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2513620 - Table column Width Adjustment is not Saved

Symptom

You want to adjust the column width of a particular characteristic but when you save the view personalization, the changes are not maintained.

Environment

  • SAP Cloud for Customer
  • SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Analysis work center.
  2. Go to the Reports sub-view.
  3. Open a report 
    • e.g. the Opportunity Analysis report.
  4. Make sure your desired field is visible in the Rows.
    • e.g. Sales Unit
  5. In the report table, adjust the Sales Unit column width as you wish.
  6. Click on More Action and save the view in order to save the new layout.

When you open the report again, the column width changed are back to the original width.

Cause

  • Table column adjustment is not supported if the field is a hierarchical field.
  • Table column adjustment is not supported if the table has a hierarchy in the table settings.
  • Table column adjustment is not supported when characteristics are added in the columns.

Resolution

Table column adjustment is not supported if the field is a hierarchical field:

  1. Go to Analysis view
  2. Go to Reports sub-view
  3. Open a report
    • e.g. Opportunity Analysis report
  4. Make sure your field desired is visible in the Rows
    • e.g. Sales Unit
  5. Click on Organize Data; which is right after the Filters icon
  6. In the right pane that shows up, click over the Actions icon (...) and then Settings
  7. In the Characteristic window that pops up, check if the

 Table column adjustment is not supported when characteristics are added in the columns:

  1. Go to Analysis view
  2. Go to Reports sub-view
  3. Open a report
    • e.g. Opportunity Analysis report
  4. Make sure your field desired is visible in the Rows Fields and not in the Column Fields area.

See Also

Column width adjustment is supported only when the header has only one row.

Please also see the help documentation: The Business Analytics Guide, chapter 'Functions in the Content Area' and the additional KBA 2690961 - Table Column Width Adjustment is not Saved in a Report .

Keywords

Column, width, column width, rows, adjust, change, table column , KBA , AP-RC-ANA , C4C, ByD, Travel: Analytics Tools & Frameworks , Product Enhancement

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer add-ins all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions