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Requirements

You have specified in the InfoObject characteristic maintenance, that the corresponding hierarchy characteristic is hierarchy version-dependent.

Use

Characteristic hierarchies can be used in different hierarchy versions.

Example

Within the context of an area restructuring of your business, you can create different versions of hierarchies for the characteristic Main Region, and compare them with one another in a query.

Hierarchy version PLAN

Hierarchy version ACTUAL

Main Area NORTH

Main Area NORTH

Region 1

Region 2

Region 2

  
   

Main Area SOUTH

Main Area SOUTH

Region 3

Region 1

Region 4

Region 3
 

Region 4

 

Integration

If there are different hierarchy versions in the source system, you can map these into BW. You can also generate different versions for one and the same hierarchy from the source system.

Functions

You can create different hierarchy versions under the same technical name. You then compare the different hierarchy versions in reporting.

Example

You want to generate a plan version of the hierarchy ‘xyz’ to be able to make a plan/actual comparison of both hierarchies in reporting. To do this, create a hierarchy version ‘plan’, and assign it to the copied hierarchy.

In reporting, you display the data with either the plan or actual version of the hierarchy A plan/actual comparison is also possible across different columns. Variables can be used to set parameters for the different versions.