Creating a Custom Attribute 

Procedure

A. Creating the Attribute

       1.      Go to InfoObject maintenance in BW (in the SAP menu choose Modeling ® Object Maintenance ® InfoObject).

       2.      Select the InfoObject for which you want to add the attribute, and choose Maintain.

       3.      To create the attribute, follow the procedure described in section Tab Page: Attributes.

If you want to be able to select an attribute when executing queries, you need to define the attribute as a navigation attribute.

The new attribute is displayed in the consolidation workbench under Master Data ® Custom Attributes.

B. Creating Values for the Attribute

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       1.      Go to the consolidation workbench and choose Master Data ® Custom Attributes.

       2.      Double-click the attribute you created.

       3.      To create values for the attribute, choose Create in the lower left area of the consolidation workbench.

       4.      Assign a key and a description for each value.

       5.      Save your entries.

Result

The attribute is now available, for example to define more information about consolidation units. (This is done in the consolidation workbench under Master Data ® Consolidation Units ® <name of characteristic> ® tab page Other Attributes.)