Excel layouts: Usage of excel formulas and column references

Hi!
I have a question on how BPS excel based layouts work:
- Can you enter your own formulas (e.g =SUM) in an cell which will be saved in a cube?
- Can a cell to save in a cube contain a reference to another cell in another worksheet?
Points will be given.
Regards,
Christian

Christian,
       To answer your questions,
- Can you enter your own formulas (e.g =SUM) in an cell which will be saved in a cube?
    Yes you can enter your own formula and calculate the
    value.Its only value that is saved into the Cube not
    the formula.So when you retrieve that value from the
    cube, you wouldn't be able to see the formula.I am
    assuming that you are trying this in data columns,
    where you would normally enter the values to save
    into the cube.If you do it anywhere else other than
    the data columns, you will not be able to save
    anything in this cell to the cube.
- Can a cell to save in a cube contain a reference to another cell in another worksheet?
    As we can't save any formulas and link in a
    particular cell into the cube, its not possible
    to do it from an excel cell perspective.But I have
    used exit function that refer particular cell(s)
    and used it for data manipulation/linking dynamically
    I did this only on GUI, not on web.It was very
    custom routine.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
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