Filter on %SET% property

Question

Hi,
I am using BPC 5.1 SP3 and I am trying to perform different calculations based on the time period.
The user select one month to run the script (let's take 2008.JUL) and I have an *XDIM_MEMEBERSET command that expands the scope of the Time dimension to all months of the year 2008.
*XDIM_MEMBERSET TIME = Descendants([TIME].[%TIME_SET%].Parent.Parent,99,LEAVES)
I would then like to perform a different calculation, whether the month is a past period or a future period.
I tried the following WHEN statements:
*WHEN TIME.TIMEID
*IS <= %TIME_SET%.TIMEID ==> executed for all months (not just the past periods)
*ENDWHEN
I also tried
*IS <= FLD(%TIME_SET%.TIMEID)  ==> not executed for any months.
When I hardcode the parameter, the calculation works.
*IS <= 20080700
It looks like the filter on %TIME_SET% properties are not working, has anybody had success with a similar setup ?
Only workaround I found so far was to create to *COMMIT section with two *XDIM_MEMBERSET statements, but I would like to avoid having two *COMMIT sections.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Regards,
Marcel

Answer 1

Hi Marcel,
  I know what you meant, the time from %time_set% is being compared with the times from %year%.jan till %year%.dec on an alphabetical order.
  i was wondering if you have any solution to this?
  i have been playing around with different combination, and they all don't work, i.e.
*when time
*is < %time_set%.timeid    -> compares alphabetically OR
*when time.timeid
*is < %time_set%.timeid    -> grabs timeid from time, and only the year from %time_set% OR
*when time.timeid
*is < %time_set%    ->grabs timeid from time, and only the year from %time_set%  OR
*when time
*is < %time_set%    -> compares alphabetically.
  anyone has any suggestions on this matter?
cheers