Accessing Data Lineage for an OLAP View

Data lineage can be use to determine where metadata originates from. This can help you track how changes to certain data sources can have effects on data that clients are consuming.

To generate and OLAP View Execution Plan

Open a view that you have created from an SAP BW cube.

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Select the SQL tab.

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Click the Show Lineage Panel toolbar button on the editor toolbar.

The Lineage panel opens in the lower section of the view’s editor and displays all the resources involved with the view in a graphical format. Descriptions for how to interpret much of this information can be found in the TDV User Guide.