SAP BODS - Central vs Local Repository

SAP BO Data Services support multiuser development where each user can work on an application in their own local repository. Each team uses central repository to save the main copy of an application and all the versions of the objects in the application.

The key features are −

• In SAP Data Services, you can create a central repository for storing team copy of an application. It contains all the information that is also available in local repository. However, it just provides a storage location for the object information. To make any changes, you should need to work in local repository.

• You can copy objects from central repository to local repository. However, if you have to make any changes, you need to check out that object in central repository. Due to this, the other users cannot check out that object in central repository and hence, they cannot make changes to the same object.

• Once you make the changes to the object, you need to check in for the object. It allows Data Services to save new modified object in central repository.

• Data Services allow multiple user with local repositories to connect to the central repository at the same time but only one user can check out and make changes to a specific object.

• The central repository also maintains the history of each object. It allows you to revert to the previous version of an object, if the changes do not result as required.

Multiple Users

SAP BO Data Services allow multiple users to work on the same application at the same time. The following terms should be considered in a multi-user environment −

To update the local repository in multiuser environment, you can get the latest copy of each object from central repository. To edit an object, you can use check out and check in option.