Characteristic Relationship in IP

Hi All,
I have a database table(SE11) which has 4 fields (3 key fields + 1 Data Field). I want to derive the 4th field based on the other 3 key fields in my IP. For that I need to write a Characteristics Relationship exit.
my query is where do i need to write the code for the exit.
please explain in detail by giving step by step method. I would really appreciate if anyone could send me some sample code for the same.
Thanks in Advance.
Deepak Singh

Dear Deepti.
Unfortunatelly , I think I can not do this by filtering characterisitics in input query.
The issue is that to simplify my problem I omitted that I have another characterisitc called ACCOUNT.
So for planning layout at employee level is alway set to value 0001, but for planning at Area level we have more values, so this means that in the second layout, for Account value 0001 , only those areas whcih are plannble in level2 should be close and any other should be open.
Foe example:
Planning at Area, Employee: (ACCOUNT is always = 0001)
PROD; EMPLOYEE1 ; Employee Ratio(not input ready)
PROD; EMPLOYEE2; Employee Ratio((not input ready)
SELL; EMPLOYEE1; Employee Ratio
SELL; EMPLOYEE2; Employee Ratio
Planning at Area:
             0001                       0002                    0003                    0004
PROD    planable                 planable                planable              planable
SELL     NOT planable          planable                planable              planable
ROOT    planable                  planable                planable              planable
If I restrict SELL area in imput query, then I can not plan for other Accounts.
Thanks a lot.

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Hi
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Hi,
derivation is used to fill characteristic values from other characteristics in the InfoCube. So to derive 'Currency Key' from 'Company Code' means that both characteristics have to be inculded in your InfoCube. I think, Currency Key is an attribute of Company code, so you can create a derivation relation based on characteristic Company Code.
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I am deriving 0fiscper by concatenating 0fiscper3 and 0fiscyear. This works perfrectly in BPS. However, when I define the characteristic relationship in IP I get hte following error when checking:
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Hi,
In IP, their are default characteristic relationships for time characteristics which are always active. This wont show in the properties of the real time infoprovider (char. rel. tab) but this will be active and cannot be overridden; this is different from BPS where no such automatic chal. rel.s were present.
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All, the issue is partially corrected. Instead of fighting with hierarchies, I stepped back and re-attacked this problem by creating a characteristic relationship based on a DSO. (I had tried this initially but it failed for a reason I will explain below.)
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So then I created a DSO with the key 0SALESORG, 0SALES_GRP, 0SALES_OFFICE, and populated the valid combinations. It worked perfectly for my query at that level of granularity but not for the higher level of simply 0SALESORG and 0SALES_GRP and so I found myself creating another DSO and characteristic relationship to handle that level.
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IP - Characteristic Relationship with exit class URGENT

Hi experts,
I need to derive two infoobjects from other one. I know that I have to use a exit class and there implement the ABAP code for especify the derivation.
I have copied the exit class CL_RSPLS_CR_EXIT_BASE. I suppose that the code of the derivation has to be implemented in the IF_RSPLS_CR_METHODS~DERIVE method. But, does anybody know the structure witch contain the source and target fields where is/are defined?
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Hi,
set a break-point in the factory method get_instance to check whether the class is called. In the planning modeler make sure that you use an external break-point.
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Hi Guys,
I am very new to IP and would like to have some help regarding the following with some simple example
1) characteristic relationship
2) data slices
3) locking
Some examples with the above is much appreciated.
where can i get some good document explaining this ?
Thanks in advance...

Hi,
Please find below the examples for characteristic relationship and data slice,
1. Characteristic relationship:
Consider that you have characteristics called "Country" and "Continent" in your report (also in aggreagtion level).
You cannot always expect the end user to enter the correct continent for a country. In this case, you can create a char rel
based on the relastionship between these two characteristics (attribute, hierarchy or relationship data loaded to a DSO),where the source is "Country" and the target is "Continent". So when ever the user enters country and continent the char rel validates the entry based on the reference data (master data, hierrarchy or DSO data) and throws error if it s wrong. Apart from this by creating "With derivation" char rel, you can even derive continent value from country with out the user even entering the value in thye report.
2. Data Slice:
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Char rel - [http://help.sap.com/SAPHELP_NW04s/helpdata/EN/43/1c3d0f31b70701e10000000a422035/frameset.htm]
Data slice - [http://help.sap.com/SAPHELP_NW04s/helpdata/EN/43/1c3d0f31b70701e10000000a422035/frameset.htm]
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This works well in BPS.
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We have below four fileds in real time planning cube.
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if yes, when derive method of exit class is getting called ?
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Hi Andrey,
Thanks for your reply.
I have tried approach suggested by you however break-point did not stop yet to derive method.
I will give little more details on what i have implemented, probably it may help you.
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Hello Srinivas,
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Dear all,
we need to create a query ready for input but we need to avoid that the invalid combinations of two characteristic on wors are shown.
In fact the system presents the inconsistent combination as not editable.
Could you please suggest how to avoid this?
Many thanks in advance for help!
Stefania

Hi
the link is ueseful, but I try to explane what we really need.
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Regards
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Hi,
For eg. you have characteristic relationship between two characteristics Product and Product Group with following valid combinations:
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Edited by: Deepti Maru on Nov 5, 2008 12:15 PM

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I implemented characteristic relationship (through ABAP class) and it is working fine except one thing.
It displays the desired combinations, but also posted data in infoprovider in planning mode, that were suppose to be hidden (according to char. rel. logic).
I set for all the relevant characteristics "characteristic relationship" in query designer....
Any idea what I am doing wrong?
Many Thanks!
Pavel

Hi Pavel,
sorry, maybe your exist does not work in all cases (implementation of the check method).
From your description it seems that you want to control access or maybe only make something not input ready. In the first case use authorization, in the latter use data slices.
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Characteristic Relationship

I am using a characteristic relationship (without derivation) on Employee for Cost Center.
I have a cube that contains Key figures for each period for each planned cost center (with employee = #). I am wanting to copy these key figures to the employees within each cost center.
ex:
CC   Plan Hrs
1238 155
2345 200
3425 175
I have employee 10134 (CC = 1238)
I am wanting to use ONE copy function to copy all key figures changing Employee:
Employee = # to Employee = 10134
I was hoping setting the Characteristic relationship would only copy the plan hours according to Master Cost Center (155 hours to 10134, etc). Instead, it will fail stating
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How can I set this characteristic relationship to only allow the copy to employees within the cost center without having it fail? I do not want to allow this function to copy the KF for CC 3425 to employees within another cost center.
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Hi,
it seems that you have combinations employee = #, CC = DEL/2345 in your copy source, the system then tries to copy such combinations to '10134,DEL/2345' and this combination is not valid. This will only happen in the special case that you have employee = # as copy source and 10134 as target and employee is the only field to be changed, i.e. source and target have only single value selections.
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