Hi,
I have a situation wherein I am joining Header and Line Item details using a BW InfoSet (Header - DSO1 and Line Item DSO2). A query is built off this InfoSet providing a single view of both the Header and Line Item information. This works great and users love it. Note that this information is coming from a 3rd part application sitting in ECC and is data before posting into SAP.
Using BEx Analyzer, we have Header and Line Item fields in the rows along with the Line Item Amount and the Header Amount. If I remove the Line Item characteristics from the rows, the Amounts get aggregated(SUM UP). This is OK for the Line Item Amount (sum up all the different lines), but not so good when the Header Amounts sum together providing an incorrect header amount.
Ex: Document Number 123 has 3 distribution lines. Total Header Amount is $100.
Doc Number(DSO1) | Line Item Number(DSO2) | Line Item Amount(DSO1) | Header Amount (DSO2)
123 1 $20 $100
123 2 $20 $100
123 3 $50 $100
This view looks good. Say, we remove Line Item Number from the rows, we now get:
Doc Number | Line Item Amount | Header Amount
123 $90 $300
The Header Amount is incorrect as it should be $100. My initial plan was to use Line Item Amount as it would aggregate up and provide the detail at the line item level and sum up to the header level.
Note that this information is before posting into SAP. None of the SAP validations are is this does not work for this requirement as the sum of the line item amounts will not always tie to the header amount (there could be tax and freight amounts at the header level in different key figures).
I guess the simplest solution would be to set the Header Amount on this report to not change with any navigation/filtering etc. As in the example, the header amount remains $100. Any way this can be achieved?
Any ideas/suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance.
-Vivek
