Changing the Display Attribute to Navigational in Master Data IOBJ

[Former Member]

Hi All ,

I have just added a Key Figure as an attribute to a Master Data IOBJ . It has been added in the attributes and is Display Attribute by default . Now I need to change it to Navigational Attribute . Please suggest how can this be done .

Thanks & Regards

Garima

[Former Member]

Thanks for the Response

[umesh_pednekar]

Hi

To make a Key Figure as navigational attribute of a IOBJ you will have to take help of BEx Designer.

you can use a formula variable processed by replacement path to pull in the value of this KF attr into the query and use it in a calculation. There is also a How To doc for this...you can find it on SDN.

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/72f4a790-0201-0010-5b89-a42a3222...

Cheers

Umesh

[Former Member]

Thanks for your response .

But does that mean that in the backend we cannot change a Display attribute to Navigational Attribute ?

Regards

Garima

[umesh_pednekar]

Hi Garima

Only in case of key figures we cannot change it from display to navigational.

If the info object is a characteristics then in the General tab of the info object if you select 'attribute only' then the iobj would be a display attribute only. If you leave it unmarked then you can use the iobj as a navigational atribute.

I am sure you know that these settings only mean if a IOBJ can be used as display or navigational. To use it as a navigational within another object you will have to change the settings from 'DIS' to 'NAV' for the said info object in the 'Attributes' tab of its parent info object.

Further if you use the parent info object in any data target / infio provider you will have to further mark the info object as 'navigational' while defining the attrbute of the said data target / info provider. The info object gets displayed in the data target / info provider attribute properties as 'parent IOBJ_info object'

Cheers

Umesh