[ASK] How to get system date and substring / concate in data manager dynami

Question

Hello guys.
I want to run package DM with the input have default value.
The selection is look like this :
Dimension : CATEGORY
Source : PLAN_2011
Destination : FORECAST_2011
Dimension : TIME
Source : 2011.JAN,2011.FEB,2011.MAR,2011.APR,2011.MAY,2011.JUN,2011.JUL,2011.AUG,2011.SEP,2011.OCT,2011.NOV,2011.DEC
Destination : <same>
How to get system date year and do the substring / concate ?
So dimension category source will be PLAN_<YYYY>, destination = FORECAST_<YYYY>
Dimension source = <YYYY>.JAN,<YYYY>.FEB,<YYYY>.MAR,<YYYY>.APR,<YYYY>.MAY,<YYYY>.JUN,<YYYY>.JUL,<YYYY>.AUG,<YYYY>.SEP,<YYYY>.OCT,<YYYY>.NOV,<YYYY>.DEC
Depend on year system date.
Thank you.

Answer 1

Stuart,How are you storing OnSaleDate. If you are using OnSaleDate as an attribute dimension then you can write a Custom Defined Function to either:1- query your system for the current date and return the number of seconds that have elapsed since 1/1/1970. This is by definition the begining of the Epoch and how Essbase treats Attribute Dimensions of the Date type.public static long getDateInSeconds() {           Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();           return cal.getTime().getTime()/1000;}2- Write a Custom Defined Function that will accept the OnSaleDate and return the number of days sincepublic static double daysSince(double myDate) {     return (getDateInSeconds()-myDate )/86400;}