Conditions in APD

Hello All,
Is it possible to use conditons in a query to be used in the APD process? We are on BW version 3.1 and are trying to use the APD process but it seems as if the conditions are not used when we do our extraction using the APD process.
Many Thanks
Bryn

Hello Bryn,
I worked in the past with the APD and conditions in the query. It worked but you have to consider some restrictions which drove me crazy at that time. Details can be found in the following OSS notes:
605208 RSCRM - Restrictions
605208 RSCRM: Performance
I hope it helps.
Best regards,
Stefan

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