Copy 

Use

You use the Copy function type to copy the key figure values from existing characteristic combinations to other characteristic combinations.

For example, if you want to copy the values from year 2005 to 2007 without changing another characteristic, set the Will Be Changed indicator for characteristic Year only.

You use the table for key figure selection to specify the key figures that are to be copied.

In the From and To Values for Copying table, you can either create a simple copying process or multiple copying processes within a planning function.

The function type allows complicated copying processes as well; both the From and To values can be characteristic restrictions on the characteristics that are to be changed. The system continually totals the values of the From key figures using all the records in the block that correspond to the characteristic restriction; it continually writes the To totals for each individual characteristic combination.

You can also copy values from one From value to multipleTo values.

You copy data from the year “2005“ in version “ACTUAL” to the combinations {“2006“, “PLAN01“} and {2007, „PLAN02“}.

The function type reads and writes empty records.

The following rules apply:

●     The From values are read as reference data and do not need to be part of the filter that is transferred to the planning function.

●     The To values are changed; they have to be included in the transferred filter.

●     The key figure values for the To values are always overwritten during copying. This is also valid when the From values are empty.

●     If there are no values to form a block for a characteristic restriction on the From side, the subprocess is not executed.

●     Combinations are generated on the To side for the specified characteristic restrictions. This is consistent with the master data and the characteristic relationships defined for the InfoProviders. If the system cannot find a target for a block and a subprocess, the system terminates the function and produces an error message.

●     If a target has been specified in one or more subprocesses, the function is executed and as a result, the target contains the appropriate totals.

The copying function also forms blocks of reference data.