0material alpha conversion in BEx query

Folks,
I want to ALPHA convert the material number during BEx query execution. Once the query is executed, I should see the ALPHA converted number. Please advise.
Thanks.

Hi,
can you please give an example of what you want to achieve? 0MATERIAL has already MATN1 as conversion exit....
Achieving this in BEx during query runtime could be quite tricky...
Alternatives would be
- adding a nav attribute to 0MATERIAL like ZMAT_ALPHA and load it with the ALPHA conv exit
- virtual charateristic
- changing the displayed values in VisualBasic or in the WebTemplate
hope this helps....
Olivier.

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