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Use

On the Characteristics tab page, you can limit the characteristic values to be taken into account in the report for each drilldown characteristic selected. There are various possibilities, depending on the report definition and the selected characteristic. You can either make no entries, fix the characteristic to a characteristic value or a hierarchy node, use a variable for characteristic values or follow a system request to fix a characteristic to an explicit value.

Nota

Characteristics which been selected on the variables tab page previously, cannot be further limited on the characteristics tab page. In such cases, the corresponding entry fields are deactivated. For further information, see Replacing variables.

No entry

If you do not specify a value for a characteristic here, the system selects all the characteristic values when you run the report. For the characteristic 'Sector', for example, you will see all sectors. Otherwise, you would see only the characteristic value(s) entered by you, in this case "Electronics" for example.

Atención

It is recommended that you fix as many characteristic values as possible, as this reduces the amount data selected. This improves runtime.

Fixing the characteristic to a characteristic value

If, for example, the only value of interest to you in the Sector column is value Electronics, you can restrict the report to this. The characteristic and the characteristic value then appear above the navigation block in the report list, and are fixed, meaning that the characteristic is not available as a drilldown characteristic.

Fixing the characteristic to a hierarchy node

In the case of characteristics for which hierarchies have been defined, you can fix the characteristic to a hierarchy node. This allows you to report on a specific part of a characteristic hierarchy. You do this using the function Hierarchy node.
If, for example, a hierarchy has been defined for the characteristic ‘Customer', you could, for example, select the hierarchy node ‘Retail' and so obtain all customers which are assigned to this hierarchy node. For further information on hierarchy nodes, see Entering and Using a Hierarchy Node.

Using a variable for characteristic values

Instead of a concrete value, you can also use a variable for characteristic values. By using a variable, you ensure that the characteristic value does not have to be specified until the report is executed. You can use global variables, which you can obtain either form the system or using a user exit. For variables of this type, you can also define simple mathematical operations. For example, you can use a global variable for the period, which will provide the current month and subtract 1 from this value, to give you the value for the previous month.
Alternatively, you can use variables (locale or global) which the user has to enter manually. These variables are displayed on the Variables tab page or in a dialog box when you execute the report.

To enter variables, choose Edit ® Variable on/off or the Variable on/off pushbutton. See Variable on/off for more information about this function. See also Variables for Characteristic Values.

Nota

Note the difference between the Variable entry screen and the Characteristic selection screen:

A selection criterion which was entered under Characteristic Values, basically affects all columns and is therefore displayed in the list header. Settings made under Variable entry only affect the row or column in which the corresponding variable was used. For example, if the customer group Retail was set for column 1 in the variable entry, then the customer group Wholesale could appear in column 2, and all customer groups could appear in column 3.

The system requests that you fix a characteristic to an explicit value

In the field catalog (Customizing), a setting can be made that a characteristic must be restricted. If you find a characteristic in the list, which must be restricted, this might be because it is a currency-bearing characteristic. If you have chosen a key figure, for which the currency is dependent on a certain characteristic, this characteristic will be added to the report automatically by the system, and must be given an explicit value or a mandatory variable here. For example, if you have chosen the key figure ‘Sales in company code currency’, the currency-bearing characteristic will now be ‘company code’. This must always be selected and specified when the accompanying key figure is selected.