Calc script question

hi ,
i have 4 dimensions
Time
......Jan08
......Feb08
......mar08
Market
.....north
.....south
product
.....p1
.....p2
measures
....number
I have a data for the record
Jan08 north p1 number 100
can we do calc script to get the above value for all records where ever the p1 presents
like
feb08 north p1 number 100
Mar08 north p1 bumber 100
Time north p1 bumber 100
jan08 south p1 number 100
feb08 south p1 number 100
mar08 south p1 number 100
mar08 south p1 number 100
Time south p1 number 100.........................
......................................

There are a number of alternatives here, but you haven't really provided enough information to tell us what you are trying to do.
Are you wanting to spread the input to all Time periods, all Markets, all Products, all Measures, or, as I suspect, to the measures based on the product code? If Product "p1" has a group of measures that are being loaded separately by Time/Market, the spread is to measures based on product. Your description lacks the boundaries applied to the spread, and doesn't link any dimensions to the products directly, only through the subsequent note do you hint that "p1" goes to a number of measures, and "p2" goes to a different set of measures.
If this is the case, then the @MEMBER formula seems to be the right answer: @MEMBER(@CONCATENATE(@SUBSTRING(@NAME(@CURRMBR(product),1,2 ), "00")))
The function above will return the value from measure "100" for product "p1", "200" for product "p2", etc..., to use it, you would need to put the formula on a member that would be a static reference in your Time or Market dimension -- unless that's a dynamic part as well, again -- you need to refine your requirements to yield any meaningful answer.
From your description, it may be the other way around that you want to go... from Measure "101" and any product, do you want the value from "p1"->"100", or (as I suspect) from Product "p1" and any measure, do you want the value from "p1"->"100"?

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----------------------------You are absolutely right here but it helps to understand the underlying principles and best practices as you seem to understand.
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