInfo Sources
• EOpen ODS Views

• A
  93% (42)
• D
  2% (1)
• E
  4% (2)

Explanation

In SAP BW/4HANA, Datastore Objects (advanced) serve as foundational persistence layers that can feed downstream targets via Data Transfer Processes (DTPs), making them valid sources. Characteristics (InfoObjects) can supply master data - attributes, texts, and hierarchies - as sources for data loads. Composite Providers combine multiple InfoProviders into a unified layer and can act as sources feeding further data load steps.

Info Sources (D) are transformation/staging intermediaries that receive data from source systems; in BW/4HANA's simplified architecture they are not used as DTP source objects in the same way the three correct answers are. Open ODS Views (E) are virtual layers designed for direct reporting and OLAP query access, not for physically supplying data into load processes via DTPs.

Memory tip: Think "DAC loads data" - Datastore Objects (advanced), Advanced Characteristics, Composite Providers are your three DTP source objects. Open ODS Views are for reading, not loading; InfoSources are for receiving from outside, not sourcing within BW/4HANA.

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