Hierarchy with several characteristics

Hi,
I want to create a display layout with cost center and cost element hierarchies in the lead column. But the issue here is BW hierarchy structure is getting disturbed because i have two characteristics in the lead column. System is generating hierarchy combinations on its own.
For each cost center node in the hierarchy, i want whole cost element hierarchy to be displayed. It is just like BW report when we have CC and CE in rows restricted by hierarchy variables.
Is this possible in BPS?
Bindu

Hi,
Let me explain my question with example.
Say costcenter has the following structure.
cost center
   Node1
     CC1
     CC2
    Node2
     CC4
     CC5
and cost element as
Node1
     CE1
     CE2
Node2
     CE3
Now i want my layout to display the data in the follwing manner.
cost center          cost element      amount
costcenter           costelement           300
node1                 costelement          100
                           Node1                    30
                              CE1                    10
                              CE2                    20
                           Node2                    70
                              CE3                    70
    CC1                costelement          100
                           Node1                    30
                              CE1                    10
                              CE2                    20
                           Node2                    70
                              CE3                    70
    CC2                 costelement            0
                           Node1                     0
                              CE1                     0
                              CE2                     0
                           Node2                     0
                              CE3                     0
Node2                 costelement          200
                           Node1                    60
                              CE1                    20
                              CE2                    40
                           Node2                   140
                              CE3                   140
     CC3                costelement         200
                           Node1                    60
                              CE1                    20
                              CE2                    40
                           Node2                   140
                              CE3                   140
Means for each node of the cost center, whole hierarchy of cost element should be displayed.
Is this possible in BPS?
Thanks,
Bindu
Edited by: Bindu on Jul 3, 2008 2:30 PM

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