What are the prerequisites for deleting master data (for example, cost centers) SAP BWZHANA? (2)

Question

Options

• AThere must be no hierarchy for the cost centers
• BThere must be no BW analysis authorizations defined that use any of the cost centers.
• CThere must be no transaction data referring to cost centers
• DThere must be no BW query that uses cost Center as a free characteristic

• A
  84% (16)
• B
  11% (2)
• D
  5% (1)

Explanation

Deleting master data in SAP BW/HANA requires a clean slate in terms of both structural dependencies and transactional references. Option A is correct because hierarchies are built on top of master data records - if a hierarchy exists referencing a cost center, SAP cannot remove the underlying node without breaking the hierarchy structure. Option C is correct because this is a core SAP principle: master data with associated transaction data (i.e., actual data loaded into fact tables or DataStore objects) cannot be deleted, since doing so would create orphaned or inconsistent records.

Option B is a distractor - BW analysis authorizations control access rights and are defined at the characteristic level, not tied to specific master data values in a way that blocks deletion. Option D is a distractor as well - BW queries reference InfoObjects (the metadata/characteristic definition), not individual master data values; a query using "cost center" as a free characteristic does not lock any specific cost center record from being deleted.

Memory tip: Think "clean before you delete" - two things must be absent: structure above (hierarchies) and data below (transaction data). If cost centers are referenced upward in a hierarchy or downward in fact data, deletion is blocked.

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