Time dependent characteristic

Hi,
In our query we have time dependent characteristic "Employee last name".
Our user wants to generate query on the employee list who was changed their last names. Here different employees has been changed their last name in different times.
Please specify in detail that how to define the query.
Regards
Sunil

if its a one time query then open the master data view in se16 and download employee / from date / to date / last name
download it to excel and analyze it.
If this is not a one time query.. then you have to build a way to save this in a ODS and make a query on it.
its not possible to go across time in a regular report as the key date takes only 1 date at a time.
Award points if you find it useful.
Thanks
Sharan

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How to create a time dependent characteristic

Hi,
Can someone give me steps to create time dependent characteristic? there is a tab for attributes to make them time dependent. I don't know whether we can make the characteristic as time dependent or only the attribute.
Thanks,
Sam

What makes a IO a time dependent char?
The attribute values of the IO change according to the time. meaning atleast one attribute value has to(supposed to) change during the course. So to make a IO time dependent, atleast one of ur attribute values should be time dependent.
IO - change _ attributes - 4th column - time dependent - check that box. that would generate - MasDataTab. timDep - SIDTab timeDepAttr(tables)
simple saying in real time - cost center ABC's manager is XYZ from 06/19/2007 to 06/19/2008. So the manager (attribute of costcenter) has to be time dependent.
Hope that makes it understandable. In essence the costcenter itself never changes but the attribute values do change.

How to Display Time-Dependent Characteristic Data In Query

Hi Experts,
   I have encountered a problem. I want to use Time-Dependent Chart. And want to display different value according characteristc's valid from time. For Example,
The Characteristic 0COSTCENTER has the navigation attribute 0COMPANY, The data as:
0COSTCENTER   Valid from   Valid To       0COMPANY
BW2305              20070101   20070430     A
BW2305              20070501   99991231     B
I want the report can display as :
0COSTCENTER   Valid from   Valid To       0COMPANY AMOUNT
BW2305              20070101   20070430     A                  1000
BW2305              20070501   99991231     B                  2000
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0COSTCENTER   Valid from   Valid To       0COMPANY AMOUNT
BW2305              20070101   20070430     A                  1000
BW2305              20070501   99991231     A                  2000
when I set the query's key date 20070520, the report display as:
0COSTCENTER   Valid from   Valid To       0COMPANY AMOUNT
BW2305              20070101   20070430     B                 1000
BW2305              20070501   99991231     B                  2000
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SF

Hi,
1) Add the characterstics 0COSTCENTER ,0DATETO,DATEFROM and 0COMPANY to the cube.
2) And also add these 4 IOs to the Communication structures which has update rules with the concern cube.
3) I hope , you already have 0COSTCENTER in the Commnication structure and mapping for that infoobject at both Update rules and Transfer rules.
4) Leave to the Blank(no mapping) mappings for the IOs 0DATETO,DATEFROM and 0COMPANY in the Transfer rules.But make 1:1 mapping in the Update rules for these 2 infoobjects.
5) Write the below code in the strt routine of the Update rules:
TYPES: BEGIN OF type4.
      include structure like /BI0/QCOSTCENTER.
TYPES END OF type4.
DATA:
ITAB4 TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF TYPE4
       WITH HEADER LINE
       WITH NON-UNIQUE DEFAULT KEY INITIAL SIZE 0.
SELECT * FROM /BI0/QCOSTCENTER INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS
OF TABLE ITAB4
WHERE OBJVERS = 'A'.
loop at DATA_PACKAGE.
     READ TABLE ITAB4 WITH KEY COSTCENTER = DATA_PACKAGE-MATERIAL
DATETO LE DATA_PACKAGE-PSTNG_DATE
DATEFROM GE DATA_PACKAGE-PSTNG_DATE.
              IF SY-SUBRC EQ 0.
                DATA_PACKAGE-DATETO = ITAB4-DATETO.
                DATA_PACKAGE-DATEFROM = ITAB4-DATEFROM.
                DATA_PACKAGE-COMP_CODE = ITAB4-COMP_CODE.
              ENDIF.
              Modify DATA_PACKAGE.
endloop.
ABORT = 0.
Here I assumed you have Posting date in the Communication structure and used to map to Fiscalperiod of the cube.
6) Do the Master data upload to Cost center and active the master data of it always before uploading the data to cube.
7) Do the uploading to cube from Sratch.
With rgds,
Anil Kumar Sharma .P
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        Anil Kumar Sharma

Display Time-Dependent Characteristic in 2different date columns (HR-data)

Hello.
I want to create a specific Query on a Self-defined HR-HeadCount cube. On this Cube I have Employee-number + characteristic values per month (e.g. PayScaleArea). Month is my most granular level.
The Query I want is the following :
     04.2006     05.2006
Employee/PayScaleArea
20184     5B     6
20230     3     4
20295     6A     6B
(5B, 6, ... are PayScaleArea's e.g. 5B is Manager)
I have already filtered on the Employees who got a promotion between 04.2006 and 05.2006 (=Month.Year). And now I whish to see the PayScaleArea listed of these Employees under 2 column headers April+May .
If this was a keyfigure this would be standard but for a characteristic I can't get it to work. I've already tried working with formulas (replacement path)
The problem is that it always displays like this :
              PayScaleArea
                  3     4    5B    6    6A    6B
Employee
20184
20230
20295
(which is realy bad)
Or
Employee/CalMonth/PayScaleArea
20184     04.2006 5B
20184     05.2006 6
20230     04.2006 3
20230     05.2006 4
20295     04.2006 6A
20295     05.2006 6B
(this is correct, but not verry readable, having it in 2 columns makes it easier to compare who promoted to what)
Note: I have PayScaleArea directly in the Cube and also as time-dependent attribute on Employee => the attribute has the problem that I can only report on one key-date per query (which is specified on the header of the query) so combining multiple queries in a workbook would also be a (less desired) workaround.
Can you help me ?
Kind Regards, Carl.

Hello,
I'm affraid you do not understand my question. You mention here one of the two 'workable' solutions (the other one being 2queries on different tabs each for a different month and then combining the 2queries on a third tab)
The report layout does not look good in this txt format so I will split it up using my original example:
The Query I want has three columns :
1) Employee
e.g. :
20184
20230
20295
2) The PayScaleArea's of Month -1 (e.g. : 04.2006)
e.g. :
5B
6
6A
3) The PayScaleArea's of current Month (e.g. : 05.2006)
e.g. :
6
4
6B
If PayScaleArea would be a keyfigure then I could just put Employee in my rows and month + PayScaleArea in the columns and it would work perfect... but it is a characteristic and therefore it does not show up next to the employee in this case.
In a sense this is logically since BW does not know that there is only one characteristic value PayScaleArea per month and per employee.

Time dependent employee master data reading !in sap-bw

Hi,
Here iam using one routine to read employee master data.
as employee is a time dependent characteristic,we want employee monthly details from the period of joining to till now with all his status.(these status characteristics are attributes of 0employee master table).
how to code for this requirement.
regards,
swami.

Hi,
Why do you want to delete ?
No need to delete any Master Data
If you want to really delete ,you can do one thing
Right click on Master data Info Object 0EMPLOYEE
select Delete master data
And reload Master data for employee with full load
if delta Initilize delta with data transfer
Regards
Hari

Time dependent employee master data reading !

Hi,
Here iam using one routine to read employee master data.
as employee is a time dependent characteristic,we want employee monthly details from the period of joining to till now with all his status.(these status characteristics are attributes of 0employee master table).
how to code for this requirement.
regards,
swami.

Found it...
http://help.sap.com/SAPHELP_ERP2004/helpdata/EN/49/7e960481916448b20134d471d36a6b/content.htm
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Juan

Characteristic 0PROFIT_CTR: Time-dependent Master Data Table '/BI0/QPROFIT_

Hello All,
I want to release a infoObject 0PROFIT_CTR to Prod. But after releasing the TR it errors with the following messages:
Characteristic 0PROFIT_CTR: Time-dependent Master Data Table '/BI0/QPROFIT_CTR' not buffered
Characteristic 0PROFIT_CTR: Time-dependent Text Table '/BI0/TPROFIT_CTR' not buffered
I went into these tables and also have set the buffering to ON and made them Fully buffered (Checked).
But even then it gives me same error.
Please help.
Regards,
KP

Hi Harika,
You are right, you will have to use SE14 in production system, just check that whether you have authorization to use it or not. If you don't have authorization then you can check with Basis team.
You can execute SE14, then give table name and in the lower part of the screen Click on the option Save and adjust, and activate the table. Once this step is done you can re-import your request.
Make sure that you do not delete data.
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Durgesh.

Time Dependant MD (Characteristic ) repaired in RSRV

Guru's,
I have checked the characteristic info object in RSRV with All combined test -->
Master Data --> Check Master Data for a Characteristic and found red for the following steps.
 1.Time Intervals in Q table for a characterstic with time dependant master data.
 2. Compare characteristic values in SID/P/and Q tables for characteristic IO
 3. SID values in X and Y table: Characteristic 'Info Object'
Now my question
what will happend when above test found Red in RSRV?
Regards,
Venkat

1 . RSDMD_CHECKPRG_TIME_INTERVALS
2 . Compare characteristic values in SID/P/and Q tables for characteristic
Description:
 The system checks whether the same characteristic values exist in th
 master data tables S (SID), P (time-independent master data), and Q
 (time-dependent master data).
 It is checked more closely to see whether the following three quanti
 of characteristics are the same:
 o Characteristic values that occur in the SID table of the examine
 characteristic in data records with the check flag (field CHCKFL
 'X'
 o Characteristic values that occur in the P table of the
 characteristic in data records with the object version (field
 OBJVERS) = 'A'
 o Characteristic values that occur in the Q table of the
 characteristic in data records with the object version (field
 OBJVERS) = 'A'
Repair:
 The repair mode does not lead to an automatic repair.

0CS_Item with time-dependent hierarchy

Dear Experts,
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.
Thanks in advance,
Birgit Laux
Message was edited by: Birgit Laux

Birgit,
Some other things to consider:
- frequency of changes to item hierarchy. Could lead to a lot of item hierarchies in BW over time.
- 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

Imposible to set a time dependency at a transformation

Hi!
I'm in trouble with a transformation (BW 7.0). I'm trying to fill a key figure reading master data from a characteristic. The key figure is an atribute of that characteristic, and it's time dependent. But when I define the rule in the transformation I cannot select any time characteristic to set the dependency.
Thanks!
Jose

Jose,
As far as I understand you are trying to use the "Read Master Data" option with Time dependency that was available in the Update Rules.
If that's correct, here are the steps:
Eg: Assume 1. 0REGION is a time dependent attribut of 0CUSTOMER.
2. Data Src fields: KUNNR, DATE
3. Cube: 0CUSTOMER, 0CALDAY, 0REGION
Your transformation should look like:
KUNNR=0CUSTOMER
DATE=0CALDAT
For 0REGION click to create the mapping:
Choose Rule Type = "Read Master Data"
In the "Source fields of Rule":
Add the fields KUNNR & DATE using the "+" button.
In the IO Assignment column, enter 0CUSTOMER & 0CALDAY and hit Enter.
Now in the "Source Info Object" field to the rt of Rule Type, select 0Customer using F4 help. Since it is time dependent on 0CUSTOMER, the clock icon will appear. Click on the clock button and select 0CALDAY from the F4 help.
It should work. Has worked for me (Data src to ICube directly)
For ODS use the export data source.
If it still doesn't work there are 2 more options:
1. Write a small routine/formula to read the values (as Ingrid had suggested). OR
2. Use it as a Nav Attribute (if the Attribute is a Characteristic) or as a Disp Attr (if the Attribute is a Key Fig). Then use the Key date of the query to calculate time dependency.
(By default key date = Syst date; if you need custom date, use variable exit)
That's all I can think of.
Hope it helps.
- Vishno.

Changing to time-dependent hierarchie of 0CUSTOMER

Dear Experts,
I like to change 0CUSTOMER to "entire hierarchie is time-dependent" without losing any existing hierarchy or data. Is that somehow possible? I tried changing the Radio Button, but could not activate the InfoObject;
"The Hierarchy Table /BI0/HCUSTOMER must be converted incompatibly with an activation of characteristic 0CUSTOMER (changes to the key in the table). Table /BI0/HCUSTOMER contains data. Parts of this data were lost in the conversion."
I already checked the whole forum and the SAP help, but could not find a suitable note.
Can someone plase help?
Thank you very much in advance
Martina

Hello Amit,
Try reading the help documentation for such queries. e.g. Publishing Time-Dependent XML Documents - Knowledge Management - SAP Library
Regards,
Lorcan.

How to Select in a query considering key date of time-dependent characteris

Hi, Everybody
I have a Infoobject called CONTROL. It can be tested during the year once, twice, three times,six times or can be not Tested.
The Characteristic that contain the number of test that the Control will be tested is time dependent.
For example, one control can have the charcteristic to test twice in a year. Then 31/10/2007 it can turn "not test".
I can have these records:
CONTROL   VALID INIT       VALID END     TEST
   XYZ         01/01/2007       31/01/2007       TWICE
   XYZ         01/02/2007       28/02/2007       TWICE
   XYZ         01/03/2007       31/03/2007       TWICE
   XYZ         01/04/2007       31/10/2007       TWICE
   XYZ         01/11/2007       31/12/9999       NO TEST
I have a query that I should select the number of controls different of "NO TEST" During the time selected.
For example, if I select Interval Time = 01/01/2007 to 31/10/2007, This record should be Counted, because it was to be tested during this period.
If I have selected Interval time = 01/11/2007 to 31/12/2007, it should not be selected because in this period, this control doesn´t able to be tested.
If I put filter restricting NO TEST, the query should check the time of validity, but when I do that, BW doesn´t accept that because I can´t restrict by Validate Date.
Anybody already had a problem like that?
I´d like suggestions to solve that or comments that could explain that.
Thanks a lot,
Elisabeth
Edited by: Elisabeth Umebara on Feb 2, 2008 12:21 AM

Hi, everybody.
I already solved this problem. Thanks a lot.
For this I selected the controls in a exit variable that should be selected in from table time-dependent from infoobject. This solution ran just for BWD and BWQ, because there was a lot of data in BWP.
Then I made a first query that has selected the controls. After that, in the original query I defined the substitution path relating with the first query.
Thanks again,
Elisabeth

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We maintain dependent characteristic specifications based on material, plant, and vendor for an inspection plan. Each time a new entry is created, the SAP assigned dependent characteristic specs. number (PLMW-ZUORDNR) is incremented by 10. So the first entry was assigned 10, second entry assigned 20 & so on. We are currently at 6810.
The PLMW-ZUORDNR field length = 4, so I am wondering if there is a limit on the number of dep. char. entries we can create? If so, how do other companies handle this?
I have tried to find a setting in configuration to change the increment from 10 to 1, but was unsuccessful.
Regards,
A. Scott

Angela,
I've worked with Multiple specs before and implemented them at one client but I haven't had a chance to talk with anyone else that has. I'd be interested in finding out more about the issues you ran into and the problems you have had to resolve. I'd like to know if they were similar to mine or not. Right now I'm not the biggest fan of multiple specs the way SAP implemented them. I'm wondering about other peoples thoughts on the subject. With over 680 specs in a plan you must have some experience with them!!!!
Would you be willing to discuss them with me some time?
Thanks,
Craig

Additional Question on Time dependant hier

Hi Gurus,
Can anyone advice on the following
Must i use characteristic node for time dependent hierarchy structure or is text node allowed?
Thanks in advance

time dependency can be found in table EQUZ
you can check these notes
167331 0EQUIPMENT master data/texts tempor. overlapping
427214 0EQUIPMENT Time dependent Master Data Attributes
856580 0EQUIPMENT master data/text temporal overlap

Time dependent hierarchy structure in SEM-BPS

I want to use a time dependent hierarchy structure in sem BPS to make combination chek and proposal in a layout.
I have manage a relation of type hierarchy (based on this hierarchy) in the characteristic relationship tab page of my planning area.
I open my layout to make entries in the future (next fiscal year) but the system doesn't propose me the datas valide for the next fiscal year in my hierarchy but the datas validate today.
There is a key date in the master data tab page of the planning area but it seems to have only effects on attributes with validity dates but not with hierarchy with time dependent hierarchy structure.
Thanks for your help.

Hi,
The key data that you enter in the planning area is only for time dependent characteristics and attributes. For the hierarchies in the characteristic relationships the current data is used.
If you still want to use a time dependent hierarchy for modeling the characteristic relationships you could use a characteristic relationship type exit. In the exit you can read the hierarchy with the proper date.
Best regards,
Gerd Schoeffl
SAPNetWeaver RIG BI EMEA

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