Types of Data Sources

A DataSource is a set of fields that provide the data for a business unit for data transfer into BI. From a technical viewpoint, the DataSource is a set of logically-related fields that are provided to transfer data into BI in a flat structure (the extraction structure), or in multiple flat structures (for hierarchies).

There are four types of DataSource:

●      DataSource for transaction data

●      DataSource for master data

○       DataSource for attributes

○       DataSource for texts

○       DataSource for hierarchies