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A) Configuring Properties of Key Figures

The document provides guidance on configuring properties of key figures in Query Designer, detailing settings across General, Conversion, and Calculations tabs. Users can modify properties such as display options, currency and unit conversions, and local calculations for key figures. It emphasizes the ability to overwrite standard settings and manage multiple key figures simultaneously, while also noting performance considerations for local calculations.

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A) Configuring Properties of Key Figures

The document provides guidance on configuring properties of key figures in Query Designer, detailing settings across General, Conversion, and Calculations tabs. Users can modify properties such as display options, currency and unit conversions, and local calculations for key figures. It emphasizes the ability to overwrite standard settings and manage multiple key figures simultaneously, while also noting performance considerations for local calculations.

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A) Configuring Properties of Key Figures

Key Figure Properties Configuration


For each key figure there are many settings that affect how it functions and also how it is displayed.
These settings are called properties. You set the properties in the Query Designer.
Properties are organized across three tabs: General, Conversion, and Calculations.
You can also double-click the key figure in the query, or right-click it and choose Edit from its context
menu, to open the Edit Selection screen or the Edit Formula screen.
Note
Many properties are already set by SAP but you can overwrite the standard settings. To do
this, you must activate manual input or selection for the settings by using the Pencil icon.
If you want to return to the SAP default value, choose the Pencil icon. The system displays the
default settings as non-input-ready fields.
To maintain the properties of multiple key figures simultaneously, select all the key figures that
you want to include using CTRL + click. The Properties pane will display the properties.
If there are any conflicts between the properties of different key figures - for example, one key
figure has a long description whereas another key figure has a short description, you will see
the message <multiple values>. In this case, select the individual key figures to view their
respective properties.

General Properties
On the General tab, you can display the properties of the key figure and make changes to the values.

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Figure 1: the General tab

General
This area displays the technical name and the description.
The description originates from the global key figure definition, but you can overwrite it for your query
to use a more meaningful name. The description found here is always used in the query result.

Display
Under Display As, you can specify whether and how the key figure values of the selection are
displayed. You can choose from the options created for the key figure in InfoObject maintenance. The
following table provides an overview of the possible display options:

Table 1: Display Types


Display
Description
Type

If you choose Always Show, the key figure is always visible.


If you choose Always Hide, the key figure is always hidden in the executed report.
Hide
If you choose Hide (Can be Shown), the key figure is initially hidden in the executed
report but can be displayed again from within the report. You can use this setting to
ensure that only information that is necessary is displayed in the start view for the

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Display
Description
Type

report. If required, you can also show additional details.

You can choose whether to show the key figure using Normal Display or Highlighted
Highlight
Display.

Number of
You can specify the number of decimal places. Numbers can have any number of
Decimal
decimal places from zero up to nine decimal places (0, 0.0, 0.00 ... to 0.000000000).
Places

Scaling You can specify a scaling factor between one and one billion.
Factor If you set 1,000, for example, the value 3000 is displayed in the report as 3.

Specify whether you want to keep the signs (Keep +/- Sign) or reverse the signs
(Reverse Sign).
If you choose Reverse Sign, a positive number is given a minus sign (85 becomes -85,
Change Sign for example) and a negative number is given a plus sign (-38 becomes +38, for
example).
Note that reserve sign is purely a display function. If the key figure is added to a
formula, for example, it is calculated with its correct values.

If you have arranged the structure elements in hierarchical way, you can specify how
the node is displayed in the structure: (expanded) or (collapsed). This property
Node Status
applies to the executed query and is unaffected by the status of the node in query
definition.

Conversions
On the Conversion tab, you can configure various settings for converting currencies and units.

Currency Translation
Here, you can select a currency translation type and a target currency for a structural component.
You can choose from the currency translation types that you created in your BW system. Choose SAP
Menu → Modeling → Object Maintenance → Currency Translation Types (transaction RSCUR).

Unit Conversion
Here, you can select a unit conversion type and a target unit for a structural component.
You can choose from the unit conversion types that you created in your BW system. Choose SAP
Menu → Modeling → Object Maintenance → Unit Conversion Types (transaction RSUOM).

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Calculations
On the Calculations tab, you can configure local calculation settings for a formula or a key figure.
Local calculations are performed (on the client) on the result set provided by your BW system. This
allows you to recalculate results or single values from a report based on specific criteria. On the
Calculations screen, you can specify for a structure component which rules are used to recalculate
result rows and/or single values, and in which direction the calculations are performed. For example,
you can create ranking lists or calculate the total of a top ten product list.
Note the following features:
• Local calculations only work on the displayed data. This means that local calculations only
change how the values are displayed. For any subsequent calculations (such as formulas), the
system uses the original values calculated by the BW system and not the display values
changed by the local calculations.
• Local calculations cannot be applied to hierarchies.
• If you are processing large result sets, local calculations can take significantly more time to
perform.
Note
For performance reasons, we recommend that you work with exception aggregation and
calculated key figures. This is because all the operations executed on the server can be
processed significantly faster (especially when using the SAP HANA database).

Table 2: Local Calculations


Choose a method by which the results are calculated, such as average, count,
minimum, or maximum. Summation to ensure that the results are recalculated at
Calculate
query level when a condition has been applied. Otherwise, the result will not be the
Result As
sum of the result rows displayed, but will include rows that have been excluded by
the condition.

Calculate
Single Values Set the calculation behavior of single values.
As

Also Apply to
Set the results to follow the calculation behavior of single values.
Results

Cumulated Set the results to calculate over a series of values.

Calculation Choose whether the calculation is performed in the rows or columns, depending on
Direction your layout and the calculation methods you have chosen.

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How to Define Properties of Key Figures
In the following video, you can explore key figure properties in a BW Query.

How to Define Business Scenario using Key Figure


Properties
The following video presents a small business scenario realized with key figure properties.

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