EIS + template SQL

Question

Hi,
Can any EIS (11) expert could confirm what CHM doc says regarding building drill-through reports using template SQL.
"(...) you cannot use the $$ substitution variables in template SQL when (...) the dimension is built from a *parent/child* table."
Which means that if my dimension tables in my EIS model are built on a parent-child way then the $$ substitution variables won't work?
I'm cursed
Edited by: sroux on Jun 7, 2011 3:39 PM

Answer 1

Thanks Glenn,
So you mean that YES I can implement drill with parent child based fact tables using $$ variables.
However and as I said in the prevoithis is what I can read in the doc :
+"Integration Services template SQL uses the "$$" syntax as the variable delimiter. All text contained within the "$$" syntax is replaced with actual column or data values during drill-through execution. However, you cannot use the $$ substitution variables in template SQL when the intersection level of the dimension is defined at Generation 1 and the dimension is built from a parent/child table."+
Now I've been in the EIS doc regarding these blooding $$ substitution variables and cannot make it work.
What is the difference between :
$$dimension-*$$COLUMN$$* & $$dimension-VALUE$$
$$dimension-*$$MEMBERCOLUMN$$* & $$dimension-MEMBERVALUE$$
For instance this is not working :
SELECT DISTINCT aa.ANNEES as ANNEES, aa.CLIENTS AS CLIENTS, aa.RESPONSABLES as RESPONSABLES, m.ALIAS as MOIS, i.ALIAS as NATURES, SUM(aa.MONTANT) as MONTANTS
FROM RPNDBO.FACT aa, RPNDBO.MOIS m, RPNDBO.INDICATEURS i
WHERE
*$$MOIS-COLUMN$$ = $$MOIS-VALUE$$ and $$INDICATEURS-COLUMN$$ = $$INDICATEURS-VALUE$$* and aa.ANNEES = 'A2010'
GROUP BY aa.ANNEES, aa.CLIENTS, aa.RESPONSABLES, m.ALIAS, i.ALIAS
ORDER BY 1 ASC, 4 ASC, 6 ASC, 5 ASC, 2 ASC, 3 ASC