Characteristic values and CT04

Hi all,
I have a user that wants to store default values for certain fields in the characteristics of a class. For instance, I create a material...if the characteristic GR_PR_TIME is 5...then assign 5 to the GR PR Time field for the material. Problem is when the user goes to CT04 to change the characteristic value. As soon as the user deletes the old value they are prompted that the value is already associated with a material and as such should not be deleted. How do I work around that? I suggested multiple allowed characteristic values with one marked as default but my user doesn't like that suggestion. What am I missing here? Should this not be a class based solution?
Thanks,
Mat

Check if you can use material and material groups or product and product Info objects in BW. If they suit, just assign the data source that you cerated in R/3 to these info sources and that is it.
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When we load transaction data it chacks characteristic values then SIDs then DIM IDs then insert DIM IDs into fact table but when we run the query how it checks and gets the characteristic values and attributes.
Bye
GK

when we run the query how it checks and gets the characteristic values and attributes.
Just the opposite way you have described. It gets from the corresponding masterdata tables, with the connected SID.

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I would like to create a tricky report that listed sales quantity by companis. Companies consists of production plant as well as trading company.
Company / Sales Quantity / Sales Quantity 2 (which produced by Company itself)
A            / 100                  / 50                     (50 was produced by company A)
B            / 80                   / 0                      (this is a trading company)
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JL

Hi,
Have you tried elimination of Internal business Volume?
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_bw32/helpdata/en/d5/784d3c596f0b26e10000000a11402f/content.htm
Impliment this solution by adding another KF Sales qty2. with ref. to Sales qty.
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Hi, Have you done Zero suppress, it will automatically take care of this.
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Here you have created a structure on Text , so Structure is Fix Component of Query. Now while you put Group Before this, it means you are drill down query on Groups, at that time after every group, Fixed structure will repeat. Just think How query knows which part of structure is attached with which group?

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We maintain characteristics in the material master and I need to link characteristic values(In ct04 level not individual material level)in different materials. For example when i search for tyre size 10/20 I need to see materials with tyre size 15/30 and 23/43. This link I need to maintain at Characteristic level and not individual material level.
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Create a Calculated Key Fig " = 1"
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We are implementing SAP for one of our Spain client. In that one of the Legal requirements is, whenever they are selling the finished products to domestic customers who contain OIL as one of the component then, some additional cost needs to be calculated and collected from customer and which needs to be paid back to Spain Government every month on Region basis.
If OIL is not a component to produce the finished product then, not required to charge the customer additionally.
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Since various combinations of products are available for the client, during sales order creation we are planning to update some special characteristic which the data flow from u201CVariant Tableu201D. In the variant table we are going to maintain the OIL Quantity required making finished product.
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I have replicated the whole requirememt in IDES and getting the price calculation as needed but the only issue with the Conversion factor for the condition type. Either you need to maintian the conv factor in material master or need to enter manually for the condition type in SO. Some how you have to maintain the conversion factor to calculate the price for the condition type in different unit.
For easy of understanding Lets make the whole requirement in 2 parts
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Oil qty calculation. For convenience sake I have taken oil qty also in TO
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3) Created a REF char SO_QTY to pull the SO qty to configuration and add this char in class 300(Table:VBAP,Field :KWMENG)
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Note: Maintain proper seq of the procedures in profile. The Qty cal proc should be before the price related procedures.
PART-2
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Regards
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No characteristic value of the material in PO

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I am testing the configuration material. I've maintianed a class of class type 200 in BOM, and get the PR after running MRP. No any field or view in PO to display the characteristic value of material. How to get it? I thought it should be display somewhere in PO and in the GR view, because the buyer should know what product they should get and the inspector should know what should be inspect and the pass level.
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Hello,
I checked all the tab in PO and PR, but no any icon to see the characteristic.
I've created a PO for a material which was maintain a class of class type 001, then I've seen the icon 'configuration'.
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Extended/modified to accept characteristic values for BAPI_SALESORDER_CREAT

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can any help me extended/modified to accept characteristic values for BAPI_SALESORDER_CREATFROMDAT2 BAPI.my requirement is
Exploring the standard BAPI BAPI_SALESORDER_CREATEFROMDAT2 (or any other suitable)to be extended/modified to accept characteristic values
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Hello Nagarajan,
I have used this BAPI in my last task. You are passing the values correctly. I will tell you why it is giving like that message.
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hi
what is meant by characteristic values
i have seen some tables like AUSP, these r for characteristic values.
can any one explain me that

Hi,
Characteristic value variables are parameters for a query. You set these variables in the query definition, and they are filled with values when you execute the query. They act as placeholders for characteristic values, and are processed using any processing type.
In some cases, it is possible to use variables for texts, as well as for characteristic values.
If you specify a variable as a characteristic value, for example, you do not have to give a text for the characteristic value straight away. Instead, you are able to fill the text field dynamically, according to the characteristic that you used for the variable when you inserted the query into the workbook. Define a text variable with automatic replacement for this.
Use
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Help search Characteristic value

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I need one help search for all existing characteristic values in the system. I have a chareacteristic name, lets say XPTO and i want to show all existing values in the system that XPTO has in the AUSP.
Can someone help?
Thk,
Regards

Hi friend there is no serach help for your characteristic value and the characteris name ....
so one thing you have to create a serach help it and attach to there data element ....
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I have created a new class with corresponding characteristic. My characteristic has a single value, "01" representing document version number. I the MM, i add this new class to the Classification view for the appropriate material number. However, i have noticed that when we go to update the value in the characteristic, from lets say "01" to "02", we first get an error saying the value cannot be deleted (but the system lets us do this anyway) but more importantly when we do change the value, our hope was that the value in the MM class would automatically be updated as well. That doesnt seem to be the case as I have to physically go into the MM record and delete the class, then re-add it with the new updated value for the update to appear in the MM record as well as AUSP. This is my first time dealing with classifications/classes. Can someone give me guidance on how to achieve something more easily maintained?

In the CLMM transaction, select "Set and Change Values".
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The third choice is "Assign value in matrix". This is very cool as it gives you a spread sheet form with the all the objects, (materials), listed vertically, and all the characteristics listed across. You can see the current values, and manually change any of the ones you want to.
This can be a very powerful transaction. It should be limited to only a handful of people
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I created a new characteristic (classification view) for the material master, and I am trying to put the characteristic value as mandatory entry . Is it possible ?
Any answer will be very helpfull,
Regards,
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Dear Flavio Marcilio,
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or
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_webas620/helpdata/en/eb/5fab41d79b11d296190000e82de14a/content.htm
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Chd and characteristic values

Hello,
I got a problem with CHD command.
call chnalloc("test", 100, 1)
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