3163479 - YTD and periodic data conversion issue in SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning (SAC)

Symptom

The following behavior occurs in SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning (SAC):

The original data is as below:

	Jan (2020)	Feb (2020)
Periodic
YTD

You input value 20 in YTD for Jan (2020), the periodic value is updated as expected. (the input data is in bold font)

	Jan (2020)	Feb (2020)
Periodic	20
YTD	20	20

After that, you input value 30 in YTD for Feb (2020), the periodic value is not updated as expected.
Actual result:

	Jan (2020)	Feb (2020)
Periodic	30
YTD	30	30

Expected result:

	Jan (2020)	Feb (2020)
Periodic	20	10
YTD	20	30

Environment

SAP Analytics Cloud (Enterprise) 2021.20.22

Cause

The feature behaves as it is designed.
Please see more details about how it is functioning in the SAC online help -> https://help.sap.com/viewer/00f68c2e08b941f081002fd3691d86a7/release/en-US/172a080eb0ab4a5982c9364dba43e484.html

Resolution

The issue you raised is a feature enhancement. Please follow this Knowledge Base Article to create an enhancement request: https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2424376

You can work around by pre-filling the cells with zeros.

step 1:

	Jan (2020)	Feb (2020)
Periodic	20	0
YTD	20	20

step 2:

	Jan (2020)	Feb (2020)
Periodic	20	10
YTD	20	30

Keywords

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Product

SAP Analytics Cloud 1.0