Unbalanced Hierarchy

Hi,
I've a problem with an unbalanced hierarchy:
Level 1 : all values are available
Level 2 : null values possible
Level 3 : all values available
I've created an extra logical column to fill up the null values of level2.
When I create a report with the object from level 1 and try to drill down, I receive an error when the second level is null (but I've used the extra logical column for drill down)
When I create a report with objects from level 1 and level 2 the report is showed correctly and I'm able to further drill down to level 3 (even from values where the null is replaced)
So I was wondering why it doesn't work to drill down from the highest level?
Txs for your help.
KR,
A

A logical column is handeld after drilldown. Try puhsing your logic to the physical layer.
regards
John
http://obiee101.blogspot.com/

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I’ve got the following problem with deployment of unbalanced hierarchy from EPMA to Planning application (deployment processes with no errors ):
In EPMA Dim library I have the following
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Edited by: valley on Jul 22, 2009 12:51 AM

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Dear Gurus,
I am giving certification exam in a short while. I have a list of Questions which i would like to ask with reference to BI 7.0. Dont dont have to answer all the questions, just answer what you know. I would be realy grateful:
1: Which of the following refer to pointer tables that provide the technical link to the master
data outside of the InfoCube?
a. Dimension tables
b. Set IDs
c. M tables
d. SID tables
e. ODS transparent tables
2: Which of the following statements describes a categorical dimension?
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b. An artificial dimension/attribute used to categorize another dimension
c. An artificial dimension used in a reporting scenario where the comparison of the
same key figure is needed
d. A dimension that is used across all cubes
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a. Customer on a sales order
b. Date
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d. Value of a purchase order
e. None of the above
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a. The grain of the fact table represents actual working documents like order number
or invoice number
b. All descriptive attributes of the grain are located in other dimensions
c. The InfoCube becomes very weak and performs poorly when it is run
d. The degenerating dimensions cannot be modeled using normal star schema
e. None of the above
5: Which of the following describes an unbalanced hierarchy?
a. A hierarchy with too many leaves within one branch
b. A hierarchy with fewer nodes within one or more branches
c. Hierarchy without leaves
d. The term used for data that are delivered from two or more sources on different aggregation
levels
e. None of the above
6: Which of the following represents a characteristic that spans an entire data model and
upon which all other entities are dependent?
a. Many-to-many relationship
b. A degenerated characteristic
c. A strong entity
d. An attribute
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7: When should an attribute be placed in a separate dimension?
a. Always
b. If the attribute changes frequently
c. If the attributes have a large number of distinct values
d. Never
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8: Which of the following objects keeps the aggregate and InfoCube in sync?
a. Dim pointer
b. Read pointer
c. SID pointers
d. Surrogate pointer
e. None of the above
f. All of the above
9: Which of the following statements are not correct about the PSA?
a. Created for each communication structure
b. Transfer rules have been applied
c. You can load from the PSA to an InfoCube
d. Queries can be generated from the PSA
e. None of the above
10: In which case can you not use aggregates in SAP BW?
a. Attributes of time-dependent characteristics
b. Slowly changing dimensions
c. Hierarchy structure
d. Degenerate dimension
e. None of the above
11: What does the Data Changes Aggregate Update Program do?
a. Activate all hierarchies and attributes
b. Generate all aggregates affected with a new change ID
c. Set the pointers to the right change ID
d. Roll up all aggregates that have been changed since the last update
e. None of the above
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a. Summarization levels for an operating concern have the same function as aggregates
for an InfoCube
b. CO/PA summarization levels are managed by the InfoCube, and always contain the
same numbers as the InfoCube that they are based on
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in each characteristic
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scenario?
a. Cost based
b. Time based
c. Account based
d. Value based
e. None of the above
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a. Aggregate tables
b. InfoCube level tables
c. Line item level tables
d. Summarization level tables
e. Totals tables
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a. Attributes
b. Hierarchies
c. It does not matter
d. Text
e. Transactional data
f. None of the above
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a. Transfer method tab
b. Update rules
c. Transfer rules
d. BEx Analyzer
e. None of the above
17: Which of the following describes a Result Set query?
a. A nested query where the results of a first query are used as entry values for a second
query
b. A query using flat tables (ODS object or InfoObject)
c. A prequery
d. There is no such thing in SAP BW
e. None of the above
18: What step do CO/PA, LO extraction, and LIS extraction methods have in common when
setting up delta management of uploads?
a. On the scheduler you activate a full upload
b. On the scheduler you initialize the delta upload
c. Setup of delta tables
d. The delta is managed in the service API
e. The InfoStructure tables are used
f. VBDATA and ARFCSDATA tables
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a. There is no delta update in LIS
b. u201CGenerate updatingu201D regenerates the update program and ensures that a delta update
is possible
c. Activate u201Cdelta updating in the LISu201D setting in the report u201CRMCSBIWCu201D
d. The active delta table is defined in u201CTMCBIWu201D
e. None of the above
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a. Application component
b. DataSource
c. Extract routines
d. Hierarchies
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Hi,
Some confirm answers from my side:-
1: Which of the following refer to pointer tables that provide the technical link to the master data outside of the InfoCube?
a. Dimension tables b. Set IDs c. M tables d. SID tables e. ODS transparent tables
2: Which of the following statements describes a categorical dimension? a. An artificial dimension used to describe the status of another dimension b. An artificial dimension/attribute used to categorize another dimension c. An artificial dimension used in a reporting scenario where the comparison of the same key figure is needed d. A dimension that is used across all cubes e. None of the above
3: Which of the following is an example of a slowly changing dimension?
a. Customer on a sales order b. Date c. Person responsible for a cost center d. Value of a purchase order e. None of the above
4: Which of the following occurs as a result of degenerating dimensions? a. The grain of the fact table represents actual working documents like order number or invoice number b. All descriptive attributes of the grain are located in other dimensions c. The InfoCube becomes very weak and performs poorly when it is run d. The degenerating dimensions cannot be modeled using normal star schema e. None of the above
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9: Which of the following statements are not correct about the PSA? a. Created for each communication structure b. Transfer rules have been applied c. You can load from the PSA to an InfoCube d. Queries can be generated from the PSA e. None of the above
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Essbase Security filter in OBIEE 11.1.1.6 request

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But the issue is :
1. Here there are 25 K members in the dimesional value where I need to apply Data Level Security . So it is not possible to create 25K distinct group.
2. The dimension which needs to be used for Data level security has Ragged Hierarchy where the lowest leaf (which would eb used in security filter) is shared across differnet levels.So there is no single column that I can select in RPD to apply security filter.
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Hierarchies About

Hi,
Can some one let me know
1. When should we use hierarchies, pls. explain with a scenario ?
2. What is the concept behind hierarchies ?
3. How to create a hierarchy - step by step ?
4. Are there any varieties in hierarchy ?
5. what are the components of hierarchy ?
KINDLY NOTE: Pls. dont give me any links to any forums or any std. docs.
Answers will be appreciated by suitable points.
Thanks,
bwlearner

Hi,
Hierarchies in general are essential structures for
navigation. Having characteristics and attributes in the
dimension and master data tables that are related in a
sequence of parent-child relationships, obviously
involves hierarchies. But as the real world is sometimes
irregular, so are hierarchies. In BW there are essentially three possibilities for modeling hierarchies:
 as a hierarchy of characteristics within a dimension table
 as a hierarchy of attributes attached to a characteristic
 as an external hierarchy
Hierarchies within a Dimension
A typical example of a hierarchy of this type is a time
hierarchy with levels such as millenium century
decade year month day hour etc. Another typical
example is a geographic hierarchy with levels such as
continent country state region city etc.
Hierarchies within a master data table of a characteristic
This case is very similar to the one discussed in section
before. The difference is the increased flexibility (i.e.
realignment facilities) that comes with navigational
attributes. The hierarchy should still have a fixed
number of levels. However, changes to that hierarchy
(i.e. changes to attribute values) can be easily applied
to facts that are already loaded into a cube.
A typical example is the hierarchy of sales office
sales group sales person. This hierarchy has a fixed
number of levels but is frequently reorganized.
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External Hierarchies
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 frequently changes
 has no fixed number of levels (sometimes referred to as a "ragged" or unbalanced hierarchy).
A typical example is a cost center hierarchy in which
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within a company, which might be reorganized into new
subgroups. Thus new levels might be introduced, old ones
disappear. The hierarchy might be deeper at one end (due
to a deeper hierarchical organization) and shallower at
the other.
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used within the same cube. With the alternative
approaches the same effect could only be achieved through
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3. Creating a hierarchy
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/80/1a6736e07211d2acb80000e829fbfe/content.htm

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https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/0403a990-0201-0010-38b3-e1fc442848cb
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 Time dependent Hierarchies
 Time independent Hierarchies
 Version dependent Hierarchies
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hi sidharth,
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b. Date
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e. None of the above
2) If you worked for a retail company that changed prices
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[can somebody explain me the ansers also ?]
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c. In the ODS to enhance performance
d. In the fact table
e. None of the above
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documents like order number or invoice number
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d. The term used for data that are delivered from two or
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dimensions are listed chronologically, and placed 0employee at the
buttom. This didn't work either as the hierarch is unbalanced and not
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2) Create a universe based on Bex Query
3) In the universe create a hierarchy (Tools -> Hiearchy) based on the
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hi,
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Parent Child Hierarchy in OBIEE 11G

Hi All,
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http://www.rittmanmead.com/2010/07/obiee-11gr1-enhancements-to-essbase-support/
I followed the following steps.
1.Imported the Cubes from ESSBASE.
2.Selected Accounts Hirearchy and changed the Hierarchy type to Value.
3.Dragged the subject area to BMM and to Presentation.
4.Now when i checked the Account Hierarchy from in the dashboard its not drilling down.
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Thanks

So basically this means that if I build a parent child hierarchy on table A having the stucture like
--David (Manager)
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I testes this and if my data only contains only rows for Bill (or I limit on ROLE = Off2) then it won't show the hierarchy. The query which OBIEE fires is to look for either ANCESTOR_KEY = NULL OR (DISTANCE = 1 AND ANCESTOR KEY IN (Bill). Therefore it doesn't I am wondering then what is the use of builiding the parent child hierarchy when we need to pull in all the ancestors (like in this case James for bill and David for james) because in real scenarios there can be cases wherein we would want to filter the data based on other dimensions to which the parent child hierarchy joins ?

Essbase Cube Hierarchy Types in OBIEE 11g

All,
Is there any documentation anywhere that explains what the different hierarchy types are for Essbase? I see the following listed, but am totally confused as to what each means and when it should be used.
1. Fully balanced - Basically a flattened out equal level, no skips, hierarchy
2. Unbalanced - ?
3. Ragged Balanced - Isn't this an oxymoron?
4. Network - ?
5. Value - I'm seeing in blogs this is basically a Parent-Child; if so, what are 2 and 3 used for then since you can pick Ragged and Skipped Levels on the BMM layer?
At this point, I'm trying to test out the DMDemo cube from 9.3.3 and have the Fully balanced dims working fine. I'm putting my Accounts as Value, but it won't drill past the 2nd generation. I'm putting Products as Unbalanced, but I'm not sure if this is correct. When I put Products as Ragged balanced it works, but lets you expand past where there actually is a level to the maximum depth (giving you a blank box), which doesn't look pretty at all.
Any direction on this will be greatly appreciated as the first one is the only type I can get to work correctly.
Thanks in Advance,
Josh
Edited by: JFuter on Sep 24, 2010 4:35 PM
Edited by: JFuter on Sep 27, 2010 5:52 PM

All,
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Thanks,
Josh

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We are facing an issue in WebI 3.1, while creating a report on top of MDX universe with 0WBS_ELEMT hierarchy - coming from BEx query. All other hierarchies in other reports are working fine, but the issue seems to be particular to 0WBS_ELEMT hierarchy.
First of all, the WebI does not includes full project entries along with WBS hierarchy - this could be a limitation (2nd comment in https://cw.sdn.sap.com/cw/ideas/2084#comment-14280), and we found workaround as to display in seperate block.
Now the actual issue is, even hierarchy nodes of WBS element are not coming properly in the WebI. There are 5 nodes in universe (L00 to L04). We dragged all of them into the report and found that some nodes are missing. These are the L01 nodes which are not having any subordinate nodes.
Tried different combitions, and later found that if we are not keeping the nodes L02 to L04 in the query, all missing entries (in first report) are coming, but now some other nodes are getting dissapeared.
Can anyone tell the reason and/or solution for the issue. Is this the known issue with 0WBS_ELEMT hierarchy? If so, what SAP is recommending for this? This is really urgent, reply.
Regards,
Kshiteesh

Hi Henry,
Thanks for reply.
We are on BI 7.1 SP 07. We are having other hierarchies working in expected manner, but only WBS element hierarchy is having issue.
After posting to SDN, I saw some other posts on the forum and checked the note 1446246. This note points to others notes, and 2 notes (0001562173 - flattening unbalanced hierarchies & 1432162 - MDX Flattening problems when using hierarchies) which seems to be relevant.
It seems to be case of unbalanced hierarchies, but to be sure please suggest if we can go with these notes.
Regards,
Kshiteesh

0WBS_ELEMT Hierarchy - accessing a level 2 or 3 WBSE as a starting point.

Hello,
I have a question related to using the 0WBS_ELEMT Hierarchy. We are on BW 3.1 and I have built a query using the WBSE Hierarchy.
I have set a selection option for 0PROJECT, and
I have set a selection option for 0WBS_ELEMT (in properties, Hierarchy is active)
This is just a simple query with those two items as rows and one column to bring in 0AMOUNT as a column.
Example 1:
When I input a Project Definition (0PROJECT) selection as SDVJ/2006/E/OUT (this is our WBS edit mask format).
I get a nice looking output, and I can drill down to the lowest level WBSE's in the hierarchy. (four or five levels deep)
In our hierarchy display we can see these levels:
SDVJ/2006/E/OUT
SDVJ/2006/E/OUT/U1
SDVJ/2006/E/OUT/U2
SDVJ/2006/E/OUT/U3
And we can drill into the level we wish to.
Now, I have been asked to do this kind of report, but to have the user start out at (for example) the Unit 2 level (SDVJ/2006/E/OUT/U2)
Example 2:
I input the SDVJ/2006/E/OUT/U2 into the selection option for 0WBS_ELEMT, but I only get a couple of levels and I cannot get to the details that I can ge to by using my first example.
I am at a loss as to why this is happening to me. I would appreciate any pointers, tips, or suggestions.
Thanks.
Lloyd
PS: I did a search of this message board but could not see one that provided me a fix. If there is one that I missed, I apologize.

Hi Henry,
Thanks for reply.
We are on BI 7.1 SP 07. We are having other hierarchies working in expected manner, but only WBS element hierarchy is having issue.
After posting to SDN, I saw some other posts on the forum and checked the note 1446246. This note points to others notes, and 2 notes (0001562173 - flattening unbalanced hierarchies & 1432162 - MDX Flattening problems when using hierarchies) which seems to be relevant.
It seems to be case of unbalanced hierarchies, but to be sure please suggest if we can go with these notes.
Regards,
Kshiteesh

Unbalanced Hierarchy

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