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

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You would repartition an InfoCube when:<br />

► The InfoCube was partitioned at the time of creation and the data has since<br />

grown to such an extent that you now require repartitioning the existing<br />

InfoCube.<br />

► The InfoCube was not partitioned at the time of creation.<br />

An InfoCube can be repartitioned in two ways on <strong>DB2</strong>, as <strong>DB2</strong> does not support<br />

merging partitions. The following options <strong>for</strong> repartitioning are supported by <strong>DB2</strong>:<br />

► Adding partitions<br />

This feature enables you to add a partition to an E- fact table that already has<br />

been partitioned. This is the scenario: You had a partition condition from<br />

01.2007 to 12.2007, but now require the partition until 02.2008. You will then<br />

need to add this new partitioning condition on that specific InfoCube.<br />

► Complete partitioning<br />

This type of repartitioning is when the complete data from the E-Fact and F-<br />

fact tables is copied to a temporary table and the new partition conditions are<br />

implemented by means of a complete repartitioning process, which is well<br />

documented in <strong>SAP</strong> Note 1008833.<br />

Chapter 6. <strong>Best</strong> practices <strong>for</strong> InfoCubes 79

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