Business Rule / Calculation

Hi All,
Need some clarification regarding the essbase calulation.
Below is the scenario.
I have the below hierarchy:
Account XYZ - 500
Acc1 - 250
ACC2 - 150
ACC3 - 100
Say for example that my calc script/business rule runs for 30 mins. Before previous aggregation Account XYZ has a consolidated value of 500.
Is there any chance that the account XYZ shows a different value if I try to retreive the data while my calc or rule is running. I haven't changed the values for Acc1, Acc2 and Acc3.
My calc runs 3 times a day and a users has reported that they have seen the value for XYZ showing different value other than 500 which it ideally should be.
Is there any such possibility thar essbase displays a diffrerent values at the time of calculation or is this the behaviour of Essbase???

As I undestand ACC1-3 are level 0 members. And how about other dimensions? Where do your digits are stored (250, 150, 100). Is it a level 0 block?
Suppose you have ACC1->version1->scenario1->USD->Year1->Entity1->Period1->CustomDim11->..CustomDim1n=250
Which of above members are aggregated?
Also look at the transactional property of your Essbase db (which stores your digits). Is it Commited access or uncommited, what is the value for Synchronization point

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Actually
I have just been re thinking about your post. My comments above may not be correct for your situation. The Syntax above is correct if you are talking about the code "within" the template itself (So if you open the template and look at the code). But if the code you posted in your messages was from the script window of the rule (When in script mode) then your problem is something different potentially.
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On looking at your script again I can see another problem potentially. When defining the values in the DTP's, the value needs enclosing with double square brackets, like so [["Three Year Budget"]]. In your script you also have parenthesis. Which isn't always correct. There are times having parenthesis and double brackets is correct, but that is only when your DTP is type "Members", and by default I think old business rule macros will be translated into templates with the DTP types of "Script"
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