- Navigate to the Repository Explorer
- Click on Create - Graphical View button to create a new view
- Click on Details button and configure the following properties:
- Business Name: V_SALES_ORDERS
- Technical Name: V_SALES_ORDERS
- Semantic Usage: Analytical Dataset
- Expose for Consumption: ON
- Drag and drop the table CSV_SalesOrderItems into the canvas
- Drag and drop the table CSV_SalesOrders into the canvas and drop it on the CSV_SalesOrderItems*
- Create a new Join Node from the context menu
- Map the column CSV_SalesOrderItems.SALESORDERID with the column CSV_SalesOrders.SALESORDERID
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Adjust the filter as the following:
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Select the Filter Node and click on Data Preview from the context menu. Please check if the preview is showing the correct data for the defined filter.
- Select the Output Node and add a new Association from the Association Section.
- Find a select the view V_PRODUCTS
- Map the column V_SALES_ORDERS.PRODUCTID with the column V_PRODUCTS.PRODUCTID
- Select the Output Node and add a new Association from the Association Section.
- Find a select the view V_BUSINESS_PARTNERS
- Map the column V_SALES_ORDERS.PARTNERID with the column V_BUSINESS_PARTNERS.PARTNERID
🚩 Note 4th-Oct-2021: In order to use a time dimension in SAP Analytics Cloud, you must create your dimension by following the procedure at Creating Time Dimensions. Manually-created or other time dimensions may not function correctly.
In addition, attributes in an analytical dataset that are mapped to a time dimension via an association must have technical names that respect the following naming conventions: *_DATE for Date/Day level *_CALMONTH for Month level *_CALQUARTER for Quarter level *_YEAR for Year level https://help.sap.com/viewer/c8a54ee704e94e15926551293243fd1d/cloud/en-US/5aae0e95361a4a4c964e69c52eada87d.html
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Select the Project Node and select the column CREATDAT to rename.
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Rename the Business and Technical Name of the column to CREATE_DATE.
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Select the Output Node and add a new Association from the Association Section.
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Find a select the view SAP.TIME.VIEW_DIMENSION_DAY (Time Dimension-Day)
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Map the column V_SALES_ORDERS.CREATE_DATE with the column SAP.TIME.VIEW_DIMENSION_DAY.DATE_SQL
- In the Output Node change the following attributes to Measure: