| characteristic (BW) |
Type of InfoObject.
An evaluation group such as company code, product, customer group, fiscal year, period, or region.
Characteristics provide classification possibilities for the dataset. An InfoCube generally contains only a partial quantity of the characteristic values from the master data table at a time. The master data includes the permitted values for a characteristic, also called characteristic values. Characteristic values are discrete names.
The characteristic "Region" has the following specifications, for example: