Changing Navigational Attribute

Hi All,
I have a scenario and would request comments from you all.
I have a 'Z' Infoobject which references 0CUSTOMER. I have made one of the attributes of this 'Z' IO as Navigational and included it in the Cube, MP and query.
For another change we need to change the same attribute of 0CUSTOMER to display.
What would be the impact of the change to 0CUSTOMER on the 'Z' IO, Cube, MP and query?
Thanks

Hi Arnab,
When you change at the InfoProvider level, it effects entire chain you will only have Display option after that.
Check if it is ok for that attribute to be as display in the previous requirement also.
Hope it helps...
Regards,
Madhu

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Hi all.. Gud Mrng.
I was changed the attribute (product) from display attribute into navigational attribute and while save and activating the info object it is not getting activated and it is throwing the below error message.
Error Message: u201CThe Info object is being used in several data targetsu201D
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i) Do I need to delete the data from all the data targets (where this info object is using)??
ii) Do I need to delete data only from the main info object (Zmaterial)? Is this single action enough?
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Hi Garima
Only in case of key figures we cannot change it from display to navigational.
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I am sure you know that these settings only mean if a IOBJ can be used as display or navigational. To use it as a navigational within another object you will have to change the settings from 'DIS' to 'NAV' for the said info object in the 'Attributes' tab of its parent info object.
Further if you use the parent info object in any data target / infio provider you will have to further mark the info object as 'navigational' while defining the attrbute of the said data target / info provider. The info object gets displayed in the data target / info provider attribute properties as 'parent IOBJ_info object'
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Hello Heidi
Sorry if I took so long to answer.
Unfortunately you will have do deactivate the POS and of course change all the infocubes, infosources, etc, that are involved with this change. If you deactivate your POS, all the CVC´s are eliminated, so it will be better if you backup all the data in your live cache in an backup infocube.
When you change the characteristic to an navigation attribute and also change the infocube, the data in the infocube will adjust automatically. You will have to create the CVC´s again with the new "format". But in the infocube, it won´t be necessary.
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Hi Gurus,
I have one requirement like the below.....
One info object contains 15 attributes...and this is used in few data targets also.
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Hi Rams
You will not have any impact on changing the Attribute from Display to Navigational.
This will not make any changes to the Datatargets.
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i know that base on your experience .. hope that you could share with me ..
Point will be assign
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Hi...
You can set 0JOB as navigational attribute....no probs...........
But........navigational attributes require additinal joins during query runtime........so it has an impact on the performance..........It will slow down the query performance.............moreover if u hav aggregates on the cube.......during attribute change run .....adjustment of aggregates will also slow down.........due to this we should always try to minimize number of navigational attributes..........u also consider how often the query will run.............
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Thanks Satya
Your answer gave an understanding.
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I have requirement to show Annual Salary which is attribute of 0Employee in the report along with currency.
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You could check if the X/Y table of material group are correct.
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You mean base characteristic means loading data after creating Navigational attribute?Is it this way,(orelse can u tell me about this base characterstic)
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It simplify in the same way the data loading.
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