An ODS Object works to save compressed and debugged performance data on a record level (atomic level). It represents a consolidated dataset from one or further InfoSources. That dataset can be investigated besides an InfoSet Query or BEX Query. The data of an ODS Object can be modernized with a delta update toward InfoCubes and/or additional ODS Objects in the alike system either over systems. Indifference to a multi-dimensional data warehouse by InfoCubes, the data in ODS Objects is saved in apparent, flat database records.