Hierarchy Version
Use
Characteristic hierarchies can be used in different versions. This option should be selected when hierarchy versions are to be addressed in reporting.
Integration
If there are different hierarchy versions in the source system, you can map these into BI. You can also generate different versions for one and the same hierarchy from the source system.
Features
In InfoObject maintenance, you specify whether the hierarchy basic characteristic has the property Version-Dependent Hierarchies (see Tab Page: Hierarchy).
In the master data maintenance for characteristic 0HIER_VERS, you can create and change hierarchy versions (see Maintain Hierarchy Versions).
In the hierarchy maintenance you edit the hierarchy versions (see Editing Hierarchies).
In reporting you can use the different hierarchy versions, for example, for comparisons. You can display the hierarchy version data sequentially or simultaneously in different columns. Variables can be used to set parameters for the different versions.
Example
For example, you can create a company structure by area for different hierarchy versions for the InfoObject Main Area in order to execute a plan-actual comparison in a query.
Plan-actual comparison with hierarchy versions
Hierarchy version PLAN |
Hierarchy version ACTUAL |
Main Area NORTH |
Main Area NORTH |
Area 1 |
|
Area 2 |
Area 2 |
Main Area SOUTH |
Main Area SOUTH |
|
Area 1 |
Area 3 |
Area 3 |
Area 4 |
Area 4 |
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