InfoObject as Attribute of another

Hi Gurus,
Could u guys please explain me some doubts in modelling-
1) When exactly a characteristic is used as an attribute of another one?
2) OR How exactly do we decide that we want an infoObject as a seperate characteristic or as an attribute of another?
3) Is it something related to how it should appear in reports? Please clarify the doubts.
Thanks and Regards,
Sapna.

Hi Sapna,
Welcome to SDN !!
We define characteristics and attributes based on the business and reporting requirements of customers. For e.g. customers want to see material group information for individual material numbers. Then we model material group as an attribute of Material Number.
If there is a requirement for drill-down and navigation for material group then we define it as navigational attribute.
If there are certain time-dependency requirements then we model it as time-dependent attribut / nav, attributes.
To answer your question: -
1) We should logically put together all the related information as an attribute that might be requested by the business users in order to get a complete information of the master data info-object. For e.g. if its material number, then users might be interested in seeing the material group, material class, plant from which the material was produced etc. So all these will become the attribute of material number.
2) Functionally we separate out master data based on business requirements. For e.g. Material Number & customer number should be modelled as separate master data as they are not related to each other functionally.
3) As i already explained, the modelling is impacted by the reporting requirements. For e.g. no navigation / drill down for Material group, model as display attribute only. No retrospective reporting requirements, model the attributes as time-independent.
Hope it helps.
Thx,
Soumya

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