Substitution

Use

Substitution rules are stored in the Rule Manager; as data is being entered, the data is substituted by the Rule Manager. Substitution occurs before the data is summarized in a summary database.

You can use a substitution simultaneously at different callup points and you can create different dependencies for substituting data. For more information, see validation/substitution callup points . Also, you can create a substitution in the system, even if it is not used anywhere (for example, for future use).

Recommendation Recommendation

To troubleshoot substitutions, you should use the Simulate and Switch on trace functions.

For more information, see:

Tracing a Validation/Substitution/Rule

Simulating a Validation/Substitution/Rule

From Release 4.6 there is a new interface with controls for processing rules. If you want to continue using the old interface, make the following settings: In the menu, choose Start of the navigation path System Next navigation step User profile Next navigation step Own data End of the navigation path . Then choose Parameters and create an entry with the parameter GBK and the value X .

End of the recommendation.

For more information about using substitutions, see creating substitutions .

Example

Examples of substitution rules:

  • If the account is in the set ACCT-23 and the cost center is in the set CENTER-56, then substitute the value blank for the product code.

  • If the Cost Center is 300, move the value 121333 to the dimension Region in the FI-SL summary database.