Maintaining the Master Data Hierarchy (SAP Library - Executive Information System and Business Planning)

Maintaining the Master Data Hierarchy

For more information on the master data hierarchy concept, see Master Data Hierarchy. See also Example: Master Data Hierarchy.

To maintain the hierarchies, choose Master data ® Master data hierarchy ® Edit.

Creating a master data hierarchy

Enter the name of the characteristic for which you wish to create a hierarchy. Enter a number between 1 and 999 for the hierarchy variant.

Note

If you enter a characteristic which has been created with the same data element and same domain as another characteristic, the hierarchy is valid for both characteristics because it has the same characteristic values. A list of the affected characteristics appears automatically in the lower part of the screen.

Choose Hierarchy ® Create

The next screen contains information about the hierarchy

Enter a description of the hierarchy and, where necessary, select Visible system-wide.

If you select Visible system-wide, the current variant will be active in all the applications using the master data hierarchy maintenance,. Otherwise, the variant is only available in EC-EIS and EC-BP.

Choose Goto ® Back.

Now add the hierarchy nodes you require.

Position the cursor on a node and press F4 to display the chargeable characteristic values. Select the desired characteristic value or an existing non-chargeable node.

To enter a non-chargeable characteristic value which does not yet exist, choose Goto ® Maint.non-chrge.node.

After adding the characteristic values you require, save the hierarchy.

Each characteristic value may only occur once in a hierarchy variant. If a characteristic value is already contained in the hierarchy, it no longer appears as a possible entry. There are various functions in the Edit menu for adding new nodes:

Create entry ® Same level

A blank node is added on the same level as the selected entry.

Create entry ® One level lower

A blank node is added on the level below the selected entry.

Create sev. entries ® Same level

Several blank nodes are added on the same level as the selected entry.

Create sev. entries ® One level lower

Several blank nodes are added on the level below the selected entry.

Create range ® Same level

A range is added on the same level as the selected entry.

Create range ® One level lower

A range is added on the level below the selected entry

With these last functions you can enter a value range, that is from characteristic value X to characteristic value Z.

Changing, displaying, copying and deleting a master data hierarchy

You perform the functions Change, Display, Copy and Delete in a similar way to Create.

You can copy an existing hierarchy from one hierarchy variant into another, and use it as the basis for a new hierarchy. You can then change it as necessary.

When you change a hierarchy, you can add new nodes, remove existing ones and also cut out and insert parts of the hierarchy.

You can search for certain values in the hierarchy by choosing Edit ® Find ® Characteristic value. You can also see the relationships between the nodes by positioning the cursor on a node and searching according to parent, 1st child and so on.

In order to facilitate working with the hierarchy, you can expand and collapse the groups and subgroups by clicking on the plus and minus signs.

On the initial screen, you can delete a hierarchy variant that is no longer required.