Characteristics for Data Providers 

Use

You can use this JavaScript function to determine which characteristics belong to a data provider. By doing this, you can then, for example, fill a dropdown box for changing drilldowns with the relevant characteristics and do not have to create a dropdown box manually for each data provider.

Moreover, this function is language-independent, which means the selections are adjusted automatically for each language. The texts are shown according to the logon language.

Features

JavaScript Function	SAPBWGetDataProviderDimensions
Parameter	Description
Name	Logical name of the saved query view
Return value	Array of characteristics and structures of the data provider The individual characteristics and structures are stored as arrays, as in the example: new Array(dimArray1, dimArray2, ...) The individual characteristics and structures have the following structure: new Array(iobjnm,is_structure ( ,X),hierarchyAssigned( ,X), activeHierarchy( ,X), axis (X,Y, ), filtered ( ,1 (single value), X(multiple filter values)), caption, unsupported properties) There are other properties in addition to those listed, but these have not yet been officially released.

Listing characteristics and structures:

<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">

<!--

var dim = SAPBWGetDataProviderDimensions("myDataProvider");

var text = "";

if (dim != null){

  for(i=0;i<dim.length;i++){

    text = text + dim[i][6] + ", ";

  }

  alert(text);

}

--->

</SCRIPT>