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createdbyAvinashVermaon08May201211:17,lastmodifiedbyAvinashVermaon13May201314:31

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BusinessScenario:
BexQueryisshowingallvaluesperfectlyandbalanceamountswithitspropercurrencykey,buthighermanagement
andreportinguserwantsbalance
amounts/KeyfigureswithitscurrencysymbolforalltheBexqueries.

QueryOutputwithstandarddesignoption:
TheQueryoutputwithdefaultsettingforcurrency
Samplequery:

Currencykeyisappearingaftervaluesofamountkeyfigure.

Reportrequirement
Reportinguserwantsqueryoutputwithcurrencysignbeforevaluesofamountkeyfigureasshowninbelowimage:

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Proceduretobefollowed:

ExecutetransactioncodeSPRO,SAPProjectReferenceObject
ExecuteSPROtransactioncodeinBWsystem,thistransactioncodeismainlyusedtoconfigurethesettingasper
yourclientrequirementbyusingthe
standardsettingpresentinthesystemandalsousedformakingnecessarycustomizinginthesystemfortheKey
datastructureandConfigurations.
SPRO>SAPReferenceIMG>SAPNetWeaver>BusinessIntelligence>SettingsforReportingandAnalysis.

SettingsforReportingandAnalysis
SettingsforReportingandAnalysis>GeneralSettingsforReportingandAnalysis>SetAlternativeCurrency
Display

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Clickon
tosetAlternativeCurrencyDisplayitwillpopupacautionmessage.
Caution:Thetableiscrossclientthismessageservestowarnyouthateachchangeyoumakewillhaveaneffecton
allotherclientsinthesystem.Clickon
"continue".
ClickonNewEntriestabandmaintainCurrencysymbolagainstcurrencykeyasshowninbelowimageandthen

clicksavebutton

1.Currency:entercurrencykeys.
2.Alt.text(Alternativetext):entercurrencysymbolforitsrelevantcurrencykey.
3.Before/AfterValue:optiondecideshowcurrencysymbol(alternativetext)willappearwithvalueinBexquery.
e.g.IfCurrencykeyisEURthenvalueoutputsfor
Beforevalue:1000(displayedinfrontofthenumericvalue)
Aftervalue:1000(displayedafterthenumericvalue)

Note:SAPStandardsettings:
1.AllcurrenciesaredisplayedinaccordancewiththeISOnormbydefault,andappearafterthenumericvalue,
Except
2.DEMisdisplayedasDM,
3.USDisdisplayedas$infrontofthenumericvalue,
4.GBPisdisplayedasinfrontofthenumericvalue.

Queryoutput

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Topics:enterprise_data_warehousing/business_warehouseTags:bex,bw,enterprise_data_warehousing,
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13Comments
vinodbokade14May201219:11

NiceWorkAvinash......clearlyexplainedandveryusefulinformation,canbeusedinanyBIproject.
Qu:Isthissettingisuserspecificorapplicabletowholesystem?
Isitpossibletocaptureitintransportrequesttomovetodifferentenvironment?
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AvinashVerma15May201213:04(inresponsetovinodbokade)

Hi,

Thissettingisapplicableforwholesystemandyeswecancapturethissettinginseparate
transportrequesttomovetodifferentsystems.

Tableview(topleft)>Transport

Regards,
Avinash
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prabhithprabhakaran21Nov201311:46(inresponsetoAvinashVerma)

GoodOne,Avinash.
ThnaksforSharing..

Regards
Prabhith
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VijayetaSharma15May201212:31

Niceandusefuldocument!

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MirzaMizanulHaque18May201210:49

Niceandhelpfulldoc.
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VivekMada09May201315:43

canwemakethissettingapplicabletoonlyaparticularreport?sothattherestofthereportscan
haveanormalEUR,USDtypedisplay..isitpossible?
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ManoharDelampady13May201313:20

NicedocumentAvinashandgreatexplanation.IbelieveSPROisasystemsetting,soitwillhavea
globalimpactonthatparticularsystem.Butwouldtherebeaneasierwaytoachievethisonlyfor
certainqueries,asaskedbeforebyVivekhere?

Regards,
Manohar.D
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AvinashVerma13May201314:29(inresponsetoManoharDelampady)

HiManoharandVivek,

Thanksforyourfeedback..!
Yes,SPROisgloballevelsettinganditwillbeapplicableforallqueriesinthatparticular
system.
Idon'tthinktherewouldbeoptiontosetthissettingonlyforcertainqueries.butstillhaveto
exploreifthereisanyqueryspecificworkaround.

Regards,
Avinash
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ManoharDelampady13May201314:37(inresponsetoAvinashVerma)

Justarandomthoughtinthesameline...InSPROwhenthesettingsarechanged,
theyareforsuresavedinanunderlyingtable,soifthistableisfiguredoutandan
exitisusedforthespecificqueriestoconvertthesymbolsbacktotheirnames
referringtothistable,thenthismightbeachievabletohavecertainquerieswith
displayindependentoftheglobalsettings.HopeSAPhasgivenusaplacetowrite
thisexitjusttoaddressthedisplayofthereport.

Regards,
Manohar.D
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MICHELLELIM20Aug201309:03

Usefuldoc...niceworkAvinash
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VenuGopalBoddapati29Aug201314:22

GreatAvinash..
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YaseminULUTURK22Sep201412:50

HiAvinash,
Veryniceinformation.Thankyouforsharing.IcheckedinmysystemthatinthisconfigurationIdon't
haveanyconfigureditem,though,inreportsIseesomecurrenciesbeforeandsomeafterthevalue.
Doyouhaveanyideawhythathappens?
Thankyouverymuch.
Regards
Yasemin...
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MannaDas23Sep201406:38

thisisgreateavinash,asmallsettingbuteffectiveone.

Thanksforsharing

KR,

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