Example of a Parameter Hierarchy

In this example, the relevant objects are assigned to the parameter hierarchy ORDERLIST and the interdependencies are defined. You define the objects themselves in Customizing independent of the parameter hierarchy. The parameter hierarchy ORDERLIST is assigned to the symbol group whose determination function module determines default parameter values for the application area Order.

Definition of the Parameter Hierarchy ORDERLIST:

Definition in Customizing

You have created the relevant parameter objects in the Customizing activity Specify Parameter Objects:

Parameter Object	Description
ORDER	Order
ITEM	Item
SCHED_LINE	Schedule line

In the Customizing activity Specify Parameter Hierarchies, you specify the parameter hierarchy ORDERLIST using the following definition. In the Customizing activity, you also assign a suitable report symbol group to the parameter hierarchy ORDERLIST.

Object	Description	Parent Parameter Object	Start Object
ORDER	(Order)		X
ITEM	(Item)	ORDER
SCHED_LINE	(Schedule line)	ITEM

Definition of the Report Template

This definition means a hierarchy tree with the branch Order list will appear in the Windows Wordprocessor Integration (WWI) application in the symbol tree for symbols of the type Parameter under the Parameter Hierarchies node (see also Inserting Repeating Groups). This node contains the branch Order, which contains the branch Item, which in turn contains the symbol Schedule line.

Report Template

In the report template, you can use the hierarchy tree to create the necessary parameter repeating groups, for example:

<03EHS_L_TEXT(EHS_VKORG)>: <02EHS_VKORG(;*)>

<03EHS_L_TEXT(EHS_SOLDTO)>: <02EHS_SOLDTO(;*)>

<11BRG002(P, ORDERLIST – ORDER ;*)>

<03EHS_L_TEXT(EHS_ORDNR)>: <02EHS_ORDNR(;*)>

<03EHS_L_TEXT(EHS_PO_NR)>: <02EHS_PO_NR(;*)>

<11BRG001(P, ORDERLIST – ITEM ;*)>

<03EHS_L_TEXT(EHS_ITEMNR)>: <02EHS_ITEMNR(;*)>

<03EHS_L_TEXT(EHS_MATNR)>: <02EHS_MATNR(;*)>

<11BRG000(P, ORDERLIST – SCHED_LINE ;*)>

<03EHS_L_TEXT(EHS_ETNR)>: <02EHS_ETNR(;*)>

<03EHS_L_TEXT(EHS_BMENG)>: <02EHS_BMENG(;*)>

<11ERG000(P,ORDERLIST-SCHED_LINE)>

<11ERG001(P, ORDERLIST – ITEM )>

<11ERG002(P, ORDERLIST – ORDER )>

Note Note

Only the repeating group that belongs to the start object may be used as the most outer repeating group.
The Windows Wordprocessor Integration (WWI) application specifies the parameter hierarchy-parameter object symbol explicitly for the end of the repeating group ("*ERG*") of type Parameter hierarchy for the control symbols. This is an exception compared with all other types of repeating groups for which the control symbol "<11ERG00*> at the end of the repeating group suffices.

End of the note.

Data Transfer

The function module for default parameter determination is found because of the assignment between the parameter hierarchy and the report symbol group. Within the function module, a table must be created in which the values and structural interdependencies are stored.

The example below shows this using the following sample data:

Sample Data

Sales organization: 1000

Sold-to party: 0815

Order: 4711
- Purchase order number: 0020201
- Item: 10
  - Material number: COLOUR_10
  - Schedule line: 1
  - Confirmed quantity: 50L
  - Schedule line: 2
  - Confirmed quantity: 40L
- Item: 20
  - Material number: COLOUR_20
  - Schedule line: 1
  - Confirmed quantity: 100L
Order: 4712
- Purchase order number: 020202
- Item: 10
  - Material number: COLOUR_20
  - Schedule line: 1
  - Confirmed quantity: 30L
  - Schedule line: 2
  - Confirmed quantity: 30L
  - Schedule line: 3
  - Confirmed quantity: 30L
Order: 4713
- Purchase order number: 0020203
- Item: 10
  - Material number: COLOUR_10
  - Schedule line: 1
  - Confirmed quantity: 80L
- Item: 20
  - Material number: COLOUR_30
  - Schedule line: 1
  - Confirmed quantity: 70L
- Item: 30
  - Material number: COLOUR_50
  - Schedule line: 1
  - Confirmed quantity: 50L

Structure of the Table:

The above sample data is returned to a table that is comprised of the following export tables:

The export table E_CVDDP_TAB contains the values for the symbols outside the repeating groups.
The export table E_CVDDP_RG_TAB contains the values for the symbols inside the repeating groups.

You can use the following columns in the table to store the structural dependencies for each value:

PARHIER (Parameter hierarchy)

PAROBJ (Parameter object)

PAROBJ-KEY (Key of parameter object)

PAROBJPAR (Parent parameter object)

PAROBJ-PARKEY (Key of parent parameter object)

LENRECD (Maximum nesting depth of a repeating group)

For the above example of parameter hierarchy Order list, the table for the structural interdependencies of each value is as follows (the nesting depth in this example is zero; the table contains other fields that you can use to specify values, such as the value category):

PARHIER	PAROBJ	PAROBJ-KEY	PAROBJ-PAR	PAROBJ-PARKEY	LEN-RECD	OBJECT	ATTRIB	VALUE
						TVKO	VKORG	1000
						VBAK	KUNNR	0815
ORDERLIST	ORDER	4711			0	VBAK	VBELN	4711
ORDERLIST	ORDER	4711			0	VBAK	BSTNK	020201
ORDERLIST	ORDER	4712			0	VBAK	VBELN	4712
ORDERLIST	ORDER	4712			0	VBAK	BSTNK	020202
ORDERLIST	ORDER	4713			0	VBAK	VBELN	4713
ORDERLIST	ORDER	4713			0	VBAK	BSTNK	020203
ORDERLIST	ITEM	471110	ORDER	4711	0	VBAP	POSNR	10
ORDERLIST	ITEM	471110	ORDER	4711	0	MARA	MATNR	COLOUR_10
ORDERLIST	ITEM	471120	ORDER	4711	0	VBAP	POSNR	20
ORDERLIST	ITEM	471120	ORDER	4711	0	MARA	MATNR	COLOUR_20
ORDERLIST	ITEM	471210	ORDER	4712	0	VBAP	POSNR	10
ORDERLIST	ITEM	471210	ORDER	4712	0	MARA	MATNR	COLOUR_20
ORDERLIST	ITEM	471310	ORDER	4713	0	VBAP	POSNR	10
ORDERLIST	ITEM	471310	ORDER	4713	0	MARA	MATNR	COLOUR_10
ORDERLIST	ITEM	471320	ORDER	4713	0	VBAP	POSNR	20
ORDERLIST	ITEM	471320	ORDER	4713	0	MARA	MATNR	COLOUR_30
ORDERLIST	ITEM	471330	ORDER	4713	0	VBAP	POSNR	30
ORDERLIST	ITEM	471330	ORDER	4713	0	MARA	MATNR	COLOUR_50
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4711101	ITEM	471110	0	VBEP	ETENR	1
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4711101	ITEM	471110	0	VBEP	BMENG	50L
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4711102	ITEM	471110	0	VBEP	ETENR	2
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4711102	ITEM	471110	0	VBEP	BMENG	40L
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4711201	ITEM	471120	0	VBEP	ETENR	1
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4711201	ITEM	471120	0	VBEP	BMENG	100L
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4712101	ITEM	471210	0	VBEP	ETENR	1
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4712101	ITEM	471210	0	VBEP	BMENG	30L
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4712102	ITEM	471210	0	VBEP	ETENR	2
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4712102	ITEM	471210	0	VBEP	BMENG	30L
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4712103	ITEM	471210	0	VBEP	ETENR	3
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4712103	ITEM	471210	0	VBEP	BMENG	30L
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4713101	ITEM	471310	0	VBEP	ETENR	1
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4713101	ITEM	471310	0	VBEP	BMENG	80L
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4713201	ITEM	471320	0	VBEP	ETENR	1
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4713201	ITEM	471320	0	VBEP	BMENG	70L
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4713301	ITEM	471330	0	VBEP	ETENR	1
ORDERLIST	SCHED_LINE	4713301	ITEM	471330	0	VBEP	BMENG	50L

Note Note

The corresponding symbols are determined from the OBJECT and ATTRIB fields (see Default Parameter Value Determination).
As the keys for the instances of parameter objects must be unique within parameter hierarchies, it may be necessary to form artificial keys.

End of the note.

Output of Data on the Report

The symbols from the example above are then expanded as follows when the report is generated:

Sales organization: 1000

Sold-to party: 0815

Order: 4711

Purchase order number: 0020201

Item: 10

Material number: COLOUR_10

Schedule line: 1

Confirmed quantity: 50L

Schedule line: 2

Confirmed quantity: 40L

Item: 20

Material number: COLOUR_20

Schedule line: 1

Confirmed quantity: 100L

Order: 4712

Purchase order number: 020202

Item: 10

Material number: COLOUR_20

Schedule line: 1

Confirmed quantity: 30L

Schedule line: 2

Confirmed quantity: 30L

Schedule line: 3

Confirmed quantity: 30L

Order: 4713

Purchase order number: 0020203

Item: 10

Material number: COLOUR_10

Schedule line: 1

Confirmed quantity: 80L

Item: 20

Material number: COLOUR_30

Schedule line: 1

Confirmed quantity: 70L

Item: 30

Material number: COLOUR_50

Schedule line: 1

Confirmed quantity: 50L