Object Lineage

Object Lineage displays a Data Flow, allowing the user to view the data sources of an object. Object Lineage for SAP Entities is automated and can be extended with Custom Entities. It is also possible to use Object Lineage exclusively from Custom Entities.

Supported SAP Object Types

Object Lineage can be displayed for the following object types:

SAP BW:

• Queries

• Calculated Key Figures

• Restricted Key Figures

SAC:

• Stories

• Analytic Applications

SAP HANA:

• Calculation Views

SP Datasphere:

• Analytic Models

• Views

• Local Table

• Remote Table

Power BI:

• Dashboards

• Reports

• Paginated Reports

• Semantic Model

• Table

S/4:

• Views

• CDS Views

• CDS View Entities

XU.iQ:

• Services

Navigation in the Data Flow

Compressed View

Initially, the Data Flow is displayed in a compressed view, where the elements between the start and end points are summarized. Each data model node summarizes all nodes between the starting point and the endpoint of the respective data model. This reduces the number of visible nodes, allowing users to focus on the starting and end points of the Data Flow.

Expanded View

You can expand the view to display all the elements of the Data Flow.

Controls

	Select and move elements in the Data Flow.
	Drag along the canvas.
	Fit the Data Flow in the available space.
	Enter the fullscreen mode.
	Exit the fullscreen mode.
	Display the expanded view of the Data Flow.
	Display the compressed view of the Data Flow.
	Change the display of the Data Flow to a vertical orientation.
	Change the display of the Data Flow to a horizontal orientation.
	Return to the default zoom level.
	Increase the zoom level.
	Decrease the zoom level.
	Highlight connections of a selected node. When the connections of a selected node are highlighted, use mouse over to highlight the connections of a second node and see overlapping connections.

The Object Lineage can be manually expanded with SAP and Custom Entities via Linked Entities.