Drop down list in Excel Layout

Hi,
I'm trying to have in the header a dropdown list so that users can select Cost Center's for example. But can not get it when in the Planning Level or Planning Package the Cost Center is left blank. Do you have to restrict it in order to be able to make it selectable?

Hi,
You can create variable for Cost Center in multiple
types (Char, attribute, Hierarchy) and use the
replacement path based on your business requirements.
No restriction is needed to make it selectable but
restriction is needed so user's don't lock each other
out.Just as a test create a CC variable with Char type
and replacement type as user-defined values.Put this
in your level definition in BPS0 and add it to your
GUI/Web folders in the variable section.You should be
able to see your list of Cost Centers.
But if you want to restrict based on additional
attributes of Cost Center, you may want to think about
creating an attribute variable,if you want to restrict
based on BW authorizations then you could use char
type variable with replacement type authorization.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Srini

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Mike Khatib

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