Hierarchy
MDG_FND (Software Component) MDG Foundation⤷
CA-MDG-AF (Application Component) Application Framework⤷
USMD1 (Package) Master Data: Data Modeling
Basic Data
| Data Element | USMD_ATTRIBUTE_HRY |
| Short Description | Hierarchy Attribute |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | USMD_ATTRIBUTE | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 9 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 9 | |
| Value Table | USMD0022 |
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Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 0 | |
| Medium | 15 | Hier.Attribute |
| Long | 20 | Hierarchy Attribute |
| Heading | 0 |
Documentation
Definition
Represents the properties of an entity type in a hierarchy within a data model.
A hierarchy attribute from a reference is an edge attribute with a property that reflects the combination of a node and a higher-level node in a hierarchy. If a given entity appears in different positions in the hierarchy (underneath different higher-level nodes), then the system stores the values of the hierarchy attributes separately for each of these positions.
A hierarchy attribute reflects a relationship of the type referencing, from which the system derives resolved attributes with a reference to an entity type.
Use
You define a hierarchy attribute for each property you want to assign to an entity type in a hierarchy in the data model. The defined attributes are available when you process hierarchies.
As an alternative, you can also define a hierarchy attribute as an entity type with the storage and use type 3 , and assign it to entity types in the subdialog Entity Types for Hierarchies -> Hierarchy Attributes from References.
Dependencies
Example
A hierarchy of consolidation units references the hierarchy attribute accounting technique: A different accounting technique can be assigned to the same consolidation unit for each consolidation group of a higher-level node.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20130604 |
| SAP Release Created in | 605 |
