Bex Issue : before aggregation

Hi,
I have a problem in Bex that I thought to solve with the "before aggregration" option in Bex Analyzer but this doesn't seem to be possible.
My query looks initially like this for 1 shipment 1344601 that is linked to 2 deliveries
Shipment Delivery Del.Quantity Counter Del.Quantity/Count
1344601   81209721 41.160 KG     2      20.580 KG
1344601   81209722 14.840 KG     1      14.840 KG
Resultrow .............56.000 KG     3       35.420 KG
This 35.420 KG is the right total delivery quantity for shipment 1344601. Note that counter is calculated via a formula with before aggregation. Also the Del. Quantity is included in a formula with before calculation.
When I now remove the drilldown on the delivery my result is wrong :
Shipment      Del.Quantity Counter Del.Quantity/Count
1344601       56.000 KG    3       18.666.67 KG
Resultrw     56.000 KG    3       18.666.67 KG
The system is dividing 56.000 KG by 3 which leads to an incorrect result of 18.666.67 KG.
==> My problem is that I can't put the Del.Quantity/Count on calculation before aggregation, although Del.Quantity and Counter that are used in the calculation have both calculation before aggregation.
Via a little trick (include the calculation in a new calculated keyfigure where I multiply it by 1) I could put it on calculation before aggregation but then the query execution fails.
Does anyone know a solution for this behaviour as I think lots of you might have faced similar situations and I would like to avoid to solve this in data staging as this doesn't seem unsolvable in Bex to me...
Message was edited by: Wim

Hi,
As per the my knowledge, we can use the properties of Before Aggregation in Bex Analyser.
for ex. when u excute your query, by default the result of the calculated key figure is generated after aggregation. But we can change this property to before aggregation by going to context menu of the calculated key figure for the analyer.
But it is considered as a bad practice in SAP.
If you want to use this option in query designer it not available,
because when we use calculated key figure in formulas it calculate as after aggregation. If you want to change it, we can change at analyser level.
Hope u understood.
Regards,
Vamsi
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