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Use

With this function, you configure various settings for a selected characteristic. The settings determine how the characteristic works and how it is displayed in analysis mode. Settings for a selected characteristic apply to all its values in the query results.

Features

The characteristic properties dialog box contains up to three tab pages:

      General – you configure how characteristics are displayed and sorted.

      Attributes – you select from any available display attributes. This tab page is only displayed if attributes are available for the selected characteristic.

      Hierarchy – you activate and configure the display of a hierarchy, if required. This tab page is only displayed if one or more hierarchies are defined for the selected characteristic.

Note

To toggle the display of technical names, on the tab pages, choose Display Technical Names/Do Not Display Technical Names.

General

The following functions are available on the General tab page:

Display

Determines whether and in which format the individual characteristic values of a specific dimension are to be displayed:

      None: The characteristic display is hidden. This might be useful, for example, if you have selected attributes for a given dimension and you only want to display those.  The dimension itself would then be hidden, but not its selected attributes.

      Key: The characteristic values are shown by their technical key.

      Key and Text: The characteristic values are shown by their technical key and by their text.

      Text and Key: The characteristic values are shown by their text, followed by their technical key.

      Text: The characteristic values are shown by their text.

Text Type

Determines which text type is to be displayed for the characteristic values:

      Default Text: The shortest available text for the characteristic values is used as the text.

      Long Text: The long text for the characteristic values is used as the text.

      Medium Text: The medium text for the characteristic values is used as the text.

      Short Text: The short text for the characteristic values is used as the text.

Note

These options allow you to select every text that was created in InfoObject maintenance for the selected characteristic. See Tab Page: Master Data/Texts.

If you do not specify any settings, the system uses the display type that you specified in the Query Designer under Characteristic Properties. If you did not make a setting when you designed the query, the system uses the standard display type that you set in InfoObject maintenance under Tab Page: Business Explorer.

Sort By

Specifies how the selected characteristic is to be sorted. You can select from:

      Key

      Text

      Hierarchy – available if a display hierarchy is active for the selected characteristic

      Selection

If you selected a characteristic with an active display hierarchy, you use the second dropdown box to select the attribute for which this setting is to be applied.

Sort Direction

Specifies the sort direction:

      Ascending

      Descending

Results Rows

Determines whether the results rows are to be suppressed:

      Always Display: Always display the results rows

      Always Suppress: Never display the results rows

      Display if More Than One Value: Suppress only those results rows that aggregate just one value, that is, where the value and result are identical and the results row repeats the same value.

Access Type for Result Values

Specifies the access type for result values:

In the properties for a characteristic, you can specify the access type for result values of a characteristic. The characteristic must be in the drilldown. (You can restrict the display of query result values.) You can use the following options to specify when a data row is to be generated:

      Posted Values: Generate data rows if posted data exists for the selected characteristic, that is, values have been saved for the selected characteristic that can be read when the query is executed.

      Characteristic Relationships: Generate data rows if this is specified in the characteristic relationships in the planning workbench. For more information about access this type, see Form-Based Planning.

      Master Data: Always generate data rows if values exist in the master data for the selected characteristic. (All characteristic values from the master data are displayed, independently of transaction data.)

      Default Value (Default Setting): The standard value is to be used. Restores the setting to Posted Values. Data rows are generated if posted data for the selected characteristic exists and can be read. (This setting is selected by default.)

See also:

Characteristic Properties

Attributes

The Attributes tab page is displayed if attributes are available for the selected characteristic. You can specify which attributes are to be displayed. You can also specify how they are to be displayed. You do this using the following functions:

Available Attributes

Lists all available attributes for the selected characteristic. Select an attribute in this list and choose Add Selected Attributes to Displayed Attributes to transfer it to the Selected Attributes list.

Selected Attributes

Lists any attributes currently selected for display. Select an attribute in this list and choose Remove Selected Attributes from Displayed Attributesto remove it, or Move Display Attribute Up One Position or Move Display Attribute Down One Position to reposition it in the list.

When you select an attribute in this list, you can display it and configure how it is to be displayed. You do this using the dropdown boxes in the following columns:

      Text: Displays the text of the selected attribute.

      Display: Specifies how the values of the selected attribute are to be displayed:

       Text and Key: The attribute values are displayed with their shortest available text, followed by their technical key.

       Key and Text: The attribute values are displayed with their technical key, followed by the shortest available text.

       Key: The attribute values are displayed with their technical key.

       Text: The attribute values are displayed with their shortest available text.

      Text Type: Specifies the text type to be displayed for the values of the selected attribute:

       Default Text: The shortest available text for the attribute values is used as the text.

       Short Text: The short text for the attribute values is used as the text.

       Medium Text: The medium text for the attribute values is used as the text.

       Long Text: The long text for the attribute values is used as the text.

Add Selected Attributes to Displayed Attributes

Choose this button to add the attribute or attributes currently selected in the Available Attributes list to the Selected Attributes list.

Remove Selected Attributes from Displayed Attributes

Choose this button to remove the attribute or attributes currently selected in the Displayed Attributes list from that list.

Move Display Attribute Up One Position

Choose this button to move the attribute currently selected in the Displayed Attributes list one position up in the results display.

Move Display Attribute Down One Position

Choose this button to move the attribute currently selected in the Displayed Attributes list one position down in the results display.

Note

You can also select or deselect the attributes using drag and drop. In addition, you can double-click an attribute to open the corresponding Properties dialog box, where you can set the text type and presentation for the attribute.

Hierarchy

The Hierarchy tab page is displayed if one or more hierarchies are available for the selected characteristic. You can specify which hierarchy is to be activated and how it is to be displayed by using the following functions:

Hierarchy

From the hierarchy dropdown box, you select which hierarchy you want to use to display the characteristic values.

Activate Hierarchy

Select this checkbox to activate the hierarchy. This is useful if you want to temporarily deactivate the display of the hierarchy in the results.

Node Presentation

Select a hierarchy node type in this list to display all nodes of this specific type and to configure how they are to be displayed. To do this, use the dropdown boxes in the following columns:

      Text: Displays the text of the hierarchy node.

      Display: Specifies how the values of the selected hierarchy node are to be displayed:

       Text and Key: The hierarchy node values are displayed with their shortest available text, followed by their technical key.

       Key and Text: The hierarchy node values are displayed with their technical key, followed by the shortest available text.

       Key: The hierarchy node values are displayed with their technical key.

       Text: The hierarchy node values are displayed with their shortest available text.

      Text Type: Specifies the text type to be displayed for the values of the selected hierarchy node:

       Default Text: The shortest available text for the hierarchy node values is used as the text.

       Short Text: The short text for the hierarchy node values is used as the text.

       MediumText: The medium text for the hierarchy node values is used as the text.

       Long Text: The long text for the hierarchy node values is used as the text.

Activities

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       1.      In analysis mode, select a characteristic or characteristic value cell in the analysis grid and access the context menu by using the mouse or keyboard:

       Select the cell using the right mouse button (secondary mouse button).

       Or in the menu, choose BEx Analyzer Context Menu for Selected Cell.

       2.      Choose Properties, to open the properties dialog box for the selected characteristic.

 

 

 

 

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