APO DP - descriptive characteristics used in consumption groups

I am using APO DP V5.
I need to use descriptive characteristics in consumption groups ( for use in release of DP to SNP).
Do these descriptive characteristics have to be planning characteristics of the planning object structure, or can they also be navigation attributes?
Thanks,
Bob Austin

Technically yes.  But in the business context, is this makes sense?  Descriptive characteristics are used to consume at lower level than , the level at demand is getting released from DP to SNP.  Navigational attributes are used for  N:1 relationship. Eg. Customer to Sales Region association.  When you release at Customer level, it doesn’t  put any value keeping Region as consumption group.  (Customer is already more detail level than region.. the consumption will happen at the customer level)
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