Clearing Data in Essbase

Question

Does anyone know of a quick way to clear data for one dimension? I used the CLEARDATA command but that process took several minutes. I also used the Clear Data Combinations option in my load rule but that is still going (6 minutes later). I need to clear all the data for the parent "Revenue Statistics" before I re-load the Revenue Statistics. Any other way I can tackle this?

Answer 1

I'm not 100% sure what your calc is doing, but when I design calcs, I try to make it so that no clearing is required beforehand, as the process to clear large amounts of data adds time to calcs. You then have to visit those blocks again to recalculate the values.The way I do it is I try to avoid calcs that add to existing values - any calculated value I try to use values that exist in OTHER members - rather than take the value that's already there and use it somehow.Second, I try to build the logic that will set #Missing values where it needs to if necessary, rather than clearing ALL the data then calc'ing again.Of course there are dozens of situations where you have to clear data, and I don't mean to over simplify the problem, but I try to keep that kind of stuff in mind when I am designing / re-designing calcs.Why do you have to clear the value before you calc? If you run a calc, any values that are there already should be replaced.Regards,Jade---------------------------------------Jade ColeSenior Business Intelligence ConsultantClarity [email protected]