Ago and Todate functions very slow

I have been playing around with the Ago and Todate functions in BI EE (based on data from the Global schema which I imported into BI EE Administrator) but I find these functions very slow to return the data in an Answers report. Has anyone else found this?

What's the size of the data set?
Yes, I'm currently experiencing it. Running on a 600-700k rows tables...
However, there're 2 things that might help:
a) we're doing development with cache off - enabling cache - makes report come instantly...
b) make sure the metrics have correct levels set up - i.e. it's sometimes advantageous to have several duplicates of 1 metric just for this purpose...with different levels....
Please let me know if you find other ways to improve performance...

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  • AGO and TODATE functions

    I want to use the AGO and TODATE functions to calculate a measure for the selected year and the year before, as well as a year--o date measure, but cannot get it to work. It fails with the following error:
    A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 22040] To use TODATE function, the storage level of the query ('[D_TIJD.TIJDKEY]') must be a static level.
    I have setup a time dimensions in which I can drill up and down and followed exactly the same steps that were layed out in the Oracle training activity guide, but so far without any luck. From Mark Rittman's articles I learned that using these functions is not as straight forward as one might hink. Does anybody have a working example of this?
    Regards,
    Paul

    To reply to my own question. It appears I got it working, that is, the error message problem is solved, but I still have questions on how to use these functions.
    To get it to work, I added the primary key D_TIJD.TIJDKEY at the level of the lowest grain in my dimension (level tab).
    What I still wonder is how to make it select the right values. I have the following hierarchy: bookyear - bookperiod - week. A bookperiod contains 4 or 5 weeks (4,4,5 in a quarter), so 12 periods in one year. I defined a measure at period level and another at that level with the ago function, that should return the figures for that same period of the year before. My first question is, whether to go back 12 periods or 52 weeks (which is the lowest grain in my dimension)?
    The second question is how to use a combination of TODATE and AGO so that if I calculate the current period (of which only 2 weeks are passed), I also only want to include the same two weeks for that period one year ago in order to make a correct comparison. How do I do that???

  • Nested Ago and Todate function problem

    Hi,
    in my rpd i have following Time hierarchy:
    Year
    Quarter
    Month
    and a fact table Fact Shop which contains Monthly measure "Number of Hearing Aids Delivered".
    I must calculate PY_QTD, PY_YTD versions of above measure.
    I have tried to use built-in Time Functions Ago and ToDate in the following way:
    PY_QTD
    Todate(Ago("Number of Hearing Aids Delivered",1,"Time.Year"), "Time.Quarter")
    PY_YTD
    Todate(Ago("Number of Hearing Aids Delivered",1,"Time.Year"), "Time.Year")
    but when i check consistency i have error which says approximately "You can nest Ago and ToDate functions".
    There's another way, to calculate it? Can you help?
    Thanks
    Giancarlo

    So u r referring PY as previous year ;)
    Here u go;
    it’s a combination of AGO and TODATE.
    You create a value – let’s say Sales MTD by just following normal process…then you create a logical column with the following formula AGO (Sales MTD, Month Dim, 12)
    that should give you a MTD measure you’re looking for. I hope this is useful. Just dont use both function in single logical column....use seperate by first creating YTD n then AGO function to create previous year data.
    For ur case use to calculate PY_YTD use below:
    Create logical column
    Aids Delivered YTD with formula as TODATE("Number of Hearing Aids Delivered"), "Time.Year")
    and then create another logical column as
    Aids Delivered PY_YTD with formula as AGO("Aids Delivered YTD","Time.Year",1)
    This will work for sure....

  • How Achieve timedseries calculations with out using AGO And ToDate function

    Hi,,
    1)
    How Achieve timedseries calculations with out using AGO And ToDate functionion
    this question asking in interview ..is it possible..?
    if yes please response as soon as possible..
    2) i have 2 cloumns Product and value...
    client requirement is they need ranks based on Value ..in dashboard .using dashboard prompt..edit box...if user enter any number (ex :5 ) report should show top 5 ranks if he enter 20 should be top 20 ranks..
    how to achive this ?
    thanks,
    raj

    Consider yor first question:
    1. Yes, we can create timeseries measures without using AGO and TODATE
    1. Create ALIAS of fact tabe in the physical layer
    2. Join the Time id from the ALIAS fact table with the YAGO_MONTH_ID column from your time dimension table (For calculating Year Ago variants) similarly join with MAGO_MONTH_ID column for Month Ago measures.
    3.Pull the ALIAS tables as an additional Logical table source in the Lgical layer
    4.Keep the mapping of the columns from the ALIAS table as its is
    5. For e.g If you pick Revenue from the Year Ago Alias table it will give you the "Prior Year Revenue"
    See if this helps you

  • Generic "AGO" and "TODATE" functions

    Hi, I'd like to find out if it's possible to have "generic" date functionality that applies at whatever date level the user chooses. For example, instead of having:
    Day Sales
    Prior Day Sales
    Year Ago Day Sales
    Week Sales
    Prior Week Sales
    Year Ago Week Sales
    Month Sales
    Prior Month Sales
    Year Ago Month Sales
    Quarter Sales
    Prior Quarter Sales
    Year Ago Quarter Sales
    Year Sales
    Prior Year Sales
    instead I'd like to have:
    Sales
    Prior Period Sales
    Year Ago Period Sales
    It looks like the "AGO" function, for instance, requires the time level to be put in. But I'd rather NOT put a specific time level in - and have that default to whatever the user asks for in the report. i.e. if they put "Jan 2009" in the report then it knows it's at the month level. If they put "Q3 2009" in it would know to do it at the quarter level, etc.
    Is there any way to do this?
    Thanks in advance,
    Scott

    To reply to my own question. It appears I got it working, that is, the error message problem is solved, but I still have questions on how to use these functions.
    To get it to work, I added the primary key D_TIJD.TIJDKEY at the level of the lowest grain in my dimension (level tab).
    What I still wonder is how to make it select the right values. I have the following hierarchy: bookyear - bookperiod - week. A bookperiod contains 4 or 5 weeks (4,4,5 in a quarter), so 12 periods in one year. I defined a measure at period level and another at that level with the ago function, that should return the figures for that same period of the year before. My first question is, whether to go back 12 periods or 52 weeks (which is the lowest grain in my dimension)?
    The second question is how to use a combination of TODATE and AGO so that if I calculate the current period (of which only 2 weeks are passed), I also only want to include the same two weeks for that period one year ago in order to make a correct comparison. How do I do that???

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  • Nesting of AGO or TODATE functions with differing level arguments is not supported

    I have a column in BMM which calculates the Year-To-Date Sales. This function uses the ToDate function to caculate the YTD.
    I need to develop another formula column which shows the last-year's YTD.
    I develop this formula in BMM by AGO on the YTD column which already uses a ToDate function.
    In BI Answers when selecting this column, results in the below message:
    State: HY000. Code: 10058. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 43113] Message returned from OBIS. [nQSError: 43119] Query Failed: [nQSError: 22044] Nesting of AGO or TODATE functions with differing level arguments is not supported. (HY000)

    To reply to my own question. It appears I got it working, that is, the error message problem is solved, but I still have questions on how to use these functions.
    To get it to work, I added the primary key D_TIJD.TIJDKEY at the level of the lowest grain in my dimension (level tab).
    What I still wonder is how to make it select the right values. I have the following hierarchy: bookyear - bookperiod - week. A bookperiod contains 4 or 5 weeks (4,4,5 in a quarter), so 12 periods in one year. I defined a measure at period level and another at that level with the ago function, that should return the figures for that same period of the year before. My first question is, whether to go back 12 periods or 52 weeks (which is the lowest grain in my dimension)?
    The second question is how to use a combination of TODATE and AGO so that if I calculate the current period (of which only 2 weeks are passed), I also only want to include the same two weeks for that period one year ago in order to make a correct comparison. How do I do that???

  • How to get Last Year Sales and YTD Sales without using AGO and TODATE?

    Hi all,
    I have got Company and Time dimensions and Sales Fact. My requirement is to get Last Year sales for each company without using AGO function and YTD without using TODATE function. (Due to performance issue as AGO and TODATE do not insert a Cache entry).
    Can someone please help me to achieve my requirement? Thanks in advance.

    Hi Satya,
    Thanks again for your reply. To start with I don't have data for the years 2012 and 2011 to test as I am using SH sample schema from Oracle. I have applied your solution but it does not seem to be working for the previous years like 2000, 2001. My requirement is to have a dashboard prompt "YEAR" and let the user choose whatever year he wants.
    Please have a look at the column formulas of my analysis (As per your solution) :
    ***here B_YEAR is replaced by CALENDAR_YEAR.  
    Amount: "F1 Sales"."Amount"
    AmountYTD:  FILTER("F1 Sales"."Amount" USING "D1 Time"."CALENDAR_YEAR" =YEAR(CURRENT_DATE))
    Amount LY: FILTER("F1 Sales"."Amount" USING "D1 Time"."CALENDAR_YEAR" =YEAR(CURRENT_DATE)-1)and the physical query generated by BI Server: (as you can see I have got a filter CALENDAR_YEAR= 2000)
    WITH
    SAWITH0 AS (select sum(T1074.AMOUNT_SOLD) as c1,
         sum(case  when T1035.CALENDAR_YEAR = TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('2012-05-03' , 'YYYY-MM-DD'), 'yyyy'), '9999') then T1074.AMOUNT_SOLD end ) as c2,
         sum(case  when TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('2012-05-03' , 'YYYY-MM-DD'), 'yyyy'), '9999') - 1 = T1035.CALENDAR_YEAR then T1074.AMOUNT_SOLD end ) as c3,
         T1035.CALENDAR_MONTH_DESC as c4,
         T1035.CALENDAR_YEAR as c5,
         T1035.CALENDAR_MONTH_ID as c6
    from
         TIMES T1035 /* D1 Time */ ,
         SALES T1074 /* F1 Sales */
    where  ( T1035.CALENDAR_YEAR = 2000 and T1035.TIME_ID = T1074.TIME_ID )
    group by T1035.CALENDAR_MONTH_DESC, T1035.CALENDAR_MONTH_ID, T1035.CALENDAR_YEAR)
    select distinct 0 as c1,
         D1.c4 as c2,
         D1.c5 as c3,
         D1.c1 as c4,
         D1.c2 as c5,
         D1.c3 as c6,
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    from
         SAWITH0 D1
    order by c3, c2 Thanks in advance.

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        [running]    com.leapfrog.connect.monitor.plist [Click for support]
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        net.juniper.DSSafariExtensions: Version: Unknown [Click for support]
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        FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
        DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.1 [Click for support]
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        iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.7
        googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
        QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6
        AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.0.3 [Click for support]
        SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 [Click for support]
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        CodeMeter  [Click for support]
        DivX  [Click for support]
        Flash Player  [Click for support]
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        176 MB    Finder
        159 MB    AntiVirus
        112 MB    WindowServer
        82 MB    mds
    Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
        1.07 GB    Free RAM
        1.29 GB    Active RAM
        1.01 GB    Inactive RAM
        784 MB    Wired RAM
        962 MB    Page-ins
        3 MB    Page-outs
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    BANK 1/DIMM0
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    OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 4 days 4:38:8
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    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB
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    Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
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    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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    /Applications/Toast 11 Titanium/Toast Titanium.app
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    [failed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist
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    [failed] com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesagent.plist
    [failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
    [failed] com.apple.pbs.plist
    [failed] com.apple.pluginkit.pkd.plist
    [failed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist
    [failed] com.apple.scopedbookmarkagent.xpc.plist
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    [failed] com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist
    [failed] com.apple.spindump_agent.plist
    [failed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
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    [failed] com.apple.awdd.plist
    [failed] com.apple.cache_delete.plist
    [failed] com.apple.coresymbolicationd.plist
    [failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
    [failed] com.apple.diagnosticd.plist
    [failed] com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesagent.plist
    [failed] com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesd.plist
    [failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
    [failed] com.apple.MobileFileIntegrity.plist
    [failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist
    [failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
    [failed] com.apple.periodic-daily.plist
    [failed] com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist
    [failed] com.apple.sandboxd.plist
    [failed] com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist
    [failed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist
    [failed] com.apple.spindump.plist
    [failed] com.apple.sysmond.plist
    [failed] com.apple.tccd.system.plist
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    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support
    net.juniper.DSSafariExtensions: Version: (null) Support
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    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
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    Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support
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    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
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    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
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    BrowserPlus_2.9.8: Version: 2.9.8 Support
    fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: (null) Support
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    Perian  Support
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         0% SystemUIServer
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    28 MB ScreenSaverEngine
    24 MB mds
    24 MB WindowServer
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    333 MB Inactive RAM
    337 MB Wired RAM
    9.71 GB Page-ins
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