In some of my earlier posts, I have explained some of the basic concepts behind SAP Business Warehouse. These concepts are the foundation for a strong understanding of SAP BW. Today, I am picking up the topic of BW Infocubes. In this post, I would be explaining what exactly is a SAP Infocube, what is its purpose and what are the various type of SAP BW Infocubes. So if you are looking some good information on BW infocubes stick around.

In its esence, Infocube is a data container. Data containers are used as a basis for analysis and reporting processes in SAP BW. Infocubes in SAP BW serve exactly this purpose. Infocubes in SAP consist of Key figures and characteristics. You can find some detailed information on key figures here. Simply speaking, infocube is any repository which contains data. Moving on to the types of infocubes. In SAP BW, there are basically two classes of infocubes. These are:

Basic Infocubes - These are also called as physical infocubes.
Remote Infocubes - These are also called as virtual infocubes.

The basic difference between the above two types of infocubes is that basic infocubes are physically stored in the same SAP BW system as their meta data description. Remote infocubes are stored on a third party custom SAP BW. Both the above types of BW infocubes consist of key figures and characteristics. These characteristics in turn are divided into 16 dimensions. More on that in another post.

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