Pattern Selection for DTP with source as DataSource (PSA)

It is not very known fact. At least it was in my case. I was a bit surprised when I realized that my DTP created on top DataSource which was extracting data from it via PSA didn’t pull any data. My case was that I had a filter on DTP where pattern selection was used.

Precisely speaking I had a wildcard used for selection like *something*. Once I ran it no data came. I tried to put precise value instead of the wildcards and it worked. I turned to SAP Support portal and I found a SAP Notes explain this behavior.

Actually this feature is not available in some of BW system. Depending on version of the BW it is only available in higher SP packages. TO be able to use this feature BW needs to be upgraded to these specific versions of the SP – see below.

There is one setting available in DataSource that is influencing behavior of particular field within the DataSource. It is called “Selection Options” and is present on tab Fields of DS maintenance screen. It basically drives what selection options can be processed for the DataSource field. Its values are stored in table RSDSSEGFD-SELOPTS (table has an info on DataSource - Segment Fields). There can be following values for the field set:

0        Undefined Selection Options

1        Selection EQ Permitted

2        Selection BT Permitted

3        Selection EQ, BT Permitted

7        Selection EQ, BT, CP Permitted

More information:

- For BW 7.00 and 7.01 see Note: 2509844 –SP37: Pattern Selection not possible for DTP with source as DataSource (PSA)

- For BW 7.30 and 7.40 see Note: 2150323 - 730SP14: Pattern Selection not possible for DTP with source as DataSource (PSA)