SAP BW 7.3 - New Feature: Switch Info package in PC to Delta

As of BW 7.0 we need to manually change all the delta init packages in the process chains to delta when we move the changes to QA or Production environments or we have to create separate delta init packages and manually run them to do initialization before we could schedule the process chains with delta info packages. This is going to change in SAP BW 7.3. 

 There is a new option "Switch Info Package. In PC to Delta" under update tab of info package. If we check this option the info package will be automatically executed as delta package if already there is a successful initialization. Otherwise, it will be executed as ainit package when there is no successful initialization. This will be useful and save us some time with new projects and enhancements. 

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Convert Initial Info Package into Delta Info Package

You use this indicator to specify whether you want the system to automatically convert an Info Package that is being used in a process chain into a delta Info Package when the delta transfer has been initialized successfully.

Use

If you set this indicator, the following applies to the Info Package when it is executed in a process chain.

·         If you set the Initialization of Delta Process indicator on the Update tab page and there is no active initialization request with the same or overlapping selections for this DataSource/source system combination, the Info Package is executed as an initialization Info Package.

·         If there are one or more active initialization requests with the same or overlapping selections for this DataSource/source system combination, the InfoPackage is converted to a delta InfoPackage just before it is executed in the process chain.
After it has been converted, the Info Package stays as a delta Info Package in the process chain.