Business rules macros

Hi,
Anybody used macros in business rules? If yes, can you please provide some info on pros and cons of marros in business rules
1. We are using global variables
2. Some implementing company proposing macros and in the macros all the common stuff like house keeping things, fix statements etc.
I have not seen any company putting house keeping things in macros.
Thank you
Venky

Anybody used macros in business rules?^^^I use macros all the time for commonly used snippets of code all the time.
1. We are using global variables ^^^Not a problem. Declare them at a global level, use them in the macro.
2. Some implementing company proposing macros and in the macros all the common stuff like house keeping things, fix statements etc.^^^I don't use them that way.
Typically, I write the code once in good old Calc Script Editor, then copy into HBR (the EAS editor for HBRs finally tabs correctly), then replace with global variables. Once I id common code across HBRs (or if I'm clever, and actually think ahead), I remove that code block and stick it into a macro.
Could you stick a FIX statement and other things into a macro? Sure, I do it all the time.
Do I use macros exclusively for FIXes and other housekeeping items? Only if they were being repeated again and again. I would wonder if that really made sense as those are the bits of code that tend to change over time as the app changes -- do you really want that to happen to all HBRs that use the macro? Maybe, maybe not.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour

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If possible could you not start every post with my name, there are lots of others helping on this forum and they provide excellent answers
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parm2 = version
parm3 = years
parm4 = periods
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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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SET UPDATECALC OFF; SET AGGMISSG OFF;
%Template(name:="FCOm_TargetSection",application:="FCO",plantype:="FCO",dtps:=("parm1":=[["Three Year Budget"]],"parm2":=[["DGAllocation"]],"parm3":=[[{FCOrtpYears}]],"parm4":=[[Mar]]))
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parm1 = scenario
parm2 = version
parm3 = years
parm4 = periods
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http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

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4) Projects..
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http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

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Thank you

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Hmm no luck with one rule that has no security assigned to it. and no luck with one project with no security.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
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<property class="java.lang.String" method="setBody" value="ACED00057372001E636F6D2E6879706572696F6E2E6862722E636F72652E52756C65426F6479047B4D7ABDC064F60200065A000564697274795A000B697347726170686963616C4C0007636F6D6D656E747400124C6A6176612F6C616E672F537472696E673B4C000A636F6D706F6E656E747374002C4C636F6D2F6879706572696F6E2F6862722F67726170686963616C2F47726170686963616C566563746F723B4C000872756C655465787471007E00014C000473616C3071007E000178700000740000707402192F2A4553535F4C4F43414C4520456E676C6973685F556E697465645374617465732E4C6174696E314042696E6172792A2F0A534554204147474D49535347204F4E3B0A5345542055504441544543414C4320204F46463B0A0A46495820284275646765742C20223173742050617373222C20264375727242756459722C20404C45564D4252532822506572696F64222C2030292C4072656C61746976652822546F74616C20456D706C6F79656573222C30292C4052454C41544956452822546F74616C20436F6D70616E79222C3029290A0A2043414C432044494D2028224163636F756E7422293B0A0A22456D706C6F79656520546178657322203D2022456D706C6F79656520546178205261746520496E707574222D3E224E6F20456E74697479222D3E224E6F20456D706C6F79656522202A2022546F74616C2053616C617279223B0A0A22456D706C6F7965652042656E656669747322280A0A494620282246542F505422203D3D31290A0A22456D706C6F7965652042656E6566697473223D2242656E65666974205261746520496E707574222D3E224E6F20456E74697479222D3E224E6F20456D706C6F7965652220202A2022546F74616C2053616C617279223B0A454C53450A22456D706C6F7965652042656E6566697473223D234D495353494E473B0A454E4449460A290A454E444649580A0A43414C432044494D202822456D706C6F796565222C456E74697479293B0A0A0A71007E0004" />
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<property class="long" method="setLastModified" value="1211738336600" />
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setVersion" value="" />
<property class="int" method="setId" value="220" />
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setDescription" value="" />
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<property class="int" method="setObjectType" value="1" />
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<property class="boolean" method="setLocked" value="false" />
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<property class="java.lang.String" method="setOpenForEditingBy" value="0" />
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<Variables />
<Sequences />
<Projects />
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<RuleVariableLinks />
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<SequenceItemLinks />
<SeqPrompts />
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<property class="boolean" method="setSearchNoUser" value="false" />
<property class="boolean" method="setSearchNoObj" value="false" />
<property class="boolean" method="setSearchNoTask" value="false" />
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setUserGroupName" value="" />
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</UserObjAccessFilters>
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- <Location>
<property class="int" method="setCluster" value="0" />
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setLocation" value="Planning/balt-hypplan/CorpBud/Eeplan" />
<property class="int" method="setLocID" value="9" />
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setUpperLocation" value="PLANNING/BALT-HYPPLAN/CORPBUD/EEPLAN" />
</Location>
</Locations>
</HBRObjects>
I see the setUserGroupName property class and it is empty..

Business Rule using Exclude

I'm using Essbase 9.3.1, trying to make a business rule work with an exclusion. I can make the rule work with this:
(@Level_0_Descendants("GROSS EXPENSES")) AND NOT ("1447")
but I add more than one to the Exclude:
(@Level_0_Descendants("GROSS EXPENSES")) AND NOT ("1447", "0008")
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Error Code: LAN002
+Error Args: [Ljava.lang.Object;@43b884+
ClassName: com.hyperion.hbr.excp.LanguageException
Exception Encountered "," at line 1, column 148.
Was expecting one of:
+<RIGHTPARENTHESIS> ...+
+"and" ...+
+"or" ...+
ClassName: java.lang.Exception
Syntax error while parsing AFMIC ER&W 51667 - Geo Alloc - TEST.
Anybody had luck with more than one exclusion?

Well, I was able to replicate your issue in 11.1.1 -- I don't use the graphical editor very much so there may be something we're both doing incorrectly although I can't see what that issue might be. Maybe someone else can chime in.
I wonder if it's a known issue -- it's so easy (and obvious) to select more than one member down into that excluded box.
If it is a defect, it appears to be carried over to 11x.
Per Glenn's comment, to get around this, you are going to need to do this as a non-graphical BR.
If this is not the way you like to work, you might think about making the FIX..ENDFIX bits as two macros and then create yet another macro to contain the graphical code in between.
I am not a fan of the graphical editor because of its generally poor performance and would just write the entire thing as an Enhanced BR.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour

Changes at once to all Business rules

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Jockney also brings up a good point to use Macros where you have repetive code in your rules.
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'Courtesy of John A. Booth
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'Replace SQLSERVERNAME AND AAS_CATALOG with their proper names for your environment
'Currently writen to work with MS SQL Server
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Dim ID
Dim length
Dim index
Dim headerSize
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Calc another calc script from a calc script or business rule

is there a way to call a common calc script segment from other calc scripts or business rules. I do not want to replicate common code in multiple business rules. This common code updates the Essbase database, so it would need to take Essbase members as parameters and be able issue calculation commands. I do not find this possible with custom macros or custom functions. Thanks - Davis ([email protected])

I do not think you can call another calc script from within a calc script. An alternative would be to write a MaxL script that strings multiple calc scripts together.Good luck.

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