Diff between namespace and Folder

[madhancog]

Can any one tell me what is the main difference between namespace and folder?

Thanks in advance
K.M

[blom0344]

Namespace takes part in the absolute path where data-items are referenced with (excuse my cruddy english). A folder simply rearranges objects WITHOUT actually changing the path.
you can check this from , say, report studio. A data-item is identified by the namespace path, whereas a folder does not appear in the definition.

[Naven]

Hi,

Also you can have query subjects of same name in two different namespaces but in folder FM does not allow you keep Query subjects of same name.

Eg: there are two namespaces namely 'SALES' and 'MARKETING', u can import time dimension into two namespaces by the same name but it not possible to store the same dimension in two different folders.

Regards,
Naveen

[madhancog]

Thanks a lot