SAP ABAP Class CL_BICS_CHARACTERISTIC (Characteristic Class of the Selector Layer)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BW (Software Component) SAP Business Warehouse
   ⤷ BW-BEX-OT (Application Component) OLAP Technology
     ⤷ BW_BICS_CONSUMER_SELECTOR (Package) BW BICS Consumer Selector

Meta Relationship - Using

#	Relationship type	Using	Short Description	Created on
1	Inheritance (c INHERITING FROM c_ref)	CL_BICS_ATTRCONTAINER	Attribute Container	20100407
2	Interface implementation (CLASS c. INTERFACES i_ref)	IF_BICS_CHARACTERISTIC	Characteristic Selector Layer	20100301
3	Interface implementation (CLASS c. INTERFACES i_ref)	IF_BICS_MD_ATTR_CONTAINER	Attribute Container MD Layer	20100421
4	Interface implementation (CLASS c. INTERFACES i_ref)	IF_BICS_MD_CHARACTERISTIC	Characteristics MD Layer	20100407

Meta Relationship - Used By

#	Relationship type	Used by	Short Description	Created on
1	Inheritance (c INHERITING FROM c_ref)	CL_BICS_QV_CHARACTERISTIC	Characteristic Class of the Query View Layer	20100301
2	Inheritance (c INHERITING FROM c_ref)	CL_BICS_STRUCTURE	Structure Class in Selector Layer	20100223
3	Inheritance (c INHERITING FROM c_ref)	CL_BICS_VARIABLE_CHAR	Characteristic in Context of a Variable	20100510

Properties

Class	CL_BICS_CHARACTERISTIC
Short Description	Characteristic Class of the Selector Layer
Super Class	CL_BICS_ATTRCONTAINER	Attribute Container
Instantiability of a Class	2	Public
Final	☐

General Data

Message Class
Program status
Category	0
Package	BW_BICS_CONSUMER_SELECTOR	BW BICS Consumer Selector
Created	20100222	SAP
Last change	20130531	SAP
Shared Memory-enabled	☐
Fixed point arithmetic	☑
Unicode checks active	☑

Forward declarations

#	Type group / Object type	Type	Type Description
1	ABAP	Type group use (TYPE-POOLS tp)	Type group use (TYPE-POOLS tp)
2	IF_BICS_MD_HIERARCHY	Forward declaration interface (INTERFACE i DEFINITION DEF...	Forward declaration interface (INTERFACE i DEFINITION DEF...
3	IF_BICS_OBJECT	Forward declaration interface (INTERFACE i DEFINITION DEF...	Forward declaration interface (INTERFACE i DEFINITION DEF...

Interfaces

#	Interface	Abstract	Final	Description	Created on
1	IF_BICS_CHARACTERISTIC	☐	☐	Characteristic Selector Layer	20100301
2	IF_BICS_MD_ATTR_CONTAINER	☐	☐	Attribute Container MD Layer	20100421
3	IF_BICS_MD_CHARACTERISTIC	☐	☐	Characteristics MD Layer	20100407

Friends

Class CL_BICS_CHARACTERISTIC has no friend class.

Attributes

#	Attribute	Level	Visibility	Read only	Typing	Associated Type	Initial Value	Description	Created on
1	O_R_HIERARCHY	Instance attribute	Protected	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_BICS_HIERARCHY		Assigned Hierarchy	20100316
2	O_R_PROV_CHARACTERISTIC	Instance attribute	Protected	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	IF_RSBOLAP_CHARACTERISTIC_BASE		Characteristic in the Selector	20100503
3	O_TS_HIERARCHY	Instance attribute	Protected	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	TN_TS_HIERARCHY			20120313
4	O_TS_MD_DUE_DATE_HIERARCHY	Instance attribute	Protected	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CL_BICS_MD_HIERARCHY=>TN_TS_MD_HIERARCHY		List of MD Hierarchies by Key Date	20111024
5	O_TS_MD_HIERARCHY	Instance attribute	Protected	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	IF_BICS_MD_HIERARCHY=>TN_TS_MD_HIERARCHY		Table of MD Hierarchies	20120313
6	P_IS_MD_HIER_LIST_COMPLETE	Instance attribute	Private	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	ABAP_BOOL			20100318

Methods

#	Method	Level	Visibility	Method type	Description	Created on
1	CONSTRUCTOR	Instance method	Public	Constructor	CONSTRUCTOR	20100222
2	CREATE_HIERARCHY	Instance method	Protected	Method	Generate hierarchy	20100316
3	GET_MD_HIERARCHY	Instance method	Protected	Method	Read MD Hierarchy	20100318

Events

Class CL_BICS_CHARACTERISTIC has no event.

Types

#	Type	Visibility	Typing	Associated Type	Description	Created on	Type Source
1	TN_S_HIERARCHY	Public	See coding			20110725	BEGIN OF tn_s_hierarchy, name TYPE if_bics_object=>tn_name, text TYPE if_bics_object=>tn_text, version TYPE IF_BICS_MD_hierarchy=>tn_version, date_from TYPE IF_BICS_MD_hierarchy=>tn_date, date_to TYPE IF_BICS_MD_hierarchy=>tn_date, ref TYPE REF TO cl_bics_hierarchy, END OF tn_s_hierarchy
2	TN_TS_HIERARCHY	Public	See coding			20120313	tn_ts_hierarchy TYPE SORTED TABLE OF tn_s_hierarchy WITH UNIQUE KEY name version date_from date_to

Method Signatures

Method CONSTRUCTOR Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Importing	I_R_PROV_CHARACTERISTIC	Call by reference	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	IF_RSBOLAP_CHARACTERISTIC_BASE		Merkmal im Selektor	20100222
2	Importing	I_R_SELECTOR	Call by reference	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_BICS_SELECTOR		Selector	20100323

Method CONSTRUCTOR on class CL_BICS_CHARACTERISTIC has no exception.

Method CREATE_HIERARCHY Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Importing	I_R_MD_HIERARCHY	Call by reference	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	IF_BICS_MD_HIERARCHY		Hierarchie MD-Layer	20100319
2	Importing	I_R_PROV_HIERARCHY	Call by reference	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	IF_RSBOLAP_HIERARCHY_BASE		Hierarchie	20100316
3	Returning	R_R_HIERARCHY	Value transfer	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_BICS_HIERARCHY		Hierarchie im Selektor-Layer	20100316

Method CREATE_HIERARCHY on class CL_BICS_CHARACTERISTIC has no exception.

Method GET_MD_HIERARCHY Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Importing	I_DUE_DATE	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	IF_BICS_MD_HIERARCHY=>TN_DATE			20111024
2	Importing	I_NAME	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	IF_BICS_OBJECT=>TN_NAME			20100318
3	Importing	I_R_PROV_MD_HIERARCHY	Call by reference	☑	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	IF_RSBOLAP_HIERARCHY_BASE		Hierarchy	20130201
4	Importing	I_VERSION	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	IF_BICS_MD_HIERARCHY=>TN_VERSION			20110708
5	Returning	R_R_MD_HIERARCHY	Value transfer	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	IF_BICS_MD_HIERARCHY		Hierarchie MD-Layer	20100318

Method GET_MD_HIERARCHY on class CL_BICS_CHARACTERISTIC has no exception.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20130531
SAP Release Created in	730