BW Report-Cell Definition

Hi,
I have a issue with BEX Reporting...
I need to create some Fields as selection under a structure.For each Field I have a Hidden column with the same name and with all the filters for that particular hidden column.Now in the Cell definition I give the filters and define the hidden column as Cell Reference. Now for the visible fields i need to do cell calculation using something like this--
IF Cell_Reference > 0 THEN Cell_Reference ELSE NULL.
I cannot find a function to carry out such a calculation.
Can anyone please suggest as to how do i do it..?
Thanks a lot..
Jeev

Hi,
Try to create Restricted Key figures for those characteristics based on the key figure for which you want to calculate and create condition based on the created RKF to check for > 0.
Hope this helps
AP

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we have the same problem. In BI 2004s with BEx 3.x when the cell reference is defined, the reverse sign flag is ignored.
I opened a message to SAP. Until now no solution and I think we'll never receive solution. Here are the answers we received:
SAP
I have to say this is the limitation of front end 3.5.
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ME
At the moment it is not possible to migrate to 7.0 frontend.
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For front end 3.5, you need do following:
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ME
I did it.
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It seems there is some issue in front end.
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ME
I don't think so. I am using:
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/1a/615f64816311d38b170000e8284689/frameset.htm
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