Free Chars int the Planning Layout

Hello IP gurus,
Is it advisable to put too many free characteristics in the planning layout and in the real time cube . My user is requesting too many chars in the layout and I am suggesting to have it in the report/reporting cube and not in the layout/real time cube. All are actual and nothing to do with planning chars/key figures. Can you please advice what is the best design. Thanks in advance for your help guys.
Senthil

Hi,
You can use free characteristic ,if you are going to plan at that granularity.For input ready query used in planning ,characteristics
part of aggregation level has to be part of row or column.So check at what granularity you are going to plan for data,then decide design.
Regards,
Indu

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When i try to generate the file description for COPA planning through KP34ER, i get the following error..
I have checked all four points that they have mentioned. Any idea why this coud be?
No data has been entered yet.
Message no. KG845
Diagnosis
The planning layout you are using (COPAGI) only contains selection criteria for which no data has yet been entered. As a result, the system cannot display any plan data.
In this layout it is not possible to add characteristic values. This could be due to the following:
1. Manual planning is not allowed for the specified record type. Only record types A, F, G, E, and your user-defined record types can be planned manually.
2. The planning layout was only defined to contain actual data. The plan/actual indicator "1" is nowhere specified.
3. The selected plan version cannot be planned.
4. The lead column was defined so that only the texts of the characteristic values are displayed. As a result, no new characteristic values can be added in planning.
Procedure
Proceed as follows, depending on what the cause was:
1. Use a record type that can be planned manually.
2. None
3. Choose another plan version that can be planned.
4. Change the planning layout so that the key of the characteristic values is displayed in the lead column.
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Gayani

Hi,
Another possible reason could be, that in the general data selection of the layout is used the characteristic which is not restricted in the plannig package to the single value:
Example:
Let say the char. Country is used in the general data selection and is not restricted in the pl. package. Since the value for the
general data selection characteristic is not possible to enter in the layout, it is not possible to enter any data, because the user
could not enter for Country and the system doesn't know for what Country the planning is done. If you restrict the Country in the pl. package to single value (e.g. JP) then it will work, since the system knows now, that the data which will be entered belongs to the Country = JP.
So please make sure, that all general data characteristics are restricted to the single value in the planning package. Then it will work.
When we specify single value the planlayout can be displayed with "0" because of there is in this case already created (together with values of other characteristics) a concrete profitability segment that exists certainly. That means system can find and display this profitability segment.
But when we put interval 0000 - ZZZZ for a characteristic system doesn't know which values from this interval are the valid values that are able to be displayed for planning. For example the value 1010 can exist but 2020 does not exist and it would make no sence to offer these invalid values for display of planning data.
In general, message KG845 in case of selection defined by interval is raised also due performance reasons. Selection
defined by interval(s) could lead to big number of possible combinations, which should be displayed regardless of fact that no data are already posted in database.
The idea is following- if there is selection defined by single values, then we don't care about performance and we display data (empty) values as it's fast(regardless of fact that no data are posted in database). In case of selection by interval, performance is an issue because we have to display all combinations of data, which can be generated. This could lead to thousands of possible combinations and long system response. This is not intended and it makes no real sense. Basic idea
here is that we use different approach in case that selection is defined by interval and different approach, when selection is defined by single value.
I hope this helps.
regards
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Arun, I do not have any aggregates on the cube. I changed the aggregate properties of the Key Figure from SUM to Minimum. this has solved my problem temporarily.
the reason I am saying temporarily because this is a SAP delivered InfoObject. This is for the datasource 0CO_PC_PCP_01. When I read through the documents, it said, SUMMation for Aggregation and Last value for "Exception Aggregation" will display the value of KF as the last value and does not add them up.
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we are on BW 3.0B and SEM 3.1B. We've 2 characteristics "COUNTRY" and "CONTINENT" in planning level and package.
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Now, when we execute the layout for CONTINENT values "EUROPE and AFRICA" and COUNTRY values "GERMANY and SAFRICA".
output of the layout is as follows for country GERMANY
CONTINENT Value
EUROPE 123
EUROPE 234
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CONTINENT value
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AFRICA 267
AFRICA 768
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AFRICA 342
AFRICA 267
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Hi Marc,
yes. there u go. my name is hari.
thanks for your reply. sorry to confuse you. earlier, I just took a random example. Now, I am giving my problem in a more realistic way.
we have cube data as follows
Code Area Group Price
ABCD EUR 111 20USD
ABCD USA 222 30USD
Code, Area, Group are not attributes of each other.
we have a planning folder with variables for "Code" and "Area" with an input layout that has "Code and Group" in the header and "Area" in the lead columns.
after we execute folder, if we enter values "ABCD" for variable "Code" and variable range "EUR to USA" for "Area", current layout is as follows
======
Header
======
Code : ABCD
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======
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======
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Header
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Layout
======
Area Price
USA 30USD
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======
Header
======
Code : ABCD
======
Layout
======
Area Price
EUR 20USD
USA 30USD
this might also work out for us.
======
Header
======
Code : ABCD
======
Layout
======
Area Price Group
EUR 20USD 111
USA 30USD 222
How do i achive this? we have a need to keep Group in the header area of the layout to get data from other source.
hope it is clear.
Message was edited by: hari143

Identify the planning layout used to enter data.

Hi,
I am using BI - IP Planning solution. I have a planning solution with 5 different templates. I have a Infoobject ZSOURCE in my planning cube. I would like to update this field based on the planning layout I used to enter the data.
I cannot include this field in the planning query or Filter because the actuals do not have this field. I am planning to use Characteristic Derivations to update this field. Does any have any idea on how to access input query parameters during the Charateristic Derivation Exit class?
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whether a field is filled or not should only depend on the data model, not on a query. This is why characteristic relationships are assigned to real-time InfoCubes, not aggregation levels or queries.
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Could you help me regarding the planning layout in excel please ???

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Could you kindly help me to solve my case please .. ? :).
I tried to change the template of excel planning layout using this program: UPP_MASTER_CHECKIN.
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Correct the data on variables and offset in character string "?
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Long Text Diagnosis
Character string "", which contains data on the variables and offset, has an invalid format, and cannot be converted.
Procedure
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Examples:
VAR0
VAR1+1
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Hello,
this seems to be a bug. The error message should include a variable name between ''. Since there is none, the function that raises the error was not called correctly.
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