General Question on BPS - BEx reporting

Question

Hi there matez,
I have :-
Planning Level Z: which contains the 2 following Package's
PACKAGE A: Actual Data
Version  -> Plan
Currency -> USD
Fiscal Year/Period -> (replaced by Variable in Layout)
Fiscal Year Variant
Listing  -> a Characteristic
PACKAGE B: Plan Data
Version  -> Plan
Currency -> USD
Fiscal Year/Period -> (replaced by Variable in Layout)
Fiscal Year Variant
Listing  -> a Characteristic
LAYOUT (Key Figures in Lead Column)
Version             -> Header
Currency            -> Header
Fiscal Year/Variant -> Header
Fiscal Year/Period  -> Data Column
Listing             -> Lead Column
My Question specifically here is :-
1) When I execute my report, how do I know which PLANNING PACKAGE is the data coming from ?
2) So, if I were to now create in my BEx report a Column for <b>Month:Actual</b> Values and <b>Month:Plan</b> Values, how can I achieve this ?
3) In my current report, I see in certain cells the text ' ERROR' instead of the USD ?
Kindly advice.

Answer 1

Hi John
Q1
When i say report do u mean BIW Query or BPS Layout:
If BPS Layout:
Then whenever u create a planning folder u have to select the package. The data will come from the package selected
If BW Query:
Then package is irrelevant as the data will be from the cube.
Q2
In case u were to see plan and actual in the column then u can place the version char in column in ur query and restict it to the plan and actual version.
(In ur example u hv given veriosn as plan in both the package. I think it shld be Plan and Actual)
Q3
The reason u r seeing error in certain cells might b bcoz that data is coming without currency/UoM.
Hope this is helpful
Chirag S