Distribute data by reference data

Question

Hi,
requirment as follow:
1actual sale data cube (reference data)
0plant 0article year/week acturalsalesdata
D001     00010     2007/01     100.00
D002     00010     2007/01     200.00
D001     00010     2007/02     150.00
D002     00010     2007/02     250.00
2planned sales data cube  (data to be changed)
0article year/week acturalsalesdata
00010  2007/03     400.00
I want to distribute the planned sales data in 2007/03 to each plant.
In the distribution function I choose the field 'year/week' as 'fields for reference'
then in the parameter group I can specify which week to be the reference week.
But in the parameter group  I can only choose single value (2007/01  or 2007/02),
How could I use both of these week as reference data?
for example :
0plant   0article year/week                    acturalsalesdata
D001   00010   2007/01 and 2007/02    100.00 + 150.00
D002   00010   2007/01 and 2007/02     200.00 + 250.00

Answer 1

Hello
Yes, distribution reference data needs to be restricted to a single value.
Two ways I have done this before:
1. Use a planning sequence where the first step is to copy your 2 weeks of reference data into a spare version and combine into a single period. Then use this as reference data for the dustribution function. A third step can be added if needed to delete the copied data in the spare version.
2. You can generally get to the same thing using  FOX formula but can get complex. Whether the planning sequence or formula approach ends up being more efficient in execution time depends on the data, complexity of function etc...
Chris