Hierarchy variable in BEx

Hey, is there a way to make a BEx characteristic variable that has hierarchies available so that the user can select between several hierachies and not just within the one? i.e. 0costelmnt has several hierarchies available but when you set up a variable you can only use one hierarchy.
Thanks in advance,
A. Berkey

If I understand your question correctly, at query runtime, you want to enable the user to just be able to select an entire hierarchy (w/o regard to hierarchy nodes). You need use (or create) a hierarchy variable by right-clicking "cost element" and selecting either:
A). Properties
Click the hierarchy field and select the checkbox for variable entry.
or
B). Restrict
Go to the hierarchy tab of the restrict dialog window and choose the hierarchy variable.
As a more detailed scenario, you may want a user to be able to choose which cost element hierarchy to be used within the query. Additionally, you may want the user to be able to choose a particular node(s) of the selected hierarchy.
To create this scenario (user picks hierarchy and node of selected hierarchy): Create/use a hierarchy node variable on cost element (this can be done by right-clicking "cost element",choosing "restrict", and proceeding to the hierarchy tab of the restrict dialog window). After selecting the variable, right-click, and choose "Select variable hierarchy".
At runtime, the user should now be prompted with two variable fields, one for the hierarchy, and one for the hierarchy node.
Note: Within query properties, set the order of the variables where the "hierarchy" variable precedes "hierarchy node" variable. This is useful as the values of "hierarchy node" are driven from the selected "hierarchy".
Also,
For more info on variable, please refer to http://help.sap.com.
Rod Johnson

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