Selecting Hierarchies 

Use

You select hierarchies at the following stages in the query definition:

●      When selecting a variable hierarchy or a fixed hierarchy for a hierarchy node (see : Restricting Characteristics: Hierarchies).

●      When selecting a display hierarchy for a characteristic (see also: Characteristic Properties).

Prerequisites

You can only use this function if hierarchies have been created for the characteristic that you want to restrict.

More information: Hierarchies.

If you have activated virtual time characteristics in the SAP Reference IMG for time characteristics, you can select virtual hierarchies when selecting hierarchies.

More information: Activating Virtual Time Hierarchies

Procedure

You are in the Select Hierarchy dialog box. You have the following options:

Select Fixed Hierarchies

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       1.      Under Hierarchy Name, choose a fixed hierarchy.

       2.      Choose OK.

Select Variable Hierarchies

A hierarchy is variable if at least one of its elements (name, version, key date) is variable.

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       1.      Select Hierarchy Variables.

       2.      Choose . The input help for selecting the variable hierarchy appears.

       3.      Select the required hierarchy and choose OK.

You can also define a new variable and change or delete an existing one. These functions are always available to the right of Hierarchy Variable.

       4.      Make the required settings for the version and key date.

       5.      Choose OK.

Note that the version and key date fields can only be filled if the characteristic has version-dependent or time-dependent hierarchies.

More Information

For more information about the hierarchy properties (version-dependent and time-dependent) that you can set on this dialog, see Hierarchy Properties