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BEx Query Designer 

Unit 6: Query Properties

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Query Properties: General

 A key date, which can be

required by time-dependent characteristics,attributes, and hierarchiesand their nodes for thereport display, can befixed or defined with a

variable request atruntime. 

 You can change thesequence of entryvariables.

In addition to the technical name of the querydefinition and the InfoProvider that it is basedon, this tab page gives information about theowner and the person who last changed thequery. 

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Query Properties: Display

Display Options:

• Adjust Formatting after Refreshing  

Ensures that the format isautomatically adapted to theupdated query data when thequery is refreshed.

•Hide Repeated Key Values  

Only the first key or description isdisplayed for each characteristicand any additional identical keysor descriptions are suppressed.

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Display Scaling Factors for Key Figures  Enables you to include any scalingfactors defined in the row orcolumn header (e.g., *100 EUR).

•Display document links  Displays document links for InfoProvider data, masterdata, and metadata.

•Display Drag and Relate Links  Enables you to execute transactions from an SAP R/3system or an external system from within the EnterprisePortal.

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Query Properties: Display

Number Format:

•Results Position  

Defines the positionin which the resultsarea is displayed:Bottom/Right, Top/Left, Bottom/Left, or Top/Right .

•Display of +/- Signs  

Determines hownegative values aredisplayed: -<number>,<number>-, or(<number>).

•Display orSuppression

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Query Properties: Display: ZeroSuppression

Example query result without active zero suppression: 

Example query result with active zero suppression [active (all values = 0)]: 

Example query result with active zero suppression [active]: 

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Query Properties: Extended

•Documents 

Displays anexistingdocument orcreates orimports a newdocument (fromMicrosoft Word,Microsoft Excel,and so on). 

•Release OLE DB for 

OLAP Used to evaluatedata from BW usingthird-party tools.

 All characteristicsand key figures inthe query are thentransferred sincethe release of thisinterface offers anormalized methodfor accessing BW

data using arelevant front-endpresentation tool. 

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Query Where-Used List

Use the Query Where-

Used List to determine allworkbooks which includethe query.

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Deleting Query Objects

Note

In order to delete a query object, there must be at least one

query, structure, restricted key figure, or calculated keyfigure. 

Use the Delete button to

remove the querydefinition from QueryDesigner.