Substitution Variable across two dimensions

Hello,
I was wondering if we could define a single substitution variable across two dimensions. For instance, we have two dimensions Year (FY10,FY11,FY12, etc) and Period (QTR1, JAN, FEB, MAR, QTR2...)
I understand we can define a range of values in a single subvar such as &period is Jan:Dec.
However, given the above two dimensions we would like something like this Jan.FY10:Dec.FY13. I know this would be easier if years and months belonged to the same dimension but they are two different dimensions. So, essentially we want to define a single subvar involving two dimensions.
Please let me know, if this is possible on Essbase 9.
Thank you.
Edited by: user10678366 on Sep 15, 2010 9:56 AM

Thanks for all your responses. As Gary and Srinivas pointed out @XRANGE definitely works with a subvar with a few limitations;
1. Cannot be used in a FIX statement
2. For accurate months across different years, the order of the subvar should be FY11->FEB, FY13->DEC and not not FEB->FY11, DEC->FY13 since in my db, the Period dimension is DENSE and appears before the YEARS dimension in the outline.
3. It works in a IF statement
However one lingering issue I have is with a @PRIOR statement on conjunction with @XRANGE within my IF statement:
Note: subvar &RANGE = FY11->FEB, FY13->DEC
STAT1(
IF(@ISMBR(@XRANGE(&RANGE)))
IF(STAT1 = 20)
STAT1 = @PRIOR(STAT1)
ENDIF
ENDIF
The problem is STAT1 gets calculated accurately for all months for that year. However, all months the following year donot get calculated. So, essentially the BEGBALANCE (also at level 0) doesnt get calculated for the next year. Here an illustration of before and after:
          FY11     FY12     FY13
Stat1     BegBalance
     Jan     #MI     #MI     #MI
     Feb     #MI     #MI     #MI
     Mar     #MI     #MI     #MI
     Apr     #MI     #MI     #MI
     May     #MI     #MI     #MI
     Jun     20     #MI     #MI
     Jul     #MI     #MI     #MI
     Aug     #MI     #MI     #MI
     Sep     #MI     #MI     #MI
     Oct     #MI     #MI     #MI
     Nov     #MI     #MI     #MI
     Dec     #MI     #MI     #MI
Stat1     BegBalance     #MI     #MI     #MI
     Jan     #MI     #MI     #MI
     Feb     #MI     #MI     #MI
     Mar     #MI     #MI     #MI
     Apr     #MI     #MI     #MI
     May     #MI     #MI     #MI
     Jun     20     #MI     #MI
     Jul     20     #MI     #MI
     Aug     20     #MI     #MI
     Sep     20     #MI     #MI
     Oct     20     #MI     #MI
     Nov     20     #MI     #MI
     Dec     20     #MI     #MI
The expected result is:
Stat1     BegBalance     #MI     20     20
     Jan     #MI     20     20
     Feb     #MI     20     20
     Mar     #MI     20     20
     Apr     #MI     20     20
     May     #MI     20     20
     Jun     20     20     20
     Jul     20     20     20
     Aug     20     20     20
     Sep     20     20     20
     Oct     20     20     20
     Nov     20     20     20
     Dec     20     20     20
So, essentially though the @XRANGE takes into account BegBalance and calculates for each year based on prior year->dec, which is good. However, introducing the @PRIOR doesnt calculate BegBalance. Looks like I dont have any option other than using @MDSHIFT instead of @PRIOR when it comes to using @PRIOR with @XRANGE.
Unless I am incorrectly using the @PRIOR statement with @XRANGE. Please suggest.

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Problems using substitution variable in Web Analysis

Dear all,
I have a Web Analysis report that I need to show a raking table with the current month.
For that I create a variable in Essbase that is updated with that date (E.g.: varCurrentMonth).
After that I use it as my substitution variable to filter my date dimension in a report data source (E.g.: Scr5, row: product, column: date dimension & measure):
2008 (current month)
Product $ qty.
AAA 100 10
BBB 90 7
CCC 80 5
The problem is that in our cube we need to use an alias in every dimension not to have duplicate members (E.g.: DT.Date, MS.Measure, PD.Product, etc). And when we use it we need to set up the variable in Essbase using that alias (E.g.: DT.Feb/05/08). And if we use that variable as a substitution variable in the report data source the label displayed is the DT.2008 and not 2008 as expected.
Does anybody have an idea how to solve that?
Many thanks,
Thiago Gabriel

You usually get this error message if you are trying to assign a value from a sub var to a member that does not exist.
e.g. trying to put FY08 which is a year member against a period dimension
or trying to use a sub var of FY09 which does not yet exist in the essbase, so say you added a new year in planning FY09 and used the sub var in the form but have not refreshed the database then it would fail because the year would not have been pushed down to essbase yet.
or the value of the subvar does not match a member name exactly
or using a sub var name that does not exist in essbase, e.g. using &nextYear but the sub var has not been created in essbase.
You can definitely use subsitution variables in columns in the version you are using and prior version.
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

Substitution Variable in WA error

Hi there,
We have moved our server's IP beacuse we promoted developement (server07) to production (server08). Prior to that all reports worked fine. Now we're having some problems with the Substitution Variables, because everytime we select them, to include them in a report, it displays the following error:
*"Actual_Month is not a valid substitution variable for dimension Period"*
In fact I've tried to create a new variable with a new name and I get the same error. What intrigues me is that if we use the same variable for Dynamic Time Series let's say Y-T-D(Actual_Month) it works and displays a value.
Maybe is there something in the connection but still with no clue how to fix it. Any database or setting at the config file to set?
Thanks!

I don't know about PL/SQL developer but in sqlplus you need single quotes around the variable.
SQL> define freq = 'Weekly'
SQL> select null from dual
2 where &freq = 'Weekly';
old   2: where &freq = 'Weekly'
new   2: where Weekly = 'Weekly'
where Weekly = 'Weekly'
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-00904: "WEEKLY": invalid identifier
SQL> edi
Wrote file afiedt.sql
1 select null from dual
2* where '&freq' = 'Weekly'
SQL> /
old   2: where '&freq' = 'Weekly'
new   2: where 'Weekly' = 'Weekly'
N
SQL>

Financial Reporting and substitution variable

Hello,
i have a problem with FR and substitution variable. I create the substitution variable in Essbase for example antYear but i dont'see in dimension layout in FR studio and workspace.
Thanks.

You'll need to restart FR studio, after you have created the substitution variables. As the studio only performs one read of the sub var database on startup.
It also won't show up unless you assign a member to it.
Hope this helps.
Iain

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