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PostedbyMudashiruEkundayoinSAPBusinessExplorer(SAPBEx)on16Feb201406:55:03
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HowtoutilizeExceptionAggregationusingBExQueryDesigner.
ExceptionaggregationcanbeusedtoderiveadditionalinformationoutofalimitednumberofKeyFiguresprovidedin
theInfoCubethatistobeanalyzed.
Thereby,youcancreateCalculatedKeyFiguresbyusingaformulathatusesexceptionaggregationitself(thisisa
nestedexceptionaggregation).Furthermore,itispossibletouseCalculatedKeyFigurescreatedoncelllevel(using
thecelleditor)withthenewfunctionsofexceptionaggregation.

Example:Ifasalesmanagerwantstoanalyzethenumberofmaterialssoldandtheaveragenumberofdifferent
materialssoldtodifferentcustomersforeachsalesmonth.InthesalesInfoCube,onlyaKeyFigureoftheSales
VolumeinEURforthedifferentsoldmaterialsisprovided.Usingthefunctionsforexceptionaggregation,hecan
derivetheadditionallyrequiredtwoKeyFiguresjustfromthesalesvolumeinEURforsoldmaterials.

Procedure:Todefineanexceptionaggregationfortheexampleabove,thefollowingstepsareperformed
1.YoucreateaQuerythatcontainstheCharacteristics"SoldtoParty"(Customer)and"Material"inthefree
Characteristics,thecharacteristics
"Cal.year/month"intherowsandtheKeyFigure"SalesVolumeEUR"
2.Inthenextstep,youdefineanewformula("Differentmaterials"),whichsimplyincludestheQueryKeyFigure"Sales
VolumeinEUR"(nooperatorrequiredinthisexample).
Thenyouaccessthepropertiesofthisformulaandchoosetheexceptionaggregationsetting"countallvalues<>0"for
thereferenceCharacteristic"Material".Inthisway,youhavedefinedacounterforyoursoldmaterialsderivedfromthe
KeyFigure"SalesVolumeinEUR".Youhavesimplycounted
thenumberofoccurrencesof"SalesVolumeinEUR"togiveyouthenewKeyFigure'DifferentMaterials'.

3.Nowyouwillnesttheexceptions:Youarenowabletocountthenumberofmaterialssoldineachmonthforall
customersusingthestepabove,butyouwanttoknowwhattheaveragenumberofmaterialsthecustomersboughtin
eachmonth.Toachievethis,youmustdefineanotherformula("Avg.soldmaterials/customers"),whichsimplyrefers
tothefirstformula.Againnootheroperatorsarerequired.Youaccessthepropertiesofthesecondformulaand
choosetheexceptionaggregation"AverageofallValues"forthereferenceCharacteristic"SoldtoParty".TheKey
pointhereisthattheresultsofthefirstaggregationarefurtherprocessedbythesecondaggregation.

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4.Checkyourquerybyperformingavaliditychecktoknowifyourqueryiscorrectornot.

5.SaveyourQuerywithadescriptionandatechnicalnameandthenclickonexecutetoseehowexception
aggregationworks.

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3Comments
MaxF16Feb201412:47

Simpleandclearexplanationofusefulfunctionality,whichsometimesfrightensnewcomers.Keepit
up!
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MudashiruEkundayo16Feb201414:12(inresponsetoMaxF)

ThanksMax
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VijayKN24Dec201407:33

Informativepostandithelpsmetounderstandtheconceptofexceptionaggregation.Thankyou.
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