Seeking Modelling Advice

[Former Member]

I have two master data infoObjects, for example sake lets call them CONDITION and AGREEMENT. They have 1:N (agreement : condition) relationship and are not compounded. Each AGREEMENT has CONDITION(s) whereas there are CONDITIONS without AGREEMENTS.

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Details of InfoObject

CONDITION have attributes, customer group, brand, agreement

AGREEMENT have attributes sales group, sales office and recipient

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Reporting Requirement : Get agreement amounts with details like recipient name and number, sales office etc. ( catch is first to get the conditions related to Agreement )

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Issue: Currently it just gets the facts (amount) for Agreements in infocubes whereas I want it to first to find the conditions related to the Agreement then grab the facts (amount).

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How do I achieve this, I need your help to model this requirement

Current Model

AGREEMENT and CONDITIONS are characteristics in separate dimensions.

I can probably build a query using CONDITIONS navigational attribute AGREEMENT but then how do I display attributes of AGREEMENTS.

Thanks so much for your help..

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Harris,

if you use a navigational attribute , you should still be able to display its attributes. From this perspective a navigational attribute is the same as a cube characteristic. But, the important thing to be considered when using a navigational attribute is that you can not have both historical and current truth in the same query simultanelosuly, whereas using a cube chararctesitc you can.

Looking at your current requirement, a navigational attribute seems to be a feasible solution.

Best Regards,

Sanjay

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Sanjay

What do you mean by a cube characteristic?

[former_member184494]

Harris,

Also in the relationship you have mentioned - does an agreement always have a condition ?

The you could actually go in for compounding the condition to the agreement , otherwise the options are:

1. Navigational attributes

2. At line item level anyway you would get the agreement and condition and hence there should not be any problem , but does your requirement also necessitate time ranges ? in which case you need to maintain time dependent master data for the same.

Arun