2 BEx Query Limitation

Hi,
Currently I met two limitations in BEx query designer:
1. The query can only contain 50 characteristics, but the customer requires a report have 138 coulumns, is there any advice how can i fulfill this requirement?
2. I found that a lot of people met the Excel limitation of 65000 records, somebody adviced two ways to solve this problem, one is Web Report, another is Info Hub. Is there someone who can give some details about these two solutions?
Thanks and regards,
Sugie

Hi
The first limitation in a BEx limitation and the second one is a excel limitation. I had faced a same scenario but i dealt it in a different way. But i am not sure if this was the correct way to but it solved the problem.
Please let me know if you are doing this report on ODS or Cube.
Please ask the users about the restrictions on the different fields.
But here is what i did:
Ask the business or the end user which are the important 50 fields (Characteristics) have them in row in your query definition and have the rest of them in Free Characteristics. Give some training to users on BEx and tell them about the swap feature. With this feature the user can swap any of the existing 50 fields with the fields you had defined in the free characteristics after the report is run. Also check with the user if there are some restrictions that are to be applied to any of these fields if so you can have them in the filter characteristics.
Regarding the 2nd problem - Based on the restrictions this should be solved.
Regards,
Satish.

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Dear all,
We are using BI7.00. In one of our report which pertains to PM user wants to get the details of number of breakdowns which falls in the value range 0 to 1 hours.
I created a condition which has 2 variables, one is From value and the other is for the To value (since user wants to enter both the limits). I have written a condition that if the breakdown hour is greater than or equal to variable1 and less than or equal to variable2.
Using the above condition if the query is run, i am not getting the desired output. The values avaialble in the report are 0.65,0.78,1.30,7.38,0 etc., when i give 0 to 1 i should get the values 0.65,0.78 and 0 but instead report displays "No valid results".
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To my knowledge i foresee that system is not able to recognize the decimal and hence provides details only based on the whole numbers.
How to get my requirement achieved in the Bex query designer.
Experts suggestion with steps will be very useful to solve my problem.
Regards,
M.M
Edited by: Magesh Magesh on Dec 26, 2008 11:28 AM

Hi Magesh,
I think you could try one more way.
Create a formula inserting your two formula variables for limits .(FV - are ready for input ) .
The formula would return the result as 1 or 0 because it would have boolean condition in it.
You could then place a condition in the query designer to only show all records where the value of the formula key fig is 1.
You formula A would look like
( KF > FV1) AND (KF < FV2) * 1.
And in the condition put A EQ 1.
You could scale the key figures as well and multiply the limits mentioned by the users in FV1 and FV2 if decimals are still not recognized by SAP.(scaling)
Regards,
Sunmit.

Error while trying to retrieve data from BW BEx query

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Hi,
That warning / error message will be coming from the MDX interface on the BW server. It does not originate from BOBJ.
This question would be better asked to support component BW-BEX-OT-MDX
Similar discussion can be found using search: Limitation of Number of Objects used in Webi with SAP BW Universe as Source
Regards,
Henry

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Hi,
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Bex Query not passing all rows to Crystal reports

hello experts,
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Thanks Ingo for the quick response.
this sounds like a limitation in the integration between bex and crystal because the query shows the correct data and the crystal reports does not. i have tried to add a calculated key figure to all the rows and put a number in it but it still does not show the rows in crystal.
my issue is that they(the business users) want to know all the employees in the employee master data along with all the sick / illness data.
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Unwanted LOVs - Universe on a BEx query on top of a Multiprovider

BO XI 3.1
BW 7.01
OLAP Universe on a BEx query
BEx query on top of a Multiprovider
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BEx query has a global filter for "INFOPROVIDER = DSO1"
BEx query has a user input variable defined for "Field1" (Field1 is present in both DSOs)
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Expected LOVs for the generated prompt for Field1 in the WEBI report: Values of Field1 from DSO1
Problem:
Actual LOVs returned in WEBI report: Values of Field1 from both DSO1 and DSO2
Has anyone faced this before?
Thank you

Henry Banks wrote:
> I have a suspicion the BEX property 'only values in infoprovider' isn't picked up/consumed by the BAPIs used by the MDX interface.
That is correct. The BEx properties do not carry over to the BO side. In Webi 3.1 here are the default selections for LOVs (as far as I know)
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Henry Banks wrote:
> Yes, this is confirmed by Note 1224318 - MDX: InfoProvider restriction for the member rowset
> It's a BW limitation of the OLE DB for OLAP.
I have seen this note before and according to it you can set an RSADMIN parameter MDX_JOIN_CUBE_DIME and have more control over the LOVs.
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Henry Banks wrote:
> It might be easier to have to 2 data providers for this document, if you don't already, for plan and actual; or 2 seperate bex queries.
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Optional BEx query variables not working in WebI

Hi,
I have an Webi report based on Bex Query using BICS connection.
One characteristic is restricted with two variables. First an authorization variable and additional with an input ready variable.
This input ready variable is optional. When it comes up in webi and you choose a value it doesn't filter on it.
We are on BO 4.1. SP3 and BW 7.31.
With SAP_ALL the optional prompt is working, but for a user with limited access, the optional variable doesn't work.
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Hi Neetika,
thank you for your advice!
I tried the filter without authorziation variable and it was working.
I in addition I tried another option: I defined auth variable as input ready and deleted filter variable and that would work working.
With this setting I recognized that for the authorization variable all allowed values are set as default values! If you execute query with SAP_ALL no default is set, but with limited access the allowed values are set as default.
This may be the problem here. I don't know if this behaviour is by design or if there is a problem with rights?
But now I know where the problem comes from.
Regards,
Katharina

Bex Query using BICS running fine in Rich client but v. slow in Launchpad

Hi guys,
At my client client we are using BICS to use Bex Query in Web Intellience, and i created a report that takes less than 10 seconds once run in Rich client but when i create the same Webi report in Launch pad: the list of values take forever to refesh and the report runs for about 30 mins before it displays data..
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Kindly direct me on what could be the possible issues considering this case.
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Hi Sheikh,
There are some known issues with the BICS connectivity and LOV's when retreiving data in BI4.0
This is detailed in the note - 1581323 - BI 4.0 Web Intelligence very slow performance when using BICS
Basically there are some registry changes which need to be made to result in quicker data retreival. The full fix is scheduled for Patch 2.1. It may not be your precise issue but the registry change should help I believe.
Can you test with the registry fix and let me know if this improves matters for you:
Resolution
The following fix is planned for Patch2.1 (w/c 27th June 2011):
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Note 1: In a specific test case, a value of 4000 yielded good results, reducing fetch time from 20 minutes to under 5 minutes.
Note 2: Registry key usage:
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Parallel correction for interoperability:
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-> List of members are now displayed in 20 seconds.
I hope this is a very helpful answer to you.
Kind regards,
John

Bex Query Variable error in Webi and Crystal for Enterprise

Hi,
We just upgrade to BOBJ 4.1 SP2 and BW7.4 SP5
I am creating a webi report based on a BEx query. There is Variable on Period/Fiscal Year from BEX side(Mandatory prompt) when I try to create a Webi or Cyrstal for Enterprise report the below error pops up. Other Bex queries work correctly. Can it be the values in the variable the following values exist when execute from Bex i.e. 001.2012; Period 2013
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http://scn.sap.com/thread/3362312
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Message was edited by: Tienie Nothnagel

Henry Banks wrote:
> I know what you mean. In BEx, it's automatic: the default values are pre-selected at runtime, based on user authorizations
>
> In WebI, user needs to do a 3-click workflow to select the authorized values from the prompt dialog. This can be broken down into 3 phases:
>
> (a) initialize prompt u2013 empty pane.
> (b) refresh list of values,
> (c) select response values.
Thanks Henry! I was looking for this confirmation that it is a limitation of Webi and I'm not missing something.
Henry Banks wrote:
> ---> make this BEx variable u2018mandatoryu2019 u2013 this will trigger an automatic refresh mechanism on the list of values, and show it to the user. This will eliminate steps (a) & (b).
>
It is not possible to set Authorization variables as mandatory. They are set to "optional" and cannot be changed (BEx limitation).
Henry Banks wrote:
> Unfortunately, BEx and WebI are not like-for-like replacement tools. Not all u2018normalu2019 BW features integrate natively into BObj.
> So this will also have to be an excercise in positioning a new product to your onboarding users. (i.e. just click the button)
> Regards,
> H
I understand that. Thanks for your suggestion.

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Hi,
What are the current options to view BW data in BO explorer.
Is there an option to use Bex Query and expose it directly in BO Explorer?
Are we still using universes on top of Bex queries to expose data in explorer?
I read somewhere that there are two different formats of Universes. Which one do we have to use if Universes are the option.
I know if we use BWA we can use BWA Explorer to expose cubes and use the data in explorer. But with this approach we are limited to the data in the cube and we loose those restrictions and filters we use in Bex. Any suggestions on this?
Also can you provide the steps for the best option?
DV

Hi Dave
If you have neither HANA nor BWA in place, you can still have two options for using Explorer on top of Bex:
1. use an .unv universe on top of a Bex Query as suggested here. This is the second option suggested by Ingo available as of BI4.1.
2. Load your Bex query to a DSO in BW, and expose the data to Explorer via an .unx as suggested here. This is available as of BW 7.3
best regards
Josef

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Hi Joel,
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Bex Query showing incorrect data

Hi Experts,
I have a Bex query on an infoset. The infoset is based on Sales Order Line Item DSO and Sales Order Condition DSO. I am refering Net value from Sales Order Line Item DSO. In the query, the values of Net Value is not coming correctly. When i check the value in Sales Order Line Item DSO it shows 100. However, in the query it shows 500. When i checked the infoset, it had 5 records. In each record, the net value was 100. What should i do to get the correct value of Net Value in the query.
Have anyone faced similar problem ?
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Hi Sachi,
This is a common problem in infoset.
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Sales order condition - SC say.
The value you see in your net value field depends on your join condition in the infoset.
Currently you have join in such a way that 1 record in SLI correspods to 5 records in SLC (this is as per your join condition), hence you see this error. Youcan manupilate your join condition to get the required result, if this is viable.
However, in most cases you may not be able to alleviate the fields defining the join.
Say your sales order and item form the joining fields, then in sales order condition DSO you have 5 records for that sales order and item.
The way you could probably avoid net value getting multiplied 5 times is by using exception aggregation with reference char a characteristic in the query.
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(basic principle - we have to net value/ no of lines in Sales order condition DSO [5 in this case] .)
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So you would'nt be able to define any record with only one particular infoobject(ref char), based on which you could define the exception aggreation.
You could define one more data field in the DSO which is a concatenation of all of its keys and then use it in exception aggreg as a reference char in the query.
One more way is to load data from the two DSO to further cubes to achieve the requirement.
I think, this is the limitation with the infoset.
Please let me know if you find any other solution.
Hope it helps,
Regards,
Sunmit.

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Please read through the link below and the related links contained within.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70ehp1/helpdata/en/0d/af12403dbedd5fe10000000a155106/frameset.htm
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I have created a WEBI connected directly to a Bex query in BI 4.0. When I refresh the WEBI, I am prompted with the Bex variable and the data is refreshed correctly. I added that WEBI to Live Office, but it does not prompt me with the Bex variable. I only get the data that was last saved in the WEBI. Is there anything special I have to do to get the Bex variable to prompt me in Live Office 4.0?

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