Dataflow in SAP BW

Data is normally loaded into a PSA first, and from there into ODS and InfoCubes.

It is also possible to directly load data into the ODS and InfoCubes, and from ODS to

InfoCube.

Data can be loaded from various heterogeneous data sources, such as:

• R/3 systems
• Non-R/3 systems
• Flat files
• XML files
• Other databases (via DB Connect)