Help on MultiProviders

Hi All,
Here is scenario where I have 2 cubes say I1 and I2 and a MultiProvider in it, if I1 has characteristics say A B and C with Keyfigure KF1 and cube I2 has characteristics A and B with Keyfigure KF2.
in the query built on this multiprovider, we need all the fields i.e. A B C KF1 and KF2, how do we align the data so that both these KFs are displayed in the same row ? we can achieve it using a Infoset but I want to know if there any way to meet this requirement in the MP itself or any options available in Bex?
thanks,
Shilpa

Hi,
I1 has characteristics say A B and C with Keyfigure KF1 and I2 has characteristics A and B with Keyfigure KF2.
So if you create MP on it you need to map
l1-A = l2-A
l2B = l2-B
But you can assign l1-C , because you don't have it in l2,so in report you get # symbol.
You can do one thing. You create one Cube and send the data from both Cubes to that Cube and then create report.
Else
try with InfoSet. In Bi 7 you can create Infoset with Cube
Thanks
Reddy

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I need your help to find out how to make the final report in the above mention format where data is lying into two unrelated ODS.
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HI Mayank,
You can also just create a virtual key figures - the ABAP code behind the virtual key figure will do the allocation process for you - it will look at the % of total sales information from DSO1 and calculate the total expense from the one GL1 account - then execute an allocation process to generate the result for the virtual key figure. i've created virtual key figures to generate results of a standard deviation (2nd power) on the fly so, it can definitely help support this allocation process.
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Hi Everyone,
I am currently trying to create a multiprovider.
I have read the SAP documentation but I still do not understand in what circumstances should I create a multiprovider for reporting.
Would appreciate if anyone can provide details on what is the purpose of multiproviders?
Assuming I have the following scenario, should I create a multiprovider for reporting?
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- Cal Month/Year
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I am thinking of creating a multiprovider for this reporting need but I think there will be some problems.
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1) If I input the employee number and shift type as selection parameters, the amount column will be empty when the report is displayed.
2) If I input on the employee nunmber, then I'll be able to see both the key figures when the report is displayed but the data are on different lines which does not make sense to users.
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How can I rectify such a problem.
Please advise.
Thanks.
Shunhui.

Hi,
A MultiProvider is a type of InfoProvider that combines data from a number of InfoProviders and makes it available for reporting purposes. The MultiProvider does not itself contain any data. Its data comes entirely from the InfoProviders on which it is based. These InfoProviders are connected to one another by a union operation.
InfoProviders and MultiProviders are the objects or views that are relevant for reporting.
Multiprovider - used when we want to report on chracteristics and keyfigures that are in different data targets.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/52/1ddc37a3f57a07e10000009b38f889/frameset.htm
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hai
Can anyone send the 'How to create queries on effeciencitenly on the Multiproviders' document to me please.
rizwan

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We are trying to deny the ability of users to query directly against multiproviders/infocubes/DSO's in BEx Analyzer. We recently upgraded to 7.3 and have migrated users to 7.x analyzer, but we want to eliminate this specific functionality for the users, as it seems to add unnecessary confusion when they are looking for queries within Infoareas. An example:
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Hello Nanda,
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I've a multiprovider on Cube1 and cube2. Cube 1 has data at day level while cube 2 has monthly level data. The user enters a date suppose 04/30/2007, it brings data from cube1 without any problem, what happens with cube 2. I've written a customer exit to get month from given date for second cube but the key figures are showing blank when I run this report. Calday in the default view (rows) of the report. Please help me with this.
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