General Aim
The 'Data Flows' in the Performer Suite are a central functionality of the application. It will support you to understand your Business Analytics Applications.
You can use the 'Data Flows' itself or a subsets of them, the so-called 'Data Flow Views'. With those 'Data Flow Views' you will receive a better overview of your documentations or they can be used for an easier and faster analysis of branches of your 'Data Flow'.
Supported Functionalities and Entity Types
Meanwhile, the Data Flows in the Performer Suite are not just a BW-specific functionality. The Data Flows can be used and displayed for different object types of different systems and different functionalities are supported.
| Visualization | Data Flow Views (DFV) | Layer Assignment | Data Flow Analysis | Mapping Analysis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BW Entities |  | | | (see Data Flow Analysis) | Mapping Analysis of InfoObjects & Fields |
| ERP & S/4 | | | |  | Mapping Analysis of InfoObjects & Fields |
HANA Repository Entities | | | | | |
SAC Entities | | | | | |
Further information and examples
The following sections list the supported entity types in detail. In addition, you can see a sample data flow on the right side:
BW InfoProvider
3. x InfoSources
7. x InfoSources
Advanced DSOs
Aggregation Levels
Characteristics (InfoProvider)
DataSources
Destinations
DSOs
HANA Composite Providers
HybridProviders
InfoCubes
InfoSets
MultiProvider
Open ODS Views
Queries
Semantic Partitioned Objects
You can see that Calculation Views are displayed in BW Data Flow too. To use the full functionalities you have to license the related HANA database and maintain your HANA Schema Mappings.
ERP & S/4 Entities
ABAP CDS Data Definitions
DDIC Views
HANA Repository Views
Analytic View
Attribute View
Calculation View
Table Functions
Stored Procedure
SAC Entities
Stories
Analytic Applications
Models
Templates
