Allocation from a parent account

Question

Hi Allocation Experts,
I have an allocation driver which is a parent account. When i give the parent account member in the USING, validation is complaining that member in allocation rule is not a base member.
What approach should i take? In below script NETSALES is a parent account.
Thanks in advance.
*XDIM_MEMBERSET P_CC=Japan,China,Australia
*XDIM_MEMBERSET CATEGORY=FORECAST
*XDIM_MEMBERSET RPTCURRENCY=LC
*XDIM_MEMBERSET P_ACTIVITY=A005
//how does it do when we don't loop on product
*FOR %CURRENTITY%=China,Japan,Australia
*FOR %CURRPERIOD%=2010.JAN,2010.FEB
*RUNALLOCATION
*FACTOR=USING/TOTAL
*DIM P_ACCT        WHAT=NETSALES;                WHERE=RULE1;                 USING=NETSALES; TOTAL=<<<
*DIM P_DATASRC WHAT=MANUAL;                    WHERE=ALLOC_PCT;        USING=MANUAL;    TOTAL=<<<
*DIM TIME             WHAT=NOTIME;                     WHERE=%CURRPERIOD%;  USING=<<<;           TOTAL=<<<
*DIM  P_CC           WHAT=China;                         WHERE=%CURRENTITY%;                     USING=<<<;           TOTAL=<<<
*DIM  P_ACTIVITY  WHAT=A005;                          WHERE=<<<;                     USING=<<<;           TOTAL=<<<
*DIM  RPTCURRENCY  WHAT=LC;                       WHERE=<<<;                     USING=<<<;           TOTAL=<<<
*DIM  CATEGORY           WHAT=FORECAST;        WHERE=<<<;                     USING=<<<;           TOTAL=<<<
*DIM  PRODUCT           WHAT=PPPP;                   WHERE=BAS(TOPPRODUCT);   USING=<<<;           TOTAL=<<<
*ENDALLOCATION
*NEXT
*NEXT
*COMMIT

Answer 1

Hi,
How to calculate those totals depends of where you can store them. For example, if intersection of P_ACCT = RULE1, P_DATASRC = MANUAL, P_ACTIVITY = A005, CATEGORY = FORECAST, PRODUCT = BAS(TOTPRODUCT) stores no data you can store those totals there by the following script:
*XDIM_MEMBERSET P_DATASRC = MANUAL
*XDIM_MEMBERSET P_ACTIVITY = A005
*XDIM_MEMBERSET CATEGORY = FORECAST
*XDIM_MEMBERSET PRODUCT = BAS(TOTPRODUCT)
*WHEN P_ACCT
*IS BAS(NETSALES)
*REC(FACTOR = 1, P_ACCT = RULE1)
*ENDWHEN
*FOR...
*DIM P_ACCT WHAT=NETSALES; WHERE=RULE1; USING=<<<; TOTAL=<<<
*DIM P_DATASRC WHAT=MANUAL; WHERE=ALLOC_PCT; USING=MANUAL; TOTAL=<<<
*DIM TIME WHAT=NOTIME; WHERE=%CURRPERIOD%; USING=<<<; TOTAL=<<<
*DIM P_CC WHAT=China; WHERE=%CURRENTITY%; USING=<<<; TOTAL=<<<
*DIM P_ACTIVITY WHAT=A005; WHERE=<<<; USING=<<<; TOTAL=<<<
*DIM RPTCURRENCY WHAT=LC; WHERE=<<<; USING=<<<; TOTAL=<<<
*DIM CATEGORY WHAT=FORECAST; WHERE=<<<; USING=<<<; TOTAL=<<<
*DIM PRODUCT WHAT=PPPP; WHERE=BAS(TOPPRODUCT); USING=<<<; TOTAL=<<<
*NEXT
If that region is taken by some data you can try finding another intersection or add a new member to some Dimension and store those totals using that new member.
Hope that helps.
Gersh