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November29,2013 | 179Views |
AndreasSchuth
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Howdy,
todayIfoundsomethingusefulinSAPSupportPortalwhichItried
outandwantedtoshowthattoyall
SoIfoundnote1898395SecondaryIndexonInfoObjectmaster
datatables.

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Thisnoteenablesyoutogeneratesecondaryindeceson
masterdatatablesviaRSD1bysimplycheckingacheckbox.
NoSe11hassleforindexcreationrequired
Weallknowthatsecondaryindicesarequiteusefulinmanyways
inthedatawarehouseworld.
ThisdoesalsoapplytoInfoObjectsbutkeepinmindnottocreate
tomanyindicesatoncesincethiscanloweryourloading
performance.
Theonlythingthatisnotthatcoolisdoingsomemanualwork(no
transportinnoteattached)buttheresultisworthitinmyopinion:
Whatyouneedinadvance:
1.AccesstogenerateSCCRRegistrationCodesforObjects
2.Creationof2datatypes,modificationof1tableand2structures
(fromSAP)
3.MaintenanceoftableRSADMINusingSE38
4.SAPBW7.37.317.40
Ready?Interested?letdothis:
(Somepartsofthisdescriptionaredirectlyfromthenote//
screenshotsareinGermanbutyougettheidea)
1.Create2dataelementsintransactionSE11
a)SE11>Datatypes>RSDATRINDXFL

IntheDatatype,typeinvalue:RSDATRINDXFL
ClickCreatebutton
SelectDataelement
ClickOk
UndertheDataTypetab
IntheDomain,typeinvalue:RSDCNVFL
UndertheAttributestab
InthePackage,typeinvalue:RSD(Ididitwhensavingand
activatingtheobject)
IfloggedinEnglish,
EntertheShortDescriptionas:Indicatorastowhetherthe
attributewillbepartofindex
UndertheFieldLabeltab
Short10IndexAttr.

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Medium19Indexattribute
Long30Indexattribute
Heading30Indexattribute
Saveandactivatetheelement

b)SE11>Datatypes>RSINDXFL
IntheDatatype,typeinvalue:RSINDXFL
ClickCreatebutton
SelectDataelement
ClickOk
UndertheDataTypetab
IntheDomain,typeinvalue:BOOLE
UndertheAttributestab
InthePackage,typeinvalue:RSD
IfloggedinEnglish,

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EntertheShortDescriptionas:Indicatorastowhetherthe
attributewillbepartofindex
UndertheFieldLabeltab
Short10IndexAttr.
Medium19Indexattribute
Long30Indexattribute
Heading30Indexattribute
Saveandactivate

2.Modify2structuresintransactionSE11
a)SE11>Structure>RSDO_S_ATR
IntheDatatype,typeinvalue:RSDO_S_ATR
ClickontheChangebutton
IntheComponentstab

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UsingtheInsertRowbutton,betweenComponentATRTIMFLand
ComponentF4ORDER,insertanewComponent.
IntheComponentcolumn,typeinvalue:ATRINDXFL
IntheComponentTypecolumn,typeinvalue:RSDATRINDXFL
Activate

b)SE11>Structure>RSDGSCATR
IntheDatatype,typeinvalue:RSDGSCATR
ClickontheChangebutton
IntheComponentstab
UsingtheInsertRowbutton,aftertheAPPENDNMComponent,
insertanewComponent.
IntheComponentcolumn,typeinvalue:INDXFL
IntheComponentTypecolumn,typeinvalue:RSINDXFL
Activate

3.Modify1transparenttableintransactionSE11

a)SE11>Tables>RSDBCHATR

IntheDatabasetable,typeinvalue:RSDBCHATR

ClickontheChangebutton

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UsingtheInsertRowbutton,betweenFieldATRTIMFLandField
F4ORDER,insertanewfield.

IntheFieldcolumn,typeinvalue:ATRINDXFL

ChecktheInitialValuescheckbox

IntheDataelementcolumn,typeinvalue:RSDATRINDXFL

Activate

AlmostdonebutwestillneedtomaintaintableRSADMIN,solets
go:
4.MaintainRSADMINusingProgramSE38>
SAP_RSADMIN_MAINTAIN
a.EnableMasterDataSecondaryIndex(forBW7.30and7.31
ONLY)

GotoTransactionSE38

RunreportSAP_RSADMIN_MAINTAIN

EnterRS_ENABLE_MD_SECONDARY_INDEXESforObjectand
XforValue

SelecttheINSERTradiobutton

ExecutethereporttocreatethenewentryintableRSADMIN

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b.RemovekeyfromSecondaryIndex(forBW7.30,7.31AND7.40
ONLY)

Bydefault,thetechnicalkey(DATETO/DATEFROM/Current
InfoObject/OBJVERS)willbeincludedaspart

ofsecondaryindex.Toremovethetechnicalkey,youmustmaintain
aRSADMINparameter.

GotoTransactionSE38

RunreportSAP_RSADMIN_MAINTAIN

EnterRS_NO_TECH_FIELDS_SEC_INDEXESforObjectandX
forValue

SelecttheINSERTradiobutton

ExecutethereporttocreatethenewentryintableRSADMIN

Stillthere?

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Wealmostgotitnowdownloadnote1898395viatransaction
SNOTEandimplementthenote.

Sincewedidallwewereaskedofwearegoodtogo.

Sooonowhowdoesitlooklike?

Andifwecheckthetablesofthecharacteristic?

Howdoesitlooklike?

NowweareabletocreatesecondaryindicesonCharacteristics
andallwillbedoneautomatically.

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Iamnotsurewhen,how,ifthisnotewillbeimplementedofficially
butIkindalikethis.

Onenoteattheend:
Ifyouwanttoremovetheindexandaddanotherone,makesureto
removethe
indexfirstandactivate,thenaddthenewindexandactivate.

Solong,

Andreas

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seshuP

December2,2013at5:33am

Informative andNieclyPresentedwithscreenShots ,Thanks

ForSharing .
Regards,
Seshu.P

KrishnaChaitanya

December3,2013at7:02am

Reallyveryusefulcontent.Thanksforsharing

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RolandKramer

December3,2013at9:05am

NiceDoc.BestRegardsRoland

CHRaman

December3,2013at9:55am

Veryusefulblog.Thanksforsharing.

AdrianLukeSlade

July30,2014at12:29pm

Veryusefulthanks.Workedperfectly.

AndreasSchuth Postauthor

July30,2014at2:38pm

GladIcouldcontribute

PrasannaKumarKorada

August12,2014at3:42am

HiAndreas,

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WeareonBW731SPlevel003andsystemisnotallowingusto
implementthisnote.
Anysuggestionsonthis???

AndreasSchuth Postauthor

August12,2014at7:19am

HelloPrasanna,
Itsnotpossibletoimplementthisnotcositisnotvalidfor
SP3.
-> Release 731 SAPKW73105 SAPKW73110

IfyouplantoupgradeanytimesoonhigherthanSP11,youcan
enablethefeatureusing.
RSADMIN-Parameter -> RS_ENABLE_MD_SECONDARY_INDEXES.

Hopethishelps

SumanChakravarthyK

August26,2014at8:26am

Veryvitaltoreadmasterdatafaster. Thankyou

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