*****Can we make charcterstics as a Input ready in the input ready query.**

Question

Hi experts,
Our business requirement as follows.
the existing business scenerio is, Master data ( say Product list ) )will comes from CRM , By using the input ready query , we will plan against to that master data by using IP.
But my requiment is " though the master data is not avilable( say new product came into the market which is not avilable in CRM)  in the CRM end, user wants to enter the that product name directly in the input ready and also user wants to plan against that product.
As per our requirement , user wants to enter charcterstics directly in the query like entering the key figure values directly in the input ready query.
As per as my knowledge concern , this functionality  is not avilable in IP.
so can you please suggest if any other work around solutions for this to fix this issue.
Thanks,
Subhratha benargeee.

Answer 1

Hi Subhrata,
As I said, its not possible in IP at all. If we talk technically, IP infrastructure needs SID's. Meaning it communicates through SID values.
Once you enter characteristic value in the query, the system automatically sends the SID values to OLAP when the round trip happens. There was a certain period of time, when system automatically used to create sid's if there does not exist that value in master data for the characteristic. I dont remember the exact support pack, But that was a bug and has been fixed. Its not possible in any form web, bsp or bex analyzer on OLAP write infrastructure. As long as you dont find some RFC which can write this value to the master data table of the characteristic before the OLAP is triggered.
I understand you are writing transaction data only, But OLAP works through SID's when it gets data from infoproviders. So due to the same reason without an entry into sid and master table of the characteristic there can not exist an entry in the infoprovider. OLAP simply can not communicate without SID's.
Now coming to the scenario I explained earlier, its Business Planning & Simulation. If you design your planning application on BPS, you can design web interfaces which is a BSP application can achieve what I said.
Its not the speciality of BSP(business server pages)  which is making it possible, But the BPS interfaces are designed such a way that it communicates directly through master data and text table of charcteristics.
As of now, I do not have a solution for your scenario on IP, If I find or come across one I will surely let you know.
All the best.
Best regards,
ravi.