Add InfoObject Atrribute as field to the InfoSource by Transfer Rule

Question

Hi
To filter out a special customer country in the start routine in update rules for a sales cube, I need the InfoObject 0COUNTRY in the update rules.
I already included 0COUNTRY to the cube and the update rules (filled via Master Data Attribute of 0CUSTOMER in update rules. Yet as 0COUNTRY is not in the InfoSource I cannot use it in start routine to filter one country out.
How can I add 0COUNTRY to the InfoSource and populate it by Transfer Rule if it is not in the DataSource. I guess I'd have to load it from Customer Master Data? But there is no obvious option in the Transfer Rules like there is in the Update Rules.
How do I have to proceed to be able to filter out records with special navigation attribute values before they reach the cube?
Full points will be assigned.
Thanks,
German

Answer 1

Hi German,
please try
PROGRAM UPDATE_ROUTINE.
$$ begin of global - insert your declaration only below this line  -
TABLES: ...
TABLES: /BI0/PCUSTOMER.
DATA:   ...
DATA: i_t_customer like /BI0/PCUSTOMER occurs 0 with header line.
$$ end of global - insert your declaration only before this line   -/code
... internal definitions ...
$$ begin of routine - insert your code only below this line        -
fill the internal tables "MONITOR" and/or "MONITOR_RECNO",
to make monitor entries
  DATA: i_l_data_package LIKE LINE OF DATA_PACKAGE,
          i_t_data_package LIKE STANDARD TABLE OF DATA_PACKAGE.
  select * from /BI0/PCUSTOMER into table i_t_customer.
  LOOP AT DATA_PACKAGE.   
    MOVE-CORRESPONDING DATA_PACKAGE TO i_l_data_package.
    read table i_t_customer with key
      CUSTOMER = i_l_data_package-CUSTOMER.   
    IF sy-subrc = 0.
      IF i_t_customer-COUNTRY = 'DE'.
          APPEND i_l_data_package TO i_t_data_package.
      ENDIF.
    ENDIF.       
  ENDLOOP.
  REFRESH DATA_PACKAGE.
  DATA_PACKAGE[] = i_t_data_package.
  REFRESH i_t_data_package.
if abort is not equal zero, the update process will be canceled
  ABORT = 0.
$$ end of routine - insert your code only before this line         -
/code
This code should filter records with customers located in Germany, for other countries adjust line
IF i_t_customer-COUNTRY = 'DE'.
to correct country code.
Best regards,
Björn
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EDIT: Did some corrections...
Message was edited by: Björn Grahlher