Layout Definition - SEM-BPS

Hi,
I have a requirement to have planning by a certain structure for Profit Center and Account e.g.
Profit Center1
              Sales
              Cost of Sales
              Marginal Profit (Sales - Cost of Sales)
Profit Center2
              Sales
Sales, Cost of Sales are specific accounts.
I want the user to be able to select a range of Profit Centers and for each profit center the screen appears as shown above.
I tried to use the "Key Figures in data columns, Rows defined individually". I face two problems with this -
i) I am using a variable for the Profit Center selection but system does not allow me to put the variable in the layout. (says variable has the wrong type
ii) If I put the Profit Center it appears after the structure for Marginal Profit which I created. I want it to appear to the left of the structure as shown above.
Is this possible in BPS?

Hi Marc,
Thanks for your suggestions - However I have issues with them -
i)The profit Centers are dynamic and based on the user's selection. I cannot pre-define them with varaibles.
ii)I assume this means to create a hierarchy. (If you use a two characteristic variable the check on "Restriction of values required by user is switched on automatically". SO you cannot use that option). Only thing is then you have to also put # in the hierarchy which is difficult to explain to the user.
iii)I wish I could put it in the header. But the user requires it a certain way. Also he wants to be able to copy and paste an Excel spreadsheet.
iv)Tried putting in a Profit Center variable and just specified the required accounts in the selection. However the accounts do not appear in the order in which I want. They are sorted by Infoobject technical name.
I tried creating the layout with a dynamic lead column (profit centers) and a predefined lead column (accounts based on predefined rows).
The output I get is interesting. I have it below -
Profit Center 1______Sales
Profit Center 2______Sales
Profit Center 3______Sales
Profit Center 1______Cost of Sales
Profit Center 2______Cost of Sales
Profit Center 1______Marginal Profit
Profit Center 2______Marginal Profit
It looks like if there was a way to switch the order of the Profit Center and Account that should do it.

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I use the exit in the planning level and I link the exit to a variable for "0FISCPER". I copy the data from a "Non-transactional Cube" to a "Transactional Cube" derictly of the period end closing. I still need the data in previous month for calculations in BPS. Maybe, I can use your code.
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