The non-cumulative parameter maintenance is activated as soon as at least one non-cumulative value exists in the InfoCube. In this case, you have to choose a time reference characteristic for the non-cumulative key figures of the InfoCube, which sets the granularity (the degree of precision) in which the non-cumulative values are managed. This time reference characteristic applies for all the non-cumulative values of the InfoCube and must be the smallest of the time characteristics present in the InfoCube.
See also: Time Reference Characteristics.
The InfoCube contains warehouse stock key figures as well as the time characteristics 'calendar month'and 'calendar year'. In this case, define the InfoObject 0CALMONTH (calendar month) as a reference characteristic for the time-based aggregation.
For the non-cumulative values contained in the InfoCube, a validity table is created, in which the time interval is stored, for which the non-cumulative values are valid. Apart from the reference characteristic for time-based aggregation, which is always implicitly inserted in the validity table, this table can contain other additional characteristics. See also: Validity Area.
Such a characteristic is, for example, the characteristic Plant, if the non-cumulative key figures for different times are reported, for example, from different source systems.
For plan/actual values, no validity area (plan values until year end, actual values only until current date) needs to be maintained. Instead, you need to create a MultiProvider for these types of scenarios.
Define all additional characteristics that should be contained in the validity table, by selecting. In the aforementioned example, the characteristics plan/actual and plant must be selected. The system automatically generates the validity table corresponding to the definition that was made. This table is updated automatically when loading data.
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