The following is a list of key SAP BW features that are and are not supported in Pyramid.
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Feature |
Description |
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Aggregations |
Pyramid reflects the same aggregations as those in the SAP public interface. |
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Currency conversion |
SAP BW currency conversion capabilities are not supported in Pyramid, because they aren’t exposed by the public API. |
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Default filter |
Default Filters can be included in a Bex query; by default, these filters are then applied by SAP BEx Analyzer. As these Default Filters aren’t exposed, these filters will not be applied by default in Pyramid. |
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End user language setting |
The language settings can be set from the Choose Language menu in the Query ribbon. |
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Formatting |
Pyramid reflects all formatting: currency, numeric, units of measure, and scaling factor/ reverse sign. |
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Hidden Key Figures |
Key figures hidden in in SAP Bex Analyzer are not hidden in Pyramid, because this capability isn’t exposed by the public API. |
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Hierarchies where levels appear/ disappear dynamically |
Hierarchy levels are cached as a set of fields. The fields don’t automatically change when the levels are changed. Instead, the user must refresh metadata by clicking the ‘Refresh Metadata’ button from the Report ribbon. |
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Hierarchy versioning |
SAP BW enables management of multiple versions of a single hierarchy. Because hierarchy versioning isn’t exposed through the public API, Pyramid will only display the most recent version. |
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Key versus text (short, medium, long etc.) |
A characteristic’s attributes can be viewed and selected from two locations. Changing the attribute from the Elements panel will change the metadata labels in the Elements panel; if the hierarchy was already added to the query, the labels in the visualization will not be changed. These selections are made on a per cube, per session basis. However, changing the characteristics from the hierarchy chip’s context menu (in the drop zones) will change the labels in the query visualization only, without changing the labels in the Elements panel. |
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Local calculations |
Results of Pyramid queries may differ from those in the same query constructed in an SAP tool such as Bex Analyzer. This is because local calculations configured in a BEx query are not reflected in Pyramid. |
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Multiple hierarchies of a characteristic |
Basic operations will limit availability to the use of 2 hierarchies from the same characteristic (dimension). In other, more complex scenarios (like interactions in “Present” and “Publish”) the query result will be empty, with an error logged to the system log. |
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Ragged hierarchies |
SAP BW ragged hierarchies are reflected in Pyramid. |
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Sort Order |
A characteristic’s sort order (by Key or by Text) may be defined in SAP. Pyramid will not reflect the sort order configured in SAP; the characteristic is ordered by its Key value by default. The sort order can be changed via the sort dialog. In future versions, there will be more functionality to enable users to change default sort orders of characteristics. |
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Technical names |
Technical names are displayed in tooltips and on Dimensions and Measures trees. The property type can be changed from the Elements tree. |
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Text Variables |
Field names containing placeholders for variable in SAP BW will not display the value of the variable in Pyramid. Instead, Pyramid will display the placeholder name; the user can then change the column name manually in Pyramid. |
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Time dependent hierarchies |
Time dependent hierarchies can be controlled via the keyDate parameter. |