CSV file template - values in columns

Hi experts,
I'm with a requirement to upload transactional data from a CSV file. And it's working, but with values in lines like below:
CostCenter        P_ACCT             Time                  Amount
1101450               341010101     2012.DEZ          56000
1101450               341010102     2012.DEZ          4000
1101450               341010103     2012.DEZ          13000.99
Just in terms of to make the user's life easy, considering that this way the file will have thounsands of lines, I would like to know if is possible to upload data from a CSV file with the key figure in columns. Something like:
CostCenter        P_ACCT             JAN          FEB         MAR        MAY        JUN          JUL          AUG ........
1101450               341010101     56000     56000     56000     56000     56000     56000     56000........
1101450               341010102     4000     56000     56000     56000     56000     56000     56000........
1101450               341010103     13000.99     56000     56000     56000     56000     56000     56000........
If I can't manage this in BPC, I'll have to create a macro to put the values in lines.
Regards!
Lucas

You can use a transformation file to get this in a couple of ways I think.
See the help file topic on *MVAL (NW 7.5 version)
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_bpc75_nw/helpdata/en/b8/a76a1ca9ac4ca698259a8ff397bb61/frameset.htm
Also you could try this (from the help file)
*<Dimension> =<value1>,<value2> has the similar effect of an *MVAL command in the mapping section. This type of header occurs only in the beginning of the data file, not in the middle.
*CATEGORY=ACTUAL
*TIME=1999.JAN, 1999.FEB, 1999.MAR,1999.APR
*ENTITY, ACCOUNT, PRODUCT
*AMOUNT UK, SALES, SEDAN, 100, 200, 300, 400
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At line:1 char:161
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Please help!
You are missing a second curly brace -
Import-Csv <file> | Select Client,SourceNetworkAddress,LogonType,User,Message,@{N='TimeCreated';E={[datetime]($_.TimeCreated)}} | Sort TimeCreated -Descending | Export-csv <file> -force -NoTypeInformation

Sqlloader with same csv files - 1 fails the other works fine!

Hi,
I am using sqlldr to load data from a csv file into a table. The table has 23 columns in it. The last column is nullable. The CSV has got 23 column values for all the records excepting couple of records which have 22 values leaving the last 23rd field blank as 23rd column in the table is nullable. Sqlloader loaded everything fine in Dev env but the records failed on Live Env with error - 'Rejected - Error on table ...column not found before end of logical record (use TRAILING NULLCOLS)'.
Surprisingly - when I copied the live csv file to Dev Env and ran it - it rejected same records with same errors but the other earlier CSV file with same 22 column values worked fine. So I have 2 copies of same CSV file which have different names - one works fine and the other rejects a few records.
Could anyone please let me know where and what to look for? Thanks in advance for the expert advice of you esteemed people on Forum.
Regards,
Ash

Ash -
Are you saying you had one file, copied to two servers, and the copy you sent to live never works on either server, but the copy you have always had on DEV works fine? This sounds like an operating system or network issue, where moving the file caused a change you cannot see. Typically happens when you go between Windows and Unix, because the end-of-line sequences are different. You could try using file comparison tools to see if they really are the same (diff on Unix, fc on Windows). You could also use the Unix utility od (octal dump, e.g. od -c file1) to see what you cannot see.
Good luck,
Andy

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