Automating Batch Scripts & Sub Var changes

What is the most efficient way to automate batch scripts? Changing and updating substitution variables? I'm sure there are many ways to automate batch scripts. I was unsure how to do this with the Hyperion tools without purchasing a third party tool.

FWIW, We use BAT files and VBS scripts scheduled by Windows Task Scheduler (we use Win2k Server). Jeff McAhren Dallas, Texas

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Dynamic Calc'd Member not picking up Sub Var changes - 11.1.1.3

Hi,
We have a Dyn Calc'd member formula using a sub var on a member. When sub var is updated, values in member formula referencing the sub var don't update. We have stop and start the application for it to pick up the new sub var in the member formula.
any ideas?

Unfortunately you have to live by the definition in dbag which is in the post that Tim provided the link for but nobody seems to follow links these days :)
"To ensure that a new substitution variable value is available in formulas, partition definitions, and security filters, stop and restart the application. All other uses of substitution variables are dynamically resolved when used."
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

Change currently active LV version in batch script

Hello,
I use two different applications on my computer and one of them should run in LV 2011, the other one in LV 2012. Both versions are installed and it works fine as long as I start the correct LV version manually before starting the application (by starting and closing the required LV version from C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\... before starting my application).
I want to do this automatically in a command script, so basically I want to do the following:
* Check which LV version is currently active (which LV version was started last)
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Solved!
Go to Solution.

They might have different toolkits installed. Block diagrams on our old projects are included, but on our new projects we plan to not include them anymore. Driver compatibilty is a problem that we check each time we have this situation with different versions to make sure that it is working as expected. On one project I did not install the new driver, but kept the old one to make sure there are no changes to the old project.
It is a problem when we execute old code with a newer LV version than the version was used during the validation of the same code. We probably would have to do some revalidation with the newer LV version and this is what I try to avoid (working in the medical device industry means a lot of validation).
I could not find the current LV version in the Windows registry. But it must be located somewhere, since TestStand gives the Active LV Version in the LV Adapter configuration and when I open a VI in Windows Explorer the last used LV version is started.
So my question is where does TestStand and Win Explorer read this out, since then I could read the same thing out in my batch script.

Batch script for automating process

Hi all, not sure if this is the right area asking about batch scripts, but this has to do with the back-end system in Hyperion.
I was wondering if there is a way to run a batch script on the transaction log that will give a list of any new GL accounts that have been added in the prior month or within the last 30 days? Can it also show which users are added to the account?
The purpose of this is to automate the process periodically and eliminate the Outline Maintenance Log or import to the Outline Maintenance Log. It would be helpful for adding more new cost centers.
Lastly, can I also run a batch script to see how often our end-users are in Hyperion reports?
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+...give a list of any new GL accounts that have been added in the prior month...+
Correct me if i'm wrong:
You want to know new members added in the account dimension recently. Is that right?
If so, you could do a select command like that:
SELECT O.OBJECT_NAME -- Just the member name. For alias, you need another join
FROM HSP_ACCOUNT A -- For performance, i put the smallest table here
INNER JOIN HSP_OBJECT O ON A.ACCOUNT_ID = O.OBJECT_ID -- Join to get the member name
WHERE O.CREATED >= (SYSDATE-(30)) -- last 30 days
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For custom dimention it gets a little more complicated.

Automated Batch Overide Save As not working

I have created an action in CS4 that includes a Save for Web at that end. When I try to run an Automated Batch and change the save folder location using the overide check box and selecting the new forlder, the batch run still saves to folder specified in the action. There is no overide.
I am using Windows 7. Please see the screencast here: http://www.screenr.com/1xo

The commands in the batch dialog for override save as and renaming don't apply to
export plugins, which is what save for web is.
You can make it work by setting the folder you want to save the images to when you
use save for web (the folder you choose when using save for web to record the action)
Then add a Close without saving step at the end of the action.
In the batch dialog set the Source folder and set none under Destination.
(the images will open, run the action and close one at a time)
Added: An easier way would be to use the Picture Processor script which has a save for web option.
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http://www.ps-scripts.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=3409&sid=73d7ab9891f7b601c9078f1717a9efd 3&start=15
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[Resolved][ODQ] Error Running Exported Batch Script Outside of ODI

Dear ODI experts,
I have Installed 10.1.3.4.0 ---> selected "Oracle Data Integrator, Oracle Data Profiling, Oracle Data Quality 10.1.3.4.0" ---> Complete (1012MB)
- follow all steps of "Design a Name and Address Cleansing Project" section in Sample Tutorial
- in "Oracle DQ User Interface", right click Projects->Quality->customer master[1]
- select "Run" from the context menu
- the background tasks completed 100% properly
- export the project as a Batch Script
- make changes to config.txt, runProjectN.cmd, and *.stx files following as specified in the Sample Tutorial document
- at step 13-f, got the following errors by executing runProjectN.cmd
Wed Nov 28 17:18:37 2007 - 03503E ERROR: Can't open file: <D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\data/e7_us_globrtr_p2.dat>. errno = 2; N
o such file or directory Occurred in Transformer - (cl_open).
I did a full search in ODI folders and couldn't find "e7_us_globrtr_p2.dat".
I tried both export with data and export w/o data with proper change to specify input file path, and got the same error.
Appreciate any suggestions and/or hints help me further debug of fix this issue.
Regards,
Roy
The following is a complete message echo of runProjectN.cmd
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D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\scripts>runproject1.cmd
D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\scripts>set TS_PROJECT=D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1
D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\scripts>set TS_CONFIG=D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\scripts\config.txt
D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\scripts>set TS_SETTINGS=D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\settings
D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\scripts>set TS_DATA=D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\data
D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\scripts>cd /D D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\oracledq\quality_server\tsq11r0s\Software\bin
D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\oracledq\quality_server\tsq11r0s\Software\bin>call tranfrmr D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\settings\e5_tranfrmr_p1.stx
D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\oracledq\quality_server\tsq11r0s\Software\bin>call globrtr D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\settings\e6_globrtr_p2.stx
D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\oracledq\quality_server\tsq11r0s\Software\bin>call tranfrmr D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\settings\e9_tranfrmr_p3.stx
Wed Nov 28 17:18:37 2007 - 03503E ERROR: Can't open file: <D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\data/e7_us_globrtr_p2.dat>. errno = 2; N
o such file or directory Occurred in Transformer - (cl_open).
D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\oracledq\quality_server\tsq11r0s\Software\bin>call cusparse D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\settings\e10_cusparse_p4.stx
Wed Nov 28 17:18:37 2007 - 03503E ERROR: Can't open file: <D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\data/e9_us_tranfrmr_p3.dat>. errno = 2;
No such file or directory Occurred in Customer Data Parser - (cl_open).
D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\oracledq\quality_server\tsq11r0s\Software\bin>call tsqsort D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\settings\e11_srtforpm_p5.stx
Wed Nov 28 17:18:37 2007 - 03503E ERROR: Can't open file: <D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\data/e10_us_cusparse_p4.dat>. errno = 2;
No such file or directory Occurred in tsqsort - (cl_open).
D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\oracledq\quality_server\tsq11r0s\Software\bin>call uspmatch D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\settings\e12_pmatch_p6.stx
Wed Nov 28 17:18:37 2007 - 03503E ERROR: Can't open file: <D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\data/e11_us_srtforpm_p5.dat>. errno = 2;
No such file or directory Occurred in CGeoIO::initGIO - (cl_open).
D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\oracledq\quality_server\tsq11r0s\Software\bin>call winkey D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\settings\e13_winkey_p7.stx
Wed Nov 28 17:18:38 2007 - 03503E ERROR: Can't open file: <D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\data/e12_us_pmatch_p6.dat>. errno = 2; N
o such file or directory Occurred in CWKD::initWKD - (cl_open).
D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\oracledq\quality_server\tsq11r0s\Software\bin>call tsqsort D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\settings\e14_srtforrl_p8.stx
Wed Nov 28 17:18:38 2007 - 03503E ERROR: Can't open file: <D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\data/e13_us_winkey_p7.dat>. errno = 2; N
o such file or directory Occurred in tsqsort - (cl_open).
D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\oracledq\quality_server\tsq11r0s\Software\bin>call rellink D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\settings\e15_rellink_p9.stx
Wed Nov 28 17:18:38 2007 - 03503E ERROR: Can't open file: <D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\data/e14_us_srtforrl_p8.dat>. errno = 2;
No such file or directory Occurred in CMatcher::InitMatcher - (cl_open).
D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\oracledq\quality_server\tsq11r0s\Software\bin>call common D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\settings\e16_common_p10.stx
Wed Nov 28 17:18:39 2007 - 03503E ERROR: Can't open file: <D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\data/e15_us_rellink_p9.dat>. errno = 2;
No such file or directory Occurred in Create Common - (cl_open).
D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\oracledq\quality_server\tsq11r0s\Software\bin>call datarec D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\settings\e17_datarec_p11.stx
Wed Nov 28 17:18:39 2007 - 03503E ERROR: Can't open file: <D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\demo\oracledq\projects\oracledq\project1\data/e16_us_common_p10.dat>. errno = 2;
No such file or directory Occurred in CReCons::initRC - (cl_open).
D:\Bin\Oracle\ODIDQ10134\oracledq\quality_server\tsq11r0s\Software\bin>
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Solution:
Needs to modify "e9_tranfrmr_p3.stx" to point to "e6_nomatch_globrtr_p2_us.dat".

Seems to be the DRM service went down, try running the batch after stopping & restarting the service.

A way to track where all the Sub Var are applied?

Hopefully this is the section where to post.
Is there a way of tracking where all the substitution variables are being used in the reports?
Either in reports or calc scripts, or in a 3rd format, if there is one.
We just don't want to open up each script individually and scan for use of the sub var, or open each report and see if it's used.

Hi there,
Is this HFM or Essbase?
Regards,
Thanos

Batch Script to display last modified file from multiple directories

Hello,
I am trying to find the name of the latest file or the last modified file from a set of given directories.
I approached the problem by breaking it into two parts: a. read all the directories from a .txt file and display the names of those directories and files under those directories. b. Find the latest file present in any given directory and
Upto this point all worked well, but when I am trying to combine both these batch scripts, I am unable to get the desired result.
I am using BATCH SCRIPT only to complete this.
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:next
echo %NEWEST%
But when combining both is not working at all.
Any help is appreciated.

Since batch files lack the ability to do date arithmetic you are pushing them well beyond their limits. Either VBScript of PowerShell could handle this type of task. Here is a VBScript solution. You must save the code in a .vbs file, then modify it to suit
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'11 Sep 2014 FNL
Dim dDate, dDate_, sFile, sFile_
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.Filesystemobject")
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oList.close
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Calling oracle procedure from batch script

i have a .bat file, in which i am using sqlldr to load into a staging table from csv file, and then using merge to insert / update into target table
i have 2 doubts
1) my first doubt is regarding batch script..how to handle the errorlevels which are greater than 1?
so generally speaking, how do i handle all the errors at once..and make sure the control goes to
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below is my batch script, and i get error
goto run_sqlldr2
the system cannot find the batch label specified - run_sqlldr2
@echo on
call oraenv.bat
if not exist %mainpath% goto mainpath_def
if not exist %scripts% goto scriptspath_def
if not exist %logs% goto logspath_def
if not exist %data% goto datapath_def
goto x1
:x1
goto run_sqlldr%ERRORLEVEL%
echo run_sqlldr%ERRORLEVEL%
if run_sqlldr%ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 goto run_sqlldr1
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:run_sqlldr1
echo "entered sqlldr1"
echo "some error"
echo mergedata%ERRORLEVEL%
:run_sqlldr0
echo "entered sqlldr0"
sqlldr userid = scott/tiger@orcl control=%mainpath%\cm.ctl log=%logs%\cm.log discard=%logs%\cm.dsc bad=%logs%\cm.bad SILENT=(HEADER, FEEDBACK)
goto mergedata%ERRORLEVEL%
:mergedata1
echo "entered mergedata1"
echo cleandata%ERRORLEVEL%
:mergedata0
sqlplus -s scott/tiger@orcl @%scripts%\merge_stg.sql
goto cleandata%ERRORLEVEL%
:cleandata1
echo "entered cleandata1"
sqlplus -s scott/tiger@orcl @%scripts%\clean_stg.sql
goto exit
:cleandata0
echo "entered cleandata0"
echo "error in removing data"
goto exit
:mainpath_def
echo "mainpath not existing as specified %mainpath%, Please edit ORAENV with correct value"
goto exit
:scriptspath_def
echo "scripts path not existing as specified %scripts%, Please edit ORAENV with correct value"
goto exit
:logspath_def
echo "Logs path not existing as specified %logs%, Please edit ORAENV with correct value"
goto exit
:datapath_def
echo "Data path not existing as specified %data%, Please edit ORAENV with correct value"
goto exit
:exit
2) my second doubt, is this the right way of calling the stored procedures merge_stg and clean_stg?
in clean_stg, i use dynamic sql to truncate the staging table
create or replace procedure trunstg is
lsql varchar2(2000) := 'truncate table stg_ldrtest';
begin
execute immediate lsql;
end;
/

i have changed the code
@echo on
call oraenv.bat
if not exist %mainpath% goto mainpath_def
if not exist %scripts% goto scriptspath_def
if not exist %logs% goto logspath_def
if not exist %data% goto datapath_def
goto x1
:x1
goto run_sqlldr%ERRORLEVEL%
echo run_sqlldr errorlevel: %ERRORLEVEL%
if run_sqlldr%ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 goto run_sqlldr1
echo "entering sqlldr"
:run_sqlldr1
echo "entered sqlldr1"
echo "some error"
:run_sqlldr2
echo errorlevel: %errorlevel%
echo mergedata%ERRORLEVEL%
:run_sqlldr0
echo "entered sqlldr0"
sqlldr userid = gautam/gautam@orcl control=%mainpath%\cm.ctl log=%logs%\cm.log discard=%logs%\cm.dsc bad=%logs%\cm.bad SILENT=(HEADER, FEEDBACK)
goto mergedata%ERRORLEVEL%
:mergedata1
echo "entered mergedata1"
goto end
echo cleandata%ERRORLEVEL%
:mergedata0
sqlplus -s gautam/gautam@orcl @%scripts%\merge_stg.sql
goto cleandata%ERRORLEVEL%
:cleandata1
echo "entered cleandata1"
echo "cleaning error"
goto end
:cleandata0
sqlplus -s gautam/gautam@orcl @%scripts%\clean_stg.sql
goto end
:mainpath_def
echo "mainpath not existing as specified %mainpath%, Please edit ORAENV with correct value"
goto exit
:scriptspath_def
echo "scripts path not existing as specified %scripts%, Please edit ORAENV with correct value"
goto exit
:logspath_def
echo "Logs path not existing as specified %logs%, Please edit ORAENV with correct value"
goto exit
:datapath_def
echo "Data path not existing as specified %data%, Please edit ORAENV with correct value"
goto exit
:end
EXIT
so the error is ORA - 30926, unable to get a stable set of
rows in the source tables
my merge is
MERGE INTO ldrtest D
USING (SELECT code,id,row_name,col1,col2,col3,crt_tm,md_tm,crt_user,mod_usr FROM stg_ldrtest) S
ON (d.code = s.code and d.id = s.id and d.row_name=s.row_name )
WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET d.col1 = s.col1,
d.col2 = s.col2,
d.col3 = s.col3,
d.crt_tm = s.crt_tm,
d.md_tm = s.md_tm,
d.crt_user = s.crt_user,
d.mod_usr = s.mod_usr
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT (d.code,d.id,d.row_name,d.col1,d.col2,d.col3,d.crt_tm,d.md_tm,d.crt_user,d.mod_usr)
VALUES (s.code,s.id,S.row_name, s.col1,s.col2,s.col3,s.crt_tm,s.md_tm,s.crt_user,s.mod_usr);
i did not understand what this error means..
could anyone please help me out

Sub var question

Hello...I have two questions re: substitution variables. 1. I believe Essbase evaluates sub vars "bottom-up"--that is, if you have the same variable name at multiple levels (database, application, server), Essbase uses the value from the lowest level. This is the case regardless of whether you're using the variable in a calc, report script, spreadsheet retrieval, etc. Is this correct? 2. What in the world does the "Set Substitution Variable Scope" command in the calc script editor do? It doesn't effect syntax checking, or the way the calc runs. I've also noticed this command doesn't exist in EAS... Thanks, Jared 

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<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Item 1</a>
 <ul>
 <li><a href="#">Item 1.1</a></li>
 <li><a href="#">Item 1.2</a></li>
 <li><a href="#">Item 1.3</a></li>
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</li>
If that does not work, perhaps you might just want to delete what you have and insert a vertical spry menu.
I also notice all of your html files start with caps, looks like you have an Index html and a index.html. I'm guessing that gave you a few headaches.
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Automated batch doesn't work in photoshop & from Bridge

Hi all,
Automated batch from Bridge tools>photoshop>batch Photoshop cs5 stops working. Automated batch also doesn't work in photoshop. Automated actions work in Photoshop. All other Photoshop process work from Bridge. I use a PC with windows. This happens even with files I was previously able to do an automated batch with Photoshop. It doesn't matter what the file extension is. This has only recently begun happening for no apparent reason.

First, given what you've written, it's important to ask: 48 x 48 what? Details matter. 48 x 48 pixels? Inches?
Beyond that, yes, I believe the Image Size dialog interacts with us a little differently than it used to.
Whether it's a positive or negative design change I can't say. They're trying to pack a lot of functionality in there, and it might take a little getting used to... It does seem deterministic:
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1. Change the units to inches.
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On the other hand, if you want to keep the pixel count the same, but just change the ppi value so that it matches a particular kind of display, how would you do it? Try this:
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Batch/Script 3D Model

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I have a Model/Scene in PS/CS5 and I'm looking to batch multiple versions with a different texture map applied to each.
Here's the basic actions:
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xbytor2 wrote:
Can you record an action that does what you want for a particular model and texture?
Yes, but not entirely. I've got two hurdles...
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2. When doing this to a single file I can record an action for everything, but...
Since the batch of files I'm processing is referenced in the middle of my action (Load "Name_01" as a new texture for model), I don't see how to interpret it into a workable batched script.
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Script for printing changed pages only

Does anyone know of a script that will allow the printing of only those pages that have had changes made to them since a previous save? I'm a typesetter doing work only on books and journals and sometimes it's a bit tedious to keep track of the individual pages one works on. thanks,

Ok,
Here is a raw code. All you need to do is edit the script to specify the printer preset you want to use. I don't have a printer my self to debug but I think it should work.
Here is the idml to grab the object styles. Don't forget to apply on objects located onto the pasteboard. The script look for these objects and grab the page name next to them to finally print these pages.
Hope it helps,
Loic
function main(){
 var doc,
 changedArray = [],
 changedStyle,
 unchangedStyle,
 i=0,
 max=0,
 found = [],
 pagerange = [];
 obj,
 vb,
 leftPage,
 leftPageBounds,
 rightPage,
 rightPageBounds,
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I'm trying to write a simple MDX formula, however when I try to use a SUB VAR in the formula I keep getting an error message. However, when I replace the Sub Var with the member name the SubVar is currently set to, it works.
The formula is:
1 - IIF (IS(QTR.CurrentMember, [Q1] ), [&q1hybcqw],0)
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