Creating Navigation Attributes 

Prerequisites

You are in InfoObject maintenance and have selected the tab page Attributes.

Procedure

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       1.      Choose Details/Navigation Attributes.

       2.      Specify the technical name of the characteristic that you want to use as a navigation attribute, or create a new attribute by choosing ‘Create’. You can also directly transfer proposed attributes of the InfoSource.

So that you can use the characteristic as a navigation attribute, make sure the InfoObject is assigned as an attribute first, and that the option ‘Attribute only’ is not activated for the characteristic on the General tab page.

       3.      By clicking on the symbol Navigation Attribute On/Off in the relevant column, you can define an attribute as a navigation attribute.

       4.      Choose the Characteristic Texts indicator, or specify a name in the Navigation Attribute Description field.

If you turn a characteristic attribute into a navigation attribute, you can assign a text to the navigation attribute so that it can tell it apart from a normal characteristic in reporting.

Result

You have created a characteristic as a navigation attribute for your superior characteristic.

Further Steps to Take

You must activate the created navigation attributes in the InfoProvider maintenance. The default is initially set to inactive so as not to implicitly include more attributes than are necessary in the InfoCube.

Navigation attributes can affect performance. See also Performance of Navigation Attributes in Queries and Input Help.

Note that you can subsequently create or activate navigation attributes in the InfoCube at any time. Once an attribute has been activated, you can only deactivate it if it not used in aggregates.

In addition, you must record your navigation attributes in queries so that they are taken into account in reporting.