Dynamically build the cube

Question

hi
I unable to cretae the dynamically outline for dynamaic cala and dynamic calc and store and rest data storage property.
in my datasource i dont have information regarding storage properties. how can i add the storage properties to rule file for dynamically building..............

Answer 1

It depends on how you source data is set up. If level or gen ref and you want to make all upper level members dynamic calc, that wouldn't be too bad. Just add a column for Gen2 properties with text value 'X' and then set that column as the properties for Gen2. Repeat for other Gens as needed.
Now for Parent/Child it gets more messy. You could make a copy of your child member column in the load rule, then use Find/Replace to update the value to the storage property you want.
For example let's say you have a load file like
PARENT -- CHILD
Year -- Q1
Q1 -- Jan
Q2 -- Feb
Q3 -- Mar
You could duplicate the child column in your load rule
PARENT -- CHILD -- CHILD2
Year -- Q1 -- Q1
Q1 -- Jan -- Jan
Q2 -- Feb -- Feb
Q3 -- Mar -- Mar
You could then use Find/Replace on the new CHILD2 column
(Replace 'Q1' with 'X', Replace 'Jan' with '', Replace 'Feb' with '', Replace 'Mar' with '') your end result will look like
PARENT -- CHILD -- CHILD2
Year -- Q1 -- X
Q1 -- Jan -- NULL
Q2 -- Feb -- NULL
Q3 -- Mar -- NULL
Set new CHILD2 column as the property for CHILD column and you'll get your properties as needed. This obviously gets difficult if the dim is large.
In General I would not take this approach unless you just had to do one or two. You are better to manipulate your source before hand.