Navigational Attribute, no data in infocube.

Question

Dear all,
I want to have navigational attribute for my infoobject 0orgunit which is an attribute of ZCREATOR. Here are the things which I have already done.
1.     In my infocube, I have navigational attribute checked under characteristics.
2.     In my infoobject ZCREATOR, I have navigational attribute as type NAV and not DIS under the attributes tab.
3.     Query again the master data and have manually run the attribute change run.
ohya, ZCREATOR is a reference characteristic of 0BPARTNER.
Anyway, in the infocube, when I load my data, the blue column which represents navigational attribute is empty. Is there something I’m doing wrong? Please advice and thanks in advance.

Answer 1

1. how do i populate the blue column in the infocube then? whats the use of it when no daa will get populate.
You cant populate unless you derive the values in the update rules/transformations. The advantage of using nav attributes, is not to derive values on the cube level but will be able to use it on query level. If there will be a change in the masterdata, you need not go back to realign the data inthe cube if u r using nav attribute, as it would always read from the updated master data table.
2. in my query, i am using this charcteristics ZCREATOR__0ORGUNIT do display my navigational attribute, but still no data is available. its display empty field in the column.
a few checks:
is the nav attrribute available as a char in the query designer?
if so, when you expand the char, and click on the values - do u see any values?
if not the master data is not available.