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All Entities, including SAP Entities, are based on templates that can be customized by changing the layout and adding or removing fields or categories. By customizing your content, you can ensure that the information presented meets the needs of your audience.

In order to get the best idea of the application potential, below are descriptions and illustrations of the features you should be familiar with.

Getting started

You should start by setting up your Enterprise Glossary with some basic settings and creating the basic content to explore all the useful features later.

BASIC SETTINGS

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titleDefault time zone

To ensure that the correct time is displayed within the application the default time zone can be set for new Users. In the User profile each User can set his own time zone and override the default setting.

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Note that this setting will only affect newly created users. To change the time zone for the logged in user, go to your user profile (see further down below).

  • Go to the settings via the cog icon in the upper right corner of the application.

  • You should be directed to the general settings, where you can set the default time zone.

  • Save your changes.

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titleWhere-Used Analysis

As a typical analysis in the SAP environment, the Enterprise Glossary provides a where-used list for supported object types on a separate tab. This allows you to quickly get an overview of the Entities in which a certain SAP object is used.

  • Open an Entity whose usage in other Entities you want to analyze.

  • Navigate to the Where-Used tab.

  • Fields list all the Entities that use the Entity.

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The Where-Used Analysis is available for the following obejct types:

Business Warehouse

  • Basic Key Figures

  • Characteristics

  • Navigation Attributes

  • Queries

  • Restricted Key Figures

  • Variables

HANA

  • Calculation Views

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Tipp: The Where-Used Analysis can also display the usage across different system types. For example you can analyze the usage of a Query in SAC Stories or BO Lumira. In order to do so, you must create a connection mapping between the systems by editing the SAP HANA and SAC connection.

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titleUsed-Elements Analysis

The Enterprise Glossary allows you to perform an analysis of the elements used by an SAP object. This gives you a quick overview of the structure of an SAP object.

  • Open an Entity whose usage of other Entities you want to analyze.

  • Navigate to the Used Elements category on the overview tab.

  • The Used Elements

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  • Field lists the Entities that are used.

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The Where-Used Analysis is available for the following obejct types:

Business Warehouse

  • Analysis for Office

  • Design Studio

Business Objects

  • Analysis for Office

  • Design Studio

  • Lumira

  • Web Intelligence

SAP Analytics Cloud

  • Analytic Applications

  • Stories

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Tipp: The buildup and the used elements of BW Queries can be found in the Rows and Columns Field and Calculation Views offer the Columns Field. The default Templates displays such information with separate Fields in the Detail Information category.

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titleFormula Analysis

The Enterprise Glossary allows you to view formulas of Calculated Key Figures and local formulas of BW Queries in mathematical notation. You can also resolve nested formulas and understand the entire calculation with all its levels.

  • Open an Entity whose formula you want to analyze.

  • Navigate to the Formula category on the overview tab.

  • Optional: click on Calculated Key Figures or Local Formauls inside the formula to resolve them or right click and either resolve or open them.

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CUSTOMIZATION

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Best practice

  1. Sync

  2. Comment on key objects

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