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How to…

Realize an ABC Analysis

BUSINESS INFORMATION WAREHOUSE

ASAP How to Paper

Applicable Releases: BW 2.0B, 2.1C, 3.0AOctober 20 2001

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1 Business Scenario

You have an InfoCube with Orders on a header and item level, customers and ordered quantity. In areporting szenario you want to create a web application where you graphically answer the question"Do I make 80% of my ordered quantity with only 30% of my customers?"

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2 The Result

The result is a web report with a chart and a table. The chart immediately shows, that in this example30% of your customers account for almost 80% of your order quantity.

In the data table you get detailed information about your customers. The column "Customer %"shows that one customer is about 5% of your total customers, i.e. you have 22 customers altogether.In the "Quantity %" column you can see how much of your ordered quantity this specific customer isresponsible for. Both columns show accumulated values (running totals).

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3 The Step By Step Solution

In this step you learn how to create a query that shows the necessary result and how to show theresult in a web appliaction. The query can be realized with BEx Analyzer features only. It is notnecessary to change the data model of the InfoCube, create virtual key figures, etc.

1. Create a new Query. Placecharacteristic 'Customer' in the rows

2. Create a new calculated key figure.Define the formula by simplydragging ' Quantity' into theformula area.

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3. When you save the calculated keyfigure you have to specify its'Enhanced' properties. Press thebutton 'Enhance >>>' .

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4. New fields will appear. Here youhave to specify the 'ExceptionAggregation'. Set this parameter to'Counting all values' with referencecharacteristic being 'Customer'.Press the 'Ok' button

5. Now insert the newly definedcalculated key figure into yourrows.

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6. Create a new formula in the rows.The formula should be '1 %ASUMGT Quantity (Excp. Aggr.Count) '. This formula calculates thepercentage share of one customer tothe total number of customers.

7. Insert 'Quantity' into your rows.Change the title of the selection to'Quantity %'.

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8. The query should now look like this.

9. Now hide the first column. Fromthe context menu of the columnelement choose the propertiesdialogue. There you have to set thecheck box 'Hide'.

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10. In the properties dialogue of thefourth row set the number ofdecimal places to zero. Additionally,set the 'Cumulated' check box andchoose 'Calculate result as...''Summation'.

11. In the properties dialogue of thefifth row set the number of decimalplaces to zero. Set the 'Cumulated'check box and choose 'Calculatesingle values as normalization ofresult (incl. Filter)'

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12. Save and run the query. In the'Quantity %' column from thecontext menu choose 'Sort indescending order --> Quantity'.

13. Save the workbook and thequery view.

14. Publish the query view to theweb. Create a template with a tableitem and a chart item. When youparameterize the chart, choose anXY (Scatter) chart type withconnected value points.

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15. In the chart options set the titlefor the X- and Y-axis

16. Choose 'Format Plot area' todefine the quadrant that should behighlighted.

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17. For both axes choose 'FormatAxis'. Set the scaling parameters forthe axis: minimum = 0 andmaximum = 100. If you want to youcan specify minor and major unitsthat are going to be displayed.

18. Run the web application in abrowser to inspect the result