Symptom
It is not possible to set a variable of a planning function in Analysis Office via SAPSetPlanParameter, if the source is set to "Display" in the Components tab of AO as shown below:
Environment
Analysis for Microsoft Office
Resolution
For source Display, it is not possible to define values in Analysis. Values for these variables can be defined in customer exits in the backend system and cannot be changed in Analysis.
Change the source of the planning variable in order to set the value manually or via SAPSetPlanParameter.
See Also
Chapter "To plan data with planning objects" in User Guide of Analysis Office available in http://help.sap.com/boao.
Keywords
display, source, var, variable, sequence, SAPSetPlanParameter , KBA , BI-RA-AO-XLA , Excel Addin , Known Error