Evdre expansion question

Hi,
I have a requirement to create an evdre input schedule with two dimensions in rows, ACCOUNT and INTCO.
The account dimension should expand using a MEMBERSET of SELF,ALL with the appropriate member set in the CV.
The intco dimension should be selected depending on the account per row with an IF statement (IF(evpro(LEGAL;account;PINTCO)="Y";"INTCO.TOTAL";"I_NONE")
Is this possible? In a non expanding input schedule I can do it, but is it also possible to have the input schedule expand along the account dimension?
Thanks,
Arnold

Hi Arnold,
One possible workaround is to use that formula in a CellKeyRange.
In the evDRE keyrange set the CellKeyRangevalue to =EVRNG(P8)
In cell P8, place your formula
=(IF(evpro(LEGAL;"account";PINTCO)="Y";"INTCO.TOTAL";"I_NONE")
You need to change the "account" word to use an Excel key reference which is dynamic. Test it out and you'll see what I mean.
In my test I had the following in cell P8
=IF(J8="CE0001000","Europe_IN","NA_IN")
Give it a try and you'll see what happens in the evDRE range just to right of the data range.
Note that using CellKeyRanges are a drag on performance so please use them carefully.
You can also use an evGET report to do what you want as well but they perform poorly as well.
Goodluck,
John

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Thanks for the reply Nilanjan but it didnt work like i tried earlier. It gives me data for level 1 even for all the projects which doesnt have Bill_To property set.
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We tried to give the dimension from the excel reference, but due to the unselected dimension in selection sheet, we received EVDRE error.
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I'm sorry I forgot to highlight this:
Does any one know how to stop this? Perhaps as one of the OptionsRange?
The context of my question is that i have 4 EVDRE's in my sheet - if one of them results in a column being hidden, it hides results from the EVDRE results that appears below it.
Naturally, the same applies to a Row expansion.
Thanks for any assistance
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Shabba

Hi Petar,
Looks like a very helpful answer, thanks for that.
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I've solved this issue. The solution is described here:
http://scn.sap.com/thread/3209213
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Hi Ethan,
yes, you are right, with VLOOKUP you get the information I want, but only in ONE direction. By "one direction" I mean that I can get in the cell with the VLOOKUP the text I want by reading a (numerical) value from a different referenced cell. But I would also need to be able of changing value in that same cell (by picking up one of those text values from a drop down list) and having the corresponding numerical value written on the referenced cell. Can you see the difference?
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Regards,
Rafael
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