Attribute sort of characteristic

Is it possible to create a sort, or custom sort, of a characteristic's attributes within Analysis? We are seeing that the sequence between BEx and Analysis characteristics is very different. We have a requirement that these be the same for a few reports.
Can characteristic sorting be forced from BEx into Analysis? Note: in BW we are getting the correct sequencing/sorting of attributes.

I think the description is clear; but I don't think this is possible with Analysis Office
If you want this functionality, I recommend turning the attribute characteristic into a navigation one on the backend of BW - of course this would require some BW development

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Using Key figure attribute of a characteristic in a query

Hi All,
I have the following scenario. I have defined a key figure attribute for a characteristic Infoobject. I have included this characteristic infoobject in an Infocube. I now want to use the key figure attribute as a regular key figure when I create a report based on the Infocube. Is it possible and if so how is it possible?
Thanks
Sundar

Hi Saundar,
   There's another way.Set the characteristic with key figure attributes as a data target under your info area. Create a MultiProvider and include your Cube and this characteristic. Here you can set the key figure as your MultiProvider key figure.
   Don't forget to take care of the identification of MultiProvider.
   Hope this helps.
Regards,
Aaron

Report Attribute - Column Attribute - Sort

I have a SQL Query (PL/SQL function body returning SQL Query) report. I have the number of returned limited to 100 rows (Report Attributes - Layout and Pagination - Max Row Count). When I run this report without any column sorts (none of the Column Attribute Sort columns are checked) it runs fast. If I set either the Sort Sequence, or check any one of the Sort columns, the report takes forever to run. This with only 100 rows on the report.
Where is the sort being performed - Is the sort being performed within Oracle (meaning, in the database) or is it being sorted in Apex or on the Client?
Note that there is no "order by" nor "group by" contained within the SQL - just a simple 2 table join (an inner join).

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.
That is indeed the point I am trying to make.
My report is a SQL Query (PL/SQL Function body returning SQL Query) and is based on information provided in several PopUp LOVs. The more LOVs used, the more information provided to the WHERE CLAUSE, and therefore the less data returned to the screen.
When the End User produces a small report, they are likely to want to sort it.
But when they bring back huge amounts of data, they don't want it sorted. Especially not automatically sorted.
In most cases, this is happening when we are joining two or three tables with say 10 million rows on each table. The join condition is good (meaning there is not a Cartesian Product) but the resultant data is 10 million rows - something you not likely want to sort. Even with a limit on the number of rows returned (Report Attributes - Layout and Pagination - Max Row Count) to something reasonable, like 500, the 10 million resultant rows are first being sorted and then the first 500 returned.
So, yes, a "sort-enabled" report should NOT automatically sort. Which is what is happening.
Of course, it might be a good thing to have some sort of Variable that we could set on a page to decide if we want automatic sorting. On most pages, an automatic sort is great - as the amount of data returned will always be small.
On the pages where I have this problem, it would be great to do the automatic sort when one or more of the PopUp LOVs are populated. So, within a "After Submit" process I might want to turn automatic sorting on.
Hey, if we are going to ask for an enhancement/change, we might as well ask for something really flexible.

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Hi all,
Plz tell me about the creation of hierarchies using 3rd type as 'In the attributes of a characteristic' . Is anybody having detailed example of such type of hierarchy ........
Plz let me know .
Thanks .....

Simple example.
Country has many states.
Every state has many districts.
Every district has many cities.
To maintain this hierarchy, you can create a hierarchy on city configuring district, state and country as text nodes.
Or in the master data of city, you can add district, state, and country as the attributes.
In the report, if you keep country, state, district and city in rows, it will be equivalent to having a hierarchy display.
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FOX: Read Attribute of time characteristic

Hey Gurus,
within my current planning application I maintained an Attribute for 0FISCPER3. Now I want to do some calculations where it is necessary to read this attribute but with standard function ATRV it is not possible.
The execution of the Planningsequence always fails. In ST22 Methode IF_RSMD_RS_ACCESS~GET_ATTRIBUTES is called (* This method is not supported for these info objects).
Does anyone know if it is not possible to read attributes of standard time characteristics ? If it's not I think the best alternative is to create a function module that reads my attribute.
Cheers,
Moritz

Hi Moritz,
can you please post your fox coding for this one? If it is a attribute of a characteristic you have to include the corresponding characteristic of the attribute (the attribute is mentioned as xxx within the coding):
local_variable = artv(xxx, 0fiscper3).
Did you try this?
Brgds,
Marcel

Report not initially sorted as defined by Report Attributes "Sort Sequence"

I have a Report Region with Type SQL Query and Source "SELECT * FROM <table>" where <table> has a primary key from a sequence. Under Report Attributes, I have Report Column "ST_NM" with Show and Sort checked and having a Sort Sequence of "1". I assume this is to set the iniital display sequence but regardless, the report rows display in Primary key order initially.
To try it: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=21997:2 with Dever/Ima9Dever
1) How do I set the initial display sequence to be other than the primary key sequence?
[Note: It seems to work part (or all?) of the time under our 4.1 implementation.]
Thanks,
Howard
I thought this one would be easy!

Howard (DBA in Training) wrote:
I have a Report Region with Type SQL Query and Source "SELECT * FROM <table>" where <table> has a primary key from a sequence. Under Report Attributes, I have Report Column "ST_NM" with Show and Sort checked and having a Sort Sequence of "1". I assume this is to set the iniital display sequence but regardless, the report rows display in Primary key order initially.
To try it: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=21997:2 with Dever/Ima9Dever
1) How do I set the initial display sequence to be other than the primary key sequence?
[Note: It seems to work part (or all?) of the time under our 4.1 implementation.]Standard reports store sort columns persistently across sessions as user preferences. It's likely that Dever user has at some point clicked to sort on the PK column and created a persistent preference. Try it with a new user that has never viewed the page before...
See +{thread:id=2433320}+ for more on this, including how to reset it.

Changing InfoObject to enable document attribute of a characteristic

Hi,
We have a need to change existing infoObject. Currently it's not document attribute and we need to enable "Characteristic is document attribute" in infoobject maintenance.
But, the characteristic that we are trying to change is used all over (around 10 cubes[including basic cubes as well as BPS planning cubes], 5 ODS, MultiCubes etc..) and all these are in production. The same infoobject is being used at many places in planning levels, packages, functions etc..
This requirement is only in BPS planning. we wanted to add a document to each value of this characteristic in the manual planning layout cell.
What steps do i need to follow before and after changing object?
Does changing miscellaneous property of a characteristic
1.inactivates update rules of a basic cube?
2.inactivates master data tables?
3.have any impact on planning cubes?
4.need to re-align / change planning levels,functions,packages etc..in SEM BPS
5. How to deal with infosources, data sources, queries, reports that use this characteristic
I appreciate sharing your experiences or any suggestions.

Hi,
The activation has no effect's to
- update rules,
- master data tables,
- infosources or
- queries, reports.
Only ExportSources of the infoobject will be new generated. Then you must be replicate and activate the transferstructur and the transfer rule.
Sven

How to sort the characteristic values in layout

Hello,
I wont to use a layout with key figs in data columns and two characteristics in lead columns. The problem is that the sorting of first characteristic values is displayed in alphabetical order. How can I change the order to another exact defined combinations for characteristic values?
I read the thread with the same problem (see below the link), but the solutions are not satisfacroty.
Has anyone another idee?
Thanks for any help!
Larissa Bräutigam

Hi Larissa;
I had the same problem and they propose this:
Attributesu0092 order that the system displays in the Planning Layout
That was not the solution presented to the customer. Because of system performance, a programmer was there and created a VBA code. But I wasn't there so I don't have the code.
regards

Sort on Characteristic with numbers

Hi,
I wish to sort on a characteristic in BEx when the field is a number, in numerical order, and when a character, in character order. EG., for Size we could have shoe sizes and shirt sizes respectively; 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5...10, 10.5, etc. and S, M, L, XL etc. Sort comes back this way;
1
10
10.5
1.5
2
2.5
L
M
S
XL
Values above are both Key and Text. I realize I cannot get the S, M, L, XL lined up correctly, but what about the number value? Is there a function I could use for this?
Kind Regards,
Alex

Hi Alex,
One way to command this could be to create an attr for Size and put the order into that char, I mean the attr. Then in the query designer, in the Size properties, set the sorting according to this attr.
So you can have
SIZE____ATTR
1_______1
1.5_______2
2_________3
and so on.
Hope this helps...

Attribute sorting

Hi,
If I read in an xml document and subsequently interrogate one of the Element nodes in the document to discover the attribute list is there anyway of preserving the order that the attributes are specified in the dtd?
At the moment the attributes seem to be sorted in the order they are specified provided that they have a value.
Any attributes without a specified value appear to be stored after those with a value.

Yes, that is what I mean. I want to do that because the data is updatable from a gui and it would be nice to have associated attributes displayed close together.
An example (probably a poor one ;-) ) would be having an address element with housename, street, city, county attributes. It woud look silly if the gui asked for the attribute data in a (city, street, county,housename) order. I realise that I can code the order into the gui, but it is a dynamic, flexible gui and it would be handy if the there was someway of sorting the attributes in the Document api. From your answer I can see that I have to do it myself. Drat ;-(

Error: No attribute available for characteristic 0CALMONTH

Hi All,
while running the dashboard which is integrated with Enterprise portal, we are getting the below error.
These dashboards consumes data from the BEX query directly using the SAP Netweaver connection Type.
Error Desc:
There is no attribute or presentation available for characteristic 0CALMONTH with the name 0CALMONTH2.
Please find the more details in the attached sheet.
can anyone help me out to resolve this issue.

Hi
It’s seems Bex Q’s are changes at back-end. That’s the reason getting this type of issues.
So please check the dashboard back-end Bex Q’s are working or not and able to see the data.

Sorting by Characteristic Result Rows using Condition Top 100%

I need to sort characteristic by results and use <<Top 100%>> condition to do it.
I got three characteristics in my query:
1. Organization
2. Date
3. Planning Level
And three key figures
1. Planned amount
2. Actual amount
3. Deviation % (Actual/Planned) (calculated by using amounts, Date and Planning Level)
I need to know best palnning organisations by sorting them on deviation results on Organisation Level.
Also I need Date and planning Level characteristics involved in query, because they taken in Deviation formula.
Then I use condition (Top 100%) by Organization, the query doesn't sort Organisations by Deviation properly Any ideas why? I tried to add one extra characteristic in query on top of Organisation and use it in condition but it doesn't work either.

I guess u didn't understand me.
I got three characteristics in my query:
1. Organization
2. Date
3. Planning Level
And three key figures
1. Planned amount
2. Actual amount
3. Deviation % (Actual/Planned) (calculated)
I need to know best planning organizations. So I need sort Organization by
Also I need Date and planning Level characteristics involved in query, because they taken in Deviation formula.
So, then I use condition (Top 100%) by Organization the query doesn't sort Organisations by Deviation properly

Removing attributes of a characteristic in the Universe designer

We are using a SAP delivered characteristic (e.g., 0CUSTOMER), it has a lot of attributes associated with it and when we use that characetistic in the Bex query (into the Free characteristics section). We built a universe on top of this Bex query and we could see all the attributes of that particular characteristic in the Designer as well. Is there any way to remove the ones which we are not using for BO reports.
if it is not possible to remove those objects from the universe designer, will it impact the performance of the Webi reports (or any other BO reports)??

Delete them from the universe - click on it, press the Delete key.
You may be better off hiding them first though - right-click, choose Hide, just in case they are used and you aren't aware that they are.
Regards,
Mark

Large number of attributes for a characteristic

I have the requirement to add like 100 attributes to the 0Material object. This object already have 120 attributes, what would result in a total ol 220 attributes. Although I know the technical limit is 750, I'd like to know if anybody has heard or experienced some performance or any kind of issue because of having such a big number of attributes in an object (0Material being particularly critical). Thanks a bunch. Regards.

I dont know the upper limit, but I think 80 is too much. I have never used more than 15-20. For Nav attributes, a seperate tables are created which causes the Performance issue as result in new join at query run time. Just ask your business guy, if these can be reduced.One way could be to model these attributes as seperate characteristics. It will certainly help.
Thanks...
Shambhu

Creating keyfigure as an attribute for a characteristic

Hi All,
Can anybody explain what is the use of creation of keyfigure as an attribute in the attributes creation process.Please provide a sample example as to where it i used in real time.
Regards,
Sunitha

Hi ,
Cost Price will still be defined as a key figure, but we will be defining it as an attribute of 0MATERIAL.
Choice of doing this will subject to specific reporting requirements like, since cost price of the article is slowly changing value (nearly fixed) ,hence we might prefer to load this into the master data which can be looked up along with other attributes of 0MATERIAL while doing transactional loads.
Also this will help in reducing the width of the fact table.
Another scenario could be if price is time dependant. It would be a good option again to use this as an attribute.
Thanks,
Vikram

Attribute sort of characteristic

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