Data from two cubes to display in same grid - Actual/planned comparison

Question

Hi All,
I want to show planned and actual data in the same grid. For example,
qty-2011001     qty-2011002     qty-2011012
actual   plan      actual    plan     actual     plan
Here quantity is shown for fiscal year periods. For each fiscal year period actual and planned quantity should be shown in adjacent columns in bex analyzer. But in my model actual and planned data are in two different cubes. So how can I show in the same grid.
I thought of creating a multiprovider or infoset and by combining them we can pull data from both of them to show in the same grid. But it resulted in errors.
I was wondering if there are any interesting workaround for this.
Thanks and Regards,
Jerry

Answer 1

Hi,
this is a standard requirement and very easy to model. To key figures (actual and plan) are not need.
1. Create a cube for actuals A and one for plan data P. Both contain the same key figure.
2. Create a multiprovider with both cubes and use the default mapping for key figures and characteristics
3. Create an aggregation level on top of the multiprovider with the characteristics and key figures you need
4. Create a query with two restricted key figures, e.g.
Quan actual: restrict by 0INFOPROV = A
Quan plan: restrict by 0INFOPROV = P, make this element input-ready.
Drill-down 0FISCPER on columns.
Thats all.
Regards,
Gregor