Best Practices for SAP BI using DB2 9 for z/OS - IBM Redbooks

P table
Master data table for time-independent master data.
This table contains the following fields:
► The characteristic with the master data itself.
► The characteristic compounded to this characteristic (“super-ordinate
characteristic”)
► All time-dependent attributes
► CHANGED (D: Delete record, I: Insert record, Blank space: No changes;
changes evaluated only after activation)
► OBJEVERS (A: Active version, M: Modified and therefore, not active version)
These fields form the key.
PDA application
Web application on a PDA device with Pocket IE.
Persistent Staging Area
Transparent database table, in which request data is stored in the form of the
transfer structure. A PSA is created per DataSource and source system. It
represents an initial store in BI, in which the requested data is saved unchanged
for the source system.
planning application
Generic term for complex planning functions, with whose help a specific
business planning task is processed, and which are compiled from objects of
cross-application planning, and delivered by SAP.
Examples of planning applications are balance sheet planning, investment
planning, or the special function Capital Market Interpreter.
planning package
Selection of data in which planning functions operate.
A planning package is used to define a selection for those characteristics where
no selection was already defined in the planning level. In the case of a complete
data selection in the planning level, a planning package must also be available in
order to execute planning functions.
planning profile
User-specific combination of planning objects, which are displayed during the
planning session in the planning environment.
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