Item Hierarchies

Hi,
I am using Discover3.1 for the 1st time.
I have created the joins accross the tables...
Now i want to create item hierarchies.
Pl. advice me what is the criteria for this. Like how shd i decide to create a hierarchy for each item. What kind of strategy shd i look for.
thnx in advance.

Others might disagree with me, but the way Discoverer currently works (3i and 3.1.42), the best thing to do is to create a separate Business Area which contains complex folders for your Hierarchies.
The reason for doing this is that if you have multiple joins against a folder with a Hierarchy, that Hierarchy is available to all of those joins. Sometimes, this is not appropriate. For Instance, if your query is intended to only drill through Material Transactions but joins exist that connect your Material Transaction folder to Material Demand and the Material Demand also has a Hierarchy, both Hierarchies are accessible in your query. Sometimes this may be appropriate, many times it is not.
The Complex Folders avoid this as long as the Complex Folder is never joined to other Folders with Hierarchies. The Complex Folders allow you to use all of the joins you have created, so there is no extra work there. The only extra work is in creating the Complex Folders. As you work with your user's, you find that the vast majority of queries really don't need drill capability.

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A free text item does not have any information defined, but XI expects the fields like quantity, Price, delivery date etc and hence the error.
The process flow is an item hierachy PO is created in SRM, replicated to ECC successfully and a Idoc is sent successfully to PI. The failure occurs in PI on its way to SUS.
Did any one face this issue with free text subline items in Item hierarchies and what is the resolution.
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HI
This speaks about the status of the Cart. This means that the Status of the Cart is AWAITING APPROVAL...I dont know which document you have gone through but procedure for adding a Custom Field in SRM 7.0 is:
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2. Go to Portal Login of SRM and right click the part of the screen where you want to add the custom field. Click on More Field Help. The popup will give you the name of WebDynpro Applicaiton which controls that area.
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Trying to download pre-calculated web templates via RepAgent, using the Hierarchical Context Menu feature within the template (populated via control query with Hierarchy) the system returned the following message upon file download:
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we have the same problem. Does anybody have any hint or workaround? Is there a solution for this in 3.5 or any upcoming version.
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I want to create item hierarchies
Example :
I have 3 folders
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-SEX(id,id_sex_job,code_sex)
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JOBS and SEX are joined (JOBS.id = SEX.id_sex_job)
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Although the joins you have mentioned below look fine as you could write a query and get your results. However for what you are doing, Discoverer expects a join between Sex and Stat tables. It would not have any way to create a parent child relation ship between SEX and STAT because there is no join.
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I create a worbook, but when I drag item, they bring item hierarchies, but I didn't create item hierarchies.
It seems when I drag all the items for the business area it's fine, but when I drag out a item, all others items are items hierarchies after that. Next I drag the last item, afters that, all items are normal, they are not item hierarchies.
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Thank you

HI Rod,
My problem is that we don't have any hierarchies set up in the EUL and we see item hierarchy in workbook, it's impossible because we did create hierarchies.
I created a workbook with a Bussiness Area named person, for example. This Bussiness Area got a total of 10 items and the datatype of each item is different, we have number, varchar2 and date. When I drag all the 10 items in the worksheet, the items are not hierachies, but when I drag out a item, all the others items are hierarchies, suddenly. And when I put back the last item, all the items are not hierarchies. I already said that we didn't create hierachies for that Bussiness Area or any others Busness area in the EUL.
We don't know how we can have items hierachy in a workbook when we didn't create them in the EUL.
I hope you will understand more what I try to explain.
Thanks for your time.
Edited by: JayM on 2012-10-31 09:38
Edited by: JayM on 2012-10-31 09:40

Approaches of creating FS Items in Consolidation

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FS Items has 3 types - value item, totals item and text item.
I do not want an approach where I create Group COA and relate it to Consol COA because the whole group has 1 common COA. I just want to create one main Finance COA and relate it to the Consol COA in Consolidation module.
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Hi ,
I have written all the scenarios as follows. Please write in steps to do this.
I have the follwing scenario to create the hierarchical tree.
The display is as follows when the user comes to this screen.
CTRLBLK1 CTRLBLK2
SCOTT This block is hidden
John
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CTRLBLK1 CTRLBLK2
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VP
Manager
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CTRLBLK1 CTRLBLK2
John President
VP
Manager
Clerk
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the full tree expanded not collapasble.
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1) create a item Hierarchical Tree,
ANS: The tree is created
2) put this to pull in data to the Tree
DECLARE
l_query VARCHAR2(500);
BEGIN
l_query := '';
FTREE.SET_TREE_PROPERTY ( c_tree_blk_item_nm, FTREE.QUERY_TEXT, l_query );
FTREE.POPULATE_TREE ( c_tree_blk_item_nm );
go_node ( c_tree_root_node );
IF FTREE.GET_TREE_PROPERTY (c_tree_blk_item_nm, FTREE.NODE_COUNT ) = 1 THEN
po_found := FALSE;
ELSE
po_found := TRUE;
END IF;
END;
Ans: I wrote this code in WHEN_NEW_FORM_INSTANCE trigger. But the code didnot got compiled . I did cut and paste of query too.
Pls help me in defining the c_tree_blk_item_nm and go_node ( c_tree_root_node ). I was thinking some code of this type would work.
The code itself didnot got compiled. It didnot ran.
3) put this coding into WHEN-TREE-NODE-SELECTED trigger under the item, this is to populate the data to other block when u select the tree node.
IF :SYSTEM.TRIGGER_NODE_SELECTED = 'TRUE' THEN
GO_BLOCK ( 'BK_AGT' );
EXECUTE_QUERY;
SYNCHRONIZE;
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Hi experts,
I am trying to configure Line Item Hierarchies functionality in SRM PPS 7.0, with ERP 6.0 ehp 4.
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However, the item which doesn't have material group in PO has item type Outline, so it cannot have Material Group.
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we are discussing pros and cons for a time-dependent item catalog (characteristic 0CS_item with time dependent hierarchy in BW) within consolidation SEM BCS 4.0. Does anybody has experiences on this topic?
I am quite sure it will be a performance issue and it means additional reporting effort (e.g. using reference period/year in the report comparing different hierarchies).
I am not sure if there are any other risks so I it would be great if anybody has some hints.
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Message was edited by: Birgit Laux

Birgit,
Some other things to consider:
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- hierarchy validity date does not seem to be displayed when running web queries and thus makes it difficult for the user to select the correct hierarchy when executing the query. Still looking for a fix for this.
- greater complexity in overall design. Is it really necessary to achieve correct financial statement presentation?
Virtual cube performance is not great but you could implement the data mart which provides typical BW query performance.
I stayed away from setting the item as time dependent for these reasons.
Brian

Import/export question....

Hi..
I have a folder on one instance which have almost 20 joins with other folders.... when i export the folder and import it on another instance the joins are not imported...
can anyone tell what could be the problem?
Thanks.

Michael is correct, but it can get even more complex than that. If you have item classes and item hierarchies for the folder, and you are doing selected objects, you have to include those as well along with the folders that also are included in those definitions.
Rather than do export of selected objects, we choose the option to export selected business areas. Even with that you have to be careful. You don't want to share folders across business areas if you do things this way, as you can still run into import problems if you don't pick all the involved business areas (and trying to figure those out can be tough).
That would leave the other option to consider - export the whole EUL.
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Discoverer Plus loses connection when COLLAPSING in Hierarchy!

I am getting an error saying that' Discoverer connection is lost. Please contact your admin" when I am collapsing hierarchies. Did you ever encounter this kind of error ever? I have like 6 levels of hierarchies(date hierarchy, like yr,season, quarter etc)...So one hierarchy is Company ->Year and other one is Year->Season->Quarter so on.... So when I collapse one by one level its ok... but when i do it all at once from the top, i.e Company, it loses connection!!
Is it some kind of a bug???
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Hi
Well it does sound like the hierarchies are to blame, although to be honest with you I've seen Discoverer losing its connection for something far less trivial than that. The most common reasons for losing a connection are network issues and being out of memory either on the Discoverer client or on the server. I'd suspect that memory is an issue.
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Building Business Area through Command Line

Hi --
Some of the adminstrator tasks such as...
1) Creating a folder
2) Creating a join
3) Creating a item class and attaching the item class to a filed
I would like to do these tasks eighter programtically (via PL/SQL) or through a command line script.
Just wondering whether discoverer has some APIs or commands which i can use to accomplish these tasks.
Any information regarding this would be really helpful.
Thanks

Hello,
I did try with the scripts given by you and the log says -
Exported the following Data:
Exported the following Business Areas:
Payables
Exported the following Folders:
Exported the following Item classes:
Exported the following Item Hierarchies:
Exported the following Date Hierarchies:
Exported the following Functions:
Exported the following Summaries:
Exported the following Workbooks:
Exported the following Automated Summary Management Policies:
13/05/2008 13:49:07
Are you sure that complete business area has been exported?
When I tried with Administrator GUI, the log file contains list of all folder names, items,item classes etc. Even the Administrator Guide says :
/business_area
The /business_area modifier enables you to specify a business area for import, export or deletion
Information Details
Syntax:
/business_area <business area>
Notes:
When used with the /export command, this modifier only exports the business area definition (e.g. business area name and description).
If you want to export the entire business area (i.e. including folders, item classes, hierarchies etc), use with the /all modifier also
This can be found at - http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/html/B13916_02/command_line.htm#sthref1227
So, what is your say ? Shall I ignore the log file and go ahead and import it or something is missing in the scripts.
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Scenarios for FICO report

Hi gurus
     anybody please say a scenario for
1)Exception
2)Condition,
3)Variables,
4)RRI
for FICO based reports... its urgent ..please help me out...
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See below scenarios on which you can implement Exceptions, conditions,........etc on keyfigs.
1. Balance Sheet and P&L: Actual/Actual Comparison
Technical name: 0FIGL_VC1_Q0001
Based on: Virtual InfoCube 0FIGL_VC1
Use
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Filters
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0COMP_CODE     Company code, variable 0P_COCD (individual value, required entry)
0VERSION     Version, constant value 1
0CURTYPE     Currency type, constant value 10 (company code currency)
0VTYPE     Version, constant value 10 (actual)
0FISCVARNT     Fiscal year variant, variable 0P_FVAEX (SAP exit variable)
User-Defined Characteristics
InfoObject     Description
0BUS_AREA     Business area
0GL_ACCOUNT     General ledger account
Rows
InfoObject     Description of the InfoObject (and restriction or calculation formula)
0GLACCEXT     Balance sheet/P&L item
Columns
InfoObject     Description of the InfoObject (and restriction or calculation formula)
Structure     Key figures
0FIGL_VC1_CK001     1.              Balance value, calculated key figure for the 0FIGL_VC1:
0FIGL_VC1_CK001 = 0VAL_STOCK + 0VAL_FLOW
Structure     Periods:
Report period     1.              Selection for characteristic 0FISCPER, variable 0I_FPER
Comparison period     2.              Selection for characteristic 0FISCPER, varianble 0FI_FPER2 (= copy of variable 0I_FPER)
Absolute variance     3.              Formula:
Report period comparison period
Variance (%)     4.              Formula:
Report period % comparison period
2. Bal. Sheet and P&L (Cost-of-Sales Acc.): Actl/Actl Comparison
Technical name: 0FIGL_VC2_Q0001
Based on: virtual InfoCube 0FIGL_VC2
Use
This query is used to display the balance sheet and P&L according to the cost-of-sales accounting method in two different reporting periods. The reporting periods are expanded in the columns, the balance sheet/P&L item (hierarchically) in the reporting rows.
The balance sheet/P&L is created for a single company code that must be entered using a variable.
Filters
InfoObject     Description of the InfoObject (and restriction or calculation formula)
0COMP_CODE     Company code, variable 0P_COCD (individual value, required entry)
0VERSION     Version, constant value 1
OCURTYPE     Currency type, constant value 10 (company code currency)
0TYPE     Value type, constant value 10 (actual)
0FISCVARNT     Fiscal year variant, variable 0P_FVAEX (SAP exit variable)
User-Defined Characteristics
InfoObject     Description
0BUS_AREA     Business area
0FUNC_AREA     Functional area
0GL_ACCOUNT     G/L account
Rows
InfoObject     Description of the InfoObject (and restriction or calculation formula)
0GLACCEXT     Balance sheet/P&L item
Columns
InfoObject     Description of the InfoObject (and restriction or calculation formula)
Structure     Key figures
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0FIGL_VC2_CK001 = 0VAL_STOCK + 0VAL_FLOW
Structure     Time periods
Report time period     Selection for characteristic 0FISCPER, variable 0I_FPER
Comparison period     Selection for characteristic 0FISCPER, variable 0I_FPER2 (= copy of variable 0I_FPER)
Variance (absolute)     Formula: Report period - Comparison period
Variance (%)     Formula: Report period % Comparison period

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Hi,
Is there any document or can you give me some info about Discoverer 10g limitations.... such as the maximum folders per business areas , hierarchies.... e.t.c.
Regards,
Simon

Hi
I don't believe there are any physical limits to things such as folders, items, hierarchies and so on. The only limits you have is memory, CPU capacity, network bandwidth, hard disk storage and the database limits.
Of course, memory is the one you are most likely to run into trouble with so the more memory you have the better Discoverer Plus will be.
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OS: Windows XP
Discoverer Administrator 10.1.2.1
Disco Admin client 10.1.2.48.18
Oracle Database 10.2.0.4.0 64bit
I am trying to export a report from our EUL that is encountering the error "Join "" not found in the EUL. Attempt to open workbook failed". However, when I try to run this through the command line, I get a completely vague and unhelpful error message:
dis51adm.exe /connect euluser/pass@database /export "C:\report_export.xml" /workbook "ReportName" /xmlworkbook
I get the error message "Command failed."
If I run the above command and output a log file, it looks like this:
3/25/2011 12:08:13 PM
dis51adm.exe /connect /export C:\report_export.xml /workbook ReportName /xmlworkbook /log C:\dis_log.txt
Exporting the following Business Areas:
Exporting the following Folders:
Exporting the following Items:
Exporting the following Hierarchies:
Exporting the following Functions:
Exporting the following Summaries:
Exporting the following Workbooks:
ReportName
3/25/2011 12:08:15 PM
Exported the following Data:
Exported the following Business Areas:
Exported the following Folders:
Exported the following Item classes:
Exported the following Item Hierarchies:
Exported the following Date Hierarchies:
Exported the following Functions:
Exported the following Summaries:
Exported the following Workbooks:
ReportName
Exported the following Automated Summary Management Policies:
Command failed.
I know that I've been able to do this in the past (very long ago, and I don't remember exactly how I accomplished it...). What am I doing wrong?
Thanks!

Hi,
I am not sure about the error but try the export again using the EUL owner.
If the join wasn't found that it will find it using the EUL owner.
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