Help in script logic - problem in FOR loop

Question

Hi Experts,
We are using BPC 7.5 SP08. I have written a FOR loop in script logic default.lgf which is as follows:
*FOR %TIM_MEM%=%TIME_SET%
*XDIM_MEMBERSET TIME =%TIM_MEM%
*WHEN P_ACCT2
*IS "OSDU"
REC(EXPRESSION=[P_ACCT2].[ASSTCAINVURO][P_ACCT2].[COGSUPRVIPSA]/[P_ACCT2].[ASSTUPRVTAQTY],P_ACCT2="COGSUIPSAO")
*ENDWHEN
*COMMIT
*NEXT
As per my requirement, all this members: [ASSTCAINVURO], [COGSUPRVIPSA], [ASSTUPRVTAQTY] exists for months September to next year's August. But in my input schedule, the months are from August to next year's July(which is the company's fiscal year). Consequently the loop runs for month August to next year's July while I need to run the loop 1 month late(i.e. September to next year's August). This was achieved earlier by hard-coding the time members which we cannot afford as this requires to update these hard-coded member IDs every year.
We have also tried using the "NEXT" property of TIME dimension as follows:
*XDIM_MEMBERSET TIME =%TIM_MEM%.NEXT
but %TIM_MEM%.NEXT doesn't get the month in 'NEXT'.
Please suggest if there is any way out to solve this problem.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi Appu,
Even if you restrict the scope using the XDIM statement, your script will just run the number of times as per the for loop. Actually, in reality, the same calculation is happening again and again, in your code; since your calculation is not based on the time member.
To use the for loop effectively, you need to incorporate the time member in your calculation.
Please look at the below sample code:
*XDIM_MEMBERSET TIME = %TIME_SET%
*FOR %TIM_MEM%=%TIME_SET%
   *WHEN P_ACCT2
   *IS "OSDU"
      *REC(EXPRESSION=<CALCULATION>,P_ACCT2="COGSUIPSAO")
   *ENDWHEN
*NEXT
And in your calculation, you can use statements like
([P_ACCT2].[ASSTCAINVURO],TMVL(1, [TIME].[%TIM_MEM%]))
This will ensure that everytime (as per the for loop), the calculation works on separate set of data.
Hope you got the idea.