Hi everyone,
currently, I'm trying to use a characteristic as key figure for short term planning.
This function is available since SAP NW 7.40 SP08 as described in this document.
I created a plain characteristic of the type CHAR without hierarchies or texts or master data and included this in a planning DSO.
The relevant characteristic is marked in the section "characteristic as key figure" and I included this characteristic in the key figure section of the aggregation level. The planning DSO contains only one additional characteristic and one additional key figure.
In the query designer the relevant characteristic is shown as a key figure and I marked both, the "real" key figure and the "planable" characteristic as input-ready. The single "real" characteristic has three entries as master data and I use this for the rows of the query. Both key figures are set up for the columns. Hence, I expect three rows and two columns as result of my query.
When I execute this query with BEx, the real key figure is input ready, but the characteristic as key figure is not.
Do I need to activate or deactivate any options in the setup of this characteristic?
What settings are need for the characteristic, if I want to use this for short text planning?
Are there any settings in the SPRO (or any other part of the BW backend), for the DSO, the aggregation layer or the query that I need to consider for this function to work?
I tried several different settings and options, but the cells of this characteristic ("as key figure") are not input-ready in the query.
Any help is highly appreciated.
Regards,
Benjamin