Copy Steps with Calculations and Exception Aggregation

For copy steps and cross-model copy steps in SAP Analytics Cloud, source members for copy rules can be accounts and measures that are calculated or that use exception aggregation. Take note of these considerations, though.

You can’t add one of these accounts as a source member for a copy rule if any of its ascendants or descendants in the hierarchy are also source members.
You can’t select source members from different hierarchies of the same dimension.
For cross-model copy steps, if the dimension has parent-child hierarchies, you must choose source members from the same hierarchy used to filter that dimension in the data action. If you haven’t filtered the dimension, you must use the default hierarchy.
The data action may take longer to execute.

If one of these problems occurs, a message will identify the cause of the problem.

Note

These restrictions don’t apply to accounts or measures with exception aggregation when you configure copy rules so that the data does not need to be aggregated. To do this, create a copy rule for each leaf member of the exception aggregation dimension, instead of using a default value or non-leaf source members.