Calc Script Clarification

Question

Hi,
In our Hyperion Planning System there are 7 Dimensions. Two of them are Locations and Accounts.
There is a one script which written earlier which we need to understand as follows,
VAR M1
M1= 9998;
FIX(Budget,FY09,Monthly,P000)
FIX(Jan)
+"Location A"+
+(+
IF (M1 = 9998)
+"Finance Charge" = "Finance Charge" * 100;+
ENDIF;
+)+
ENDIFX
ENDFIX
Please let us know the propose of having *"Location A"* before the IF statement

Answer 1

Nilaksha,
You're looking at an Essbase calc script/Hyperion Business Rule and within that, a member calc block.
Member calculation blocks are started with a member, i.e., "Location A", then a left parentheses, then code, then a right parentheses.
What's weird about a member calc block is that you could write it to use just the account you want to calculate, i.e., "Finance Charge", or another member from the same dimension. Why would they be different? Perhaps originally Location A was calculated along with Finance Charge and then got removed? <--That seems likely, as you can assign values to more than one member in a member calc block.
It's confusing -- you would think that you'd only be able to write to one, but that isn't so.
"Location A"
IF (M1 = 9998)
"Finance Charge" = "Finance Charge" * 100;
"Location A" = something * something ;
ENDIF;
)What's also interesting about calc member blocks is that you don't need to assign the member on the left hand side of the equals sign for the member defined in the block such as:
"Finance Charge"
IF (M1 = 9998)
"Finance Charge" * 100;
ENDIF;
)It's basically like taking a formula out of the outline and putting it into a calc script.
One last thing -- Essbase calc script variables (M1) can only be used within member calc blocks -- unfortunately not elsewhere.
Btw, I assume your example was redacted for public consumption, as it always fires with M1 is always equal to 9998.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour