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3431951 - Custom Field Not Showing Its Description in a PDI Data Source

Symptom

You have created a custom business object and declared a field having "RegionCode" data type. Then, you have created a custom data source via SAP Cloud Applications Studio and you have extended this field created. When either previewing data source or opening reports, you can't see its description. You can only see "RegionCode" values. 

Environment

  • SAP Cloud Applications Studio
  • SAP Business ByDesign
  • SAP Cloud for Customer

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to SAP Cloud Applications Studio.
  2. Create a Custom Business Object.
  3. Declare a field having "RegionCode" as Data Type.
  4. Save and Activate.
  5. Create a Custom Data Source.
  6. Add field which has "RegionCode" as Data Type.
  7. Go to Business Analytics > Design Data Sources work center view.
  8. Click to Preview Custom Data Source.
  9. You can't see field description. You can only see its values. 

Cause

The field which has "RegionCode" as Data Type will not be able to show the descriptions for "RegionCode" Data Type on its own. It would need to be compounded with the field "Country" in order to be able to display descriptions, since the Data Type links State with Country in order to provide descriptions. 

However, compounding of characteristics cannot be modelled in Data Sources created via SAP Cloud Applications Studio. Therefore, this feature is not supported in PDI.  

Resolution

Since compounding of characteristics cannot be modelled in Data Sources created via SAP Cloud Applications Studio, it is expected that those descriptions are not displayed either when previewing data source or when opening reports. This feature is not supported in PDI Data Sources.  

Keywords

data source, description, PDI, compounding, regioncode, region code, REGION_CODE , APC_S_REGION_CODE   , KBA , AP-RC-BDS-ANA , ByDesign Studio Analytics , AP-RC-ANA , C4C, ByD, Travel: Analytics Tools & Frameworks , How To

Product

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