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An extractor is the program in SAP ERP which can be activated to prepare and capture the data through an extract structure for transfer to BW. The extractor can be the result of a standard DataSource or a custom built DataSource. It can describe a full load or a delta load process of different types.

Report Builder is a report authoring tool within Microsoft SQL Server that features a Microsoft Office-like environment, giving the business user the possibility to author existing reports or create new ones. All the objects such as tables, tablix, spark lines, gauges, … from Reporting Services are available for the business user and can be used in a user-friendly environment.The development works in 2 ways. Reports build in BIDS (BI Development Studio) can be customized in Report Builder and vice versa.

Statistics are Business Content objects available to analyse the BW performance and usage statistics. The content includes full data flows to track the necessary data to report these statistics.

SAP delivers a set of standard SAP BW objects and even full data flows including queries, workbooks, roles … which can be installed from the Business Content. Clients can use these objects in their custom data flows, or use them as a starting point for their project.

This is the lowest level of metadata existing in the SAP Business Warehouse.There are two main types of InfoObjects: characteristics – representing dimensions for analysis - and key figures – representing the numeric data to be analyzed. The metadata definition consists of technical properties (Data Type, length, conversion routine, …) and descriptive properties (text and attribute Master Data, hierarchies, navigation properties, …).