Hierarchy construct automation?

Dear All,
I am working on BI 7.0 . I have to pull data from R/3 using hierarchies. The hierarchy is on 0account . Presently there are many hierarchies on 0account in my system..e.g.
PHARMACY SALARIES(text node)>SALARIES PRODUCTIVE(text node)>REGULAR SALARIES PROODUCTIVE(text node)>"0account infoobject restricted to various account nos". There are more than 50 hierarchies like this. Are hierarchies possiblein R/3? Can hierarchies in BW be made ONLY manually or is there a way where all these hierarchies can be made automatically according to hierarchies in R/3(if hier present)? I want to pull data using hierarchy "Drug Expense">"Inpatients days in Hospital">"specific account nos". Is there a way to construct a hierarchy data source?
Regards,
Ratish
[email protected]

Are hierarchies possible in R/3?
Yes
Can hierarchies in BW be made ONLY manually or is there a way where all these hierarchies can be made automatically according to hierarchies in R/3(if hier present)?
Hierarchies can be maintained in BW manually. But it is a very tedious job. If a hierarchy exists in R3 then recommended to load it to BW rather then maintaining the same structure manually in BW.
Always first look for the delivered extractor for the existing hierarchies in R3. If none exists to meet you req then build a custom one.
I want to pull data using hierarchy "Drug Expense">"Inpatients days in Hospital">"specific account nos". Is there a way to construct a hierarchy data source?
refer doc: https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/20a709c1-0a8e-2a10-21b4-f779728c63bf
also refer thread:
how to create data source on hierarchies customer defined

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INTRODUCTION
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      PRINT_PARAGRAPH(v_sel, 'This is paragraph 3.');
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      APPLY_FORMATTING(v_doc, 1, 3, 'Bold', TRUE);
      APPLY_FORMATTING(v_doc, 2, 3, 'Italic', TRUE);
      APPLY_FORMATTING(v_doc, 3, 3, 'Underline', TRUE);
END;
PROCEDURE APPLY_FORMATTING(
    v_doc OLE2.OBJ_TYPE,
    v_paragraph_num NUMBER,
    v_word_num NUMBER,
    v_attribute VARCHAR2,
    v_value BOOLEAN) IS
    v_pars OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;   -- Paragraphs collection
    v_par OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;    -- Paragraph
    v_wrds OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;   -- Words collection
    v_rng OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;    -- Range
    v_args OLE2.LIST_TYPE; -- OLE2 argument list
BEGIN
    /* set reference to Paragraphs collection */
      v_pars := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(v_doc, 'Paragraphs');
    /* get specified paragraph */
      v_args := OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
      OLE2.ADD_ARG(v_args, v_paragraph_num);
      v_par := OLE2.INVOKE_OBJ(v_pars, 'Item', v_args);
      OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST(v_args);
    /* get words for specified paragraph */
      v_rng := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(v_par, 'Range');
      v_wrds := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(v_rng, 'Words');
    /* apply formatting to word found at specified index */
      v_args := OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
      OLE2.ADD_ARG(v_args, v_word_num);
      v_rng := OLE2.INVOKE_OBJ(v_wrds, 'Item', v_args);
      OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(v_rng, v_attribute, v_value);
END;
PROCEDURE PRINT_PARAGRAPH(v_sel OLE2.OBJ_TYPE, v_text VARCHAR2) IS
    v_args OLE2.LIST_TYPE;
BEGIN
    v_args := OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
    OLE2.ADD_ARG(v_args, v_text);
    OLE2.INVOKE(v_sel, 'TypeText', v_args);
    OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST(v_args);
    OLE2.INVOKE(v_sel, 'TypeParagraph');
END;
CONCLUSION
It is my hope that this tutorial, despite it's introductory nature, has demonstrated the value of the VBA IDE, the ease with which automation processes can be prototyped using VBA, the noticeable similarity between VBA automation routines and their Forms PL/SQL counterparts, and the advantages of testing automation processes within the VBA IDE. Please feel free to follow up with any specific questions or concerns you may have.
Thanks,
Eric Adamson
Lansing, Michigan
FINAL NOTE: These examples use the OLE2 built-in, and will operate correctly when called from forms running in the Form Builder OC4J. Deploying them to an Oracle Application Server will launch Word on the server itself (if available), which is usually not the developer's intent! Automating Word client-side via web forms requires adding WebUtil support. Adapting the code for WebUtil is trivial -- just replace all instances of OLE2 with CLIENT_OLE2. Adapting forms for WebUtil and configuring OLE support into your Oracle Application Server, however, are beyond the scope of this tutorial.
REVISION HISTORY
This promises to be something of a 'living document'. I've snuck changes through without comment in the past, but in the future, I'll try to document significant changes here.
2006-08-21
  * Prefaced boring subject line with text: 'Tutorial:' to clarify purpose
  * Added emphasis on value of Object Browser as a reference

Thanks James, for your kind words. I do hope this information will help folks out. I honestly believe that tinkering around in the VBA IDE will prove highly gratifying for automation developers. It can be assured that learning to make Word jump through hoops is much more straight-forward in this environment. I'm not one for mottos, but if I were pressed for a cheesy motto, I would say: First, make it work. Then, make it work in Oracle!
Once the idea has sunk in, that Visual Basic routines for automating Word are exact analogs to their OLE2 counterparts, we can remove keywords like Oracle and PL/SQL from our Google searches on Word automation which, at least in this context, are the proverbial kiss of death. Suddenly we find ourselves liberated by the possibility of steal-, ahem... borrowing ideas from the Visual Basic* community!
As for links, my link of choice is invariably http://groups.google.com -- if you don't already use it at least ten times a day, you must try it. This is the venerable USENET archive, including the holdings of now-extinct DejaNews. Another possible site of interest is http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA, which may serve as a good starting point for those who wish to learn how to do fancy tricks with Word using VBA.
If these links don't prove immediately helpful, please feel free to give specifics on the sort of operations you are interested in automating, and I'll see if I can post an example that addresses it.
Regards,
Eric Adamson
Lansing, Michigan
PS: I do hope, as people read my posts, with every other acronym being VBA, that they are not mistakenly hearing a call to learn Visual Basic. I say this, not because I believe learning VB would be a Bad Thing, but because I assume that few of us feel we have the time to learn a new programming language. Despite having come to the Oracle camp already knowing VB/VBA, and having acquired a fair bit of experience with automating Office applications as an Access developer, I remain confident that what I am suggesting people attempt does not rise to the level of learning a language. What I am suggesting is that they learn enough of the language to get by.
*VB vs. VBA
Just a quick word on this, as readers may wonder why I seem to use these terms interchangeably. Visual Basic (VB) can refer to either a development platform or a programming language. Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is a language -- more precisely, it is a subset of the Visual Basic language. One purchases VB, usually quite intentionally. VBA is included with Microsoft Office, as is VBA's development environment, the VBA IDE. The key distinction between VB and VBA is that VBA cannot be used to create self-contained executables. Rather, VBA relies on VBA-enabled applications, such as Microsoft Office applications, to serve as a container for VBA code, and to provide a runtime environment for that code. For the purposes of discussing OLE Automation, VB and VBA are quite interchangeable.

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Hello all,
I joined a test automation team in the middle of a large project and
inherited a huge set of VIs (over 700) and associated architecture for
this automation (not to mention the several thousand TestStand
sequences). Another part of the project is being developed by our
customer, who is using VB 6.0 to create ActiveX components which we
need to use in LabView to access their hardware. They've already
invested a large amount of time developing these ActiveX components,
and they are not finished -- meaning the ActiveX interfaces will be
changing. Every time they send updated ActiveX components, I have to
re-write many, many VIs including updating a couple strict typdefs.
This process takes way too much time and is mind-numbing and prone to
error or omission.
Unfortunately I can't post any of the VIs because of a NDA. But
perhaps a bit more detailed explanation would help. TestStand calls a
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when the ActiveX component changes. It's easy to fix each one, but
since there are so many VIs it takes a very long time.
Is there any way at all to do a massive search/replace or something to
make the ActiveX references update? I realise that even though
property or method names stay the same from one version to the next,
they are different references. Is there a way to update these based on
name if you give it the base ActiveX reference?
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Tom Williams
Attachments:
hierarchy.GIF ‏6 KB

Ben,
Unfortunately I can't post any VIs that would demonstrate the problem
because the ActiveX components are confidential. I'll try to develop
my own ActiveX dll that will demonstrate it, but in the meantime, in
hopes that another picture will help, I've attached an image of a block
diagram (with some names changed to protect confidential information)
of one of the lower level VIs from the hierarchy I posted. In this
example, the "Automation Refnum IN" is an input with a type definition
linked to the strict typedef based on the ActiveX automation dll that
has changed. I updated that typedef, but as you can see the output to
the "Class1" indicator is broken. If I delete the "Class1" indicator
and select Create->Indicator from the Class1 property node, and then
wire the new "Class1" indicator to the connector pane, the VI is fixed
-- at least at compile time. In most cases there is also a runtime
problem where the reference obtained by one of the intermediate
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fails (e.g. "_VNManager.Networks" property returned is 0, so the
"_Networks.Network1" property node fails). To fix this problem, I have
to delete the wires between the property nodes, and one by one select a
different property/method, then select the correct property/method and
re-wire. There seems to be a bit of "jiggling the handle" to get it to
work though.
I don't know if the ActiveX developer changed anything in this class,
but if he did, he didn't change the name of this class. I would like
to have to modify the VI only if a class, property or method has
changed name or been removed.
Does that all make sense? Thanks for any pointers or help!
Tom
Attachments:
Class1_Path.GIF ‏7 KB

BPC 7.5NW: Hierarchy Upload from BW - Sort Order

Hi,
we are currently updating from BPC 7.0NW to 7.5 NW SP10. (BW has been upgraded to 7.02 SP09)
As master data and hierarchies had been uploaded using the coding from 'HowTo Upload automated...' so far, we now have to use standard Data Manger packages.
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We introduced property MBR_SEQ to all dimension using program UJA_MIGRATE_MBR_SEQ.
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Do I miss any option in the selection screen of the Data Manager package?
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Steve

For your Information...
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Steve

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