DP_How to lock KF in the interactive Planning table

Question

Dear Expert!
I want to lock the data in the Interactive Planning table according to each Key figure and a period of time (that mean I can not change the data of KF after locked). How can I do?
e.g: I created a Planning book and data view with following Key Figure:
- Forecast
- GDP
- CPI
- Historical Data
And the time bucket profile of this planning book as following:
- Past: 24 months
- Future: 12months
Now, I want to lock data of the KF "Forecast" in all past and future; lock data of other KF (GDP, CPI, Historical data) in past period.
How can I do now!
I hope to know the question soon. Thanks for your support!
LeGiang

Answer 1

Hi LeGiang,
If you would like to not allow any manual input for ALL the key figures in the past, then the solution for this "history" part would be quite easy.
When you define the planning view, specify the "input from" date as the current date. This way, no-one would be able to change any data in the past manually.
The above would also take care of not allowing any manual changes to "Forecast" in the past.
If however, you want only certain KFs should be non-editable while others should be editable, then you should use the function CELL_INPUT:
Syntax would be like
<Macro Name>
   <Step Name>  ( <Maintain 'processing Area'  as 'past'>)
       Cell: <Key Figure Row name>  ( Attributes ) =
          CELL_INPUT(0)
In above, remember that in <Step> row, you should double-click and change the value of the field 'change scope' to "attributes" from 'values'.
For the future and past, if you want that Forecast should be non-editable, then you could do this by another macro. Define a default macro that would change the attribute of the KF for Forecast as "no input allowed" for all the time periods. You could do this by using the function ROW_INPUT.
Your macro would look like -
<Macro Name>
    <Step Name> : ( 1 Iterations :INITIAL;INITIAL ) 
        Row: <Key Figure name e.g. Forecast> ( Attributes ) =
           ROW_INPUT( 0)
In the row line above, remember to double click and change the value of the field 'change scope' to "attributes" from 'values'.
If you need more help, do let me know. This second macro would actually make the whole row non-editable. You could create these macros as a default macro, and have them run in the end after the other default macros.
Thanks - Pawan