An InfoSet is an info provider giving DATA by joining data from different sources like ODs and master data. You can also do an OUTER join in an InfoSet. InfoSets can also be used to combine transactional data with master data. For example, if you have cli~anti tying the transaction data and you have price as an attribute of the material. Then you can have an InfoSet with transaction data and material where you will be able to do calculations BASED on material price in BEx.

ANOTHER usage is, if you have ODs you can disable BEx reporting (in the setting) and use the ODs in the InfoSet for reporting, which leads to improved PERFORMANCE

An InfoSet is an info provider giving data by joining data from different sources like ODs and master data. You can also do an outer join in an InfoSet. InfoSets can also be used to combine transactional data with master data. For example, if you have cli~anti tying the transaction data and you have price as an attribute of the material. Then you can have an InfoSet with transaction data and material where you will be able to do calculations based on material price in BEx.

Another usage is, if you have ODs you can disable BEx reporting (in the setting) and use the ODs in the InfoSet for reporting, which leads to improved performance