Database Statistics During ODS

Activation

Applies to:
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Summary
ODS Activation step periodically recalculates the statistics. This can be a overhead if the activation step is
critical. In order to suppress the statistics step the document can be referred. The document also mentions
the need for statistics.
Author:

Srivatsan.S

Company: Infosys Technologies Limited

Created on: 24 Feb 2011

Author Bio
Srivatsan is working with Infosys Technologies Limited. He has got rich experience in implementation of
various projects in both SAP BW 3.5 and SAP Bi 7.0.

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Table of Contents
Scenario: ............................................................................................................................................................. 3
Overview on Database Statistics: ....................................................................................................................... 3
Ignoring Statistics Recalculation & Resetting: .................................................................................................... 3
Procedure to Ignore Statistics Recalculation: ................................................................................................. 3
Procedure to Reset the Statistics Settings:..................................................................................................... 5
Statistics Status During the above Process: ................................................................................................... 6
Old Statistics: ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
Disadvantages of Database Statistics: ............................................................................................................... 6
Related Content .................................................................................................................................................. 7
Related Content .................................................................................................................................................. 7
Disclaimer and Liability Notice ............................................................................................................................ 8

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Scenario:
This scenario occurred during the production support activity for our retail client. The timelines for the load
completion is very critical for our account since the dependencies are more. One such situation occurred
where the activation step for an ODS was stuck for a very long time. On checking the Activation Job Logs,
we found that the job was performing the statistics recalculation as shown in the screenshot below.

This paves way for the document on Database Statistics during ODS Activation.

Overview on Database Statistics:

During the ODS activation process the statistics are generated for both 00 (Active table) and 40 (New
Table) tables of the ODS. This can under circumstances slow down the activation process. However this
step is essential for query performance over the ODS.
Note: The Statistics recalculation step does not trigger every time the activation job is executed. This is not a periodic
event as well. This process starts when the statistics seemed to have been corrupted.

Ignoring Statistics Recalculation & Resetting:

The statistics recalculation step at times causes an overhead during critical data load activation processes.
For example: Consider the scenario where the ODS data has to be pushed further to a series of Infocubes
on time and the process is stuck in the activation step of the ODS.

The Statistics step can be ignored using the Report: RSSM_SUPPRESS_STATISTICS

Note: The above program mentioned RSSM_SUPPRESS_STATISTICS is to be used during the activation process.
Also note that the statistics will have to be manually generated if this option is used.

Procedure to Ignore Statistics Recalculation:

1. Go to SE38 and type the program RSSM_SUPPRESS_STATISTICS and Execute.

2. The program RSSM_SUPRESS_STATISTICS has option to enter the ODS name and it gives 2
checkboxes. The check boxes work according to the following logic.

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1. Check DB St. Deactivated before Act and Check DB St. Deactivated after Act: This option will
suppress the Statistics step totally for the particular ODS.
2. Check DB St. Deactivated before Act and Uncheck DB St. Deactivated After Act: This option will
suppress the Statistics step before the Activation Step and Enable it after the Activation is
complete.(recommended)
3. Uncheck DB St. Deactivated Before Act and Check DB St. Deactivated After Act: This option will
suppress the Statistics step after the Activation Step (not recommended as it would have no effect).
4. Uncheck DB St. Deactivated Before Act and Uncheck DB St. Deactivated After Act: This option will
enable the Statistics step totally for the particular ODS.
Let us proceed with Step 2:

3. Once the above step is executed with ODS name the following screen appears:

4. This program basically changes the fields of the Table RSODSSETTINGS.

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Procedure to Reset the Statistics Settings:

1. Go to SE38 and type the program RSSM_SUPPRESS_STATISTICS and Execute

2. Enter the ODS name and Execute. Please note that the both the check boxes are to be unchecked.

3. Once the above step is executed the following screen appears:

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4. The changes are reverted back in the Table RSODSSETTINGS

Statistics Status During the above Process:

The Statistics will not be generated once the above process is followed. It has to be manually generated from
DB02 for the particular ODS.

Old Statistics:
The performance of the old statistics cannot be conclusive as the decision factor is on how well the current
data set is represented.

Disadvantages of Database Statistics:

Every change happening on the statistics can cause changes to the optimizer. In most of the cases regular
update of statistics will have a positive effect on performance.

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Related Content
SAP Community Network Forums: Using RSSM_SUPPRESS_STATISTICS...
SAP Community Network Forums Enterprise Information Management Enterprise Information
Management - General
Activate Data in ODS Objects
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