HOW TO DELETE AN INFOCUBE

Procedure: This document explains the step by step procedure involved

in deletion of an infocube and the related issues & pitfalls. An infocube

can be deleted in the following different ways:

1. Using Context Menu option Delete on Infocube: To delete a

required infocube directly, select the required Infocube Context

Menu Select Option Delete, as seen in the screenshot below:

2. Using Program RSDG_CUBE_DELETE: With this program, we

can delete all types of Infocubes and all Infocubes at a time.

Otherwise we can also delete selectively for example Standard

infocube, Remote Infocube, Virtual Providers etc based on

infocube type. We can delete an infocube using the program

RSDG_CUBE_DELETE as shown in steps below:

a. Navigate to Transaction Code SE38 (ABAP Editor): In ABAP

Editor screen, enter the name of the Program as

RSDG_CUBE_DELETE and next click Execute button or hit

F8 function key as seen below:

b. In order to delete All the infocubes that are available in the

system at once, select radio buttons All Types under

Infocube:Choice of Type and All Infocubes under Infocubes.

Next click Execute button or hit F8 function key, as seen

below:

But in real time projects this option is never used and only

selective deletion is used, wherever necessary.

c. For deleting Selective infocubes based on required conditions,

select radio buttons Selection under Infocube:Choice of Type

and Selection under Infocubes. For Example, to delete a

Basic infocube 0D_NW_T01, specify B and infocube name

0D_NW_T01. Next click Execute button or hit F8 function key,

as seen below:

Precautions: This Section explains the impacts of deleting the

infocubes on other related or dependent objects. An infocube deletion

may have the following effects:

1. If the infocube is used in another infoprovider like a MultiProvider

or if it has dependent objects like BEx queries defined on it, then it

will display a popup message as seen here:

When we click the continue button, it will display the external

objects used by this infocube. Next if we further click continue, it

will prompt for confirm deletion. Finally it will delete the infocube.

2. If we delete an infocube existing within a Multiprovider, then the

Multiprovider status is set to Inactive and Not Executable.

3. If the infocube is used in another infoprovider, like in infoset,

Hybrid provider or Semantically partitioned object, it cannot be

deleted.

4. If an infocube is deleted then dependent objects like BEx Queries,

Workbooks etc will also be deleted along with data in the infocube.

5. The deletion of an infocube will permanently delete all its related

tables and data which cannot be rolled back or retrieved.