Force creation of a block

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to force the creation of a block in a calc script. I just want a little subset of my script to create blocks to optimize the calculation time.
So I tried using
SET CREATEBLOCKONEQ ON;
<script>
SET CREATEBLOCKONEQ OFF;
It didn't work so I tried
SET CREATENONMISSINGBLK ON;
<Script>
SET CREATENONMISSINGBLK OFF;
But it didn't work either.
What am I doing wrong ?
Thanks for your help,
Cyril

Answer 1

I'm not sure if anyone found a resolution to this one, but we're having a similar issue. We're attempting to finalize a script that will provide a specific allocation methodology, but we're running into this block creation issue. Basically, when we run the script, the entries are not created. However, if we first push a zero to the the intersection, through either a data form or a copy data, the script will populate the intersection. Any ideas?
/* Set the calculator cache. */
SET CACHE HIGH;
/* Turn off Intelligent Calculation. */
SET UPDATECALC OFF;
/* Make sure missing values DO aggregate, thereby NOT PROTECTING parent level members (in calculated dimensions),
but allowing Essbase to calculate quicker. */
SET AGGMISSG ON;
/*Utilizing Parallel Calculation*/
SET CALCPARALLEL 3;
/*Setting for the number of updates to the log file*/
SET NOTICE LOW;
/*Sets the max number of blocks that can be pulled at a time during a calc*/
SET LOCKBLOCK HIGH;
/*Specifies the number of spare dimensions included in parallel calcs*/
SET CALCTASKDIMS 7;
/*Controls whether new blocks are created when a calculation formula assigns
anything other than a constant to a member of a sparse dimension*/
SET CREATEBLOCKONEQ ON;
FIX(&CurrActFcst,&CurrActYear,&NextYear,&NextYearPlus1,Final,
     (@REMOVE(@RELATIVE("LTotal Locations",0),@LIST("L01010","L01011",@RELATIVE("LInactive - US Locations",0),"L05300",
     @RELATIVE("LInactive - Canada Locations",0),"L01060",     @RELATIVE("LInactive - Philippines Locations",0),"L21060","L01045","L01047",
     "L01049","L01050","L01570","L01053","L21000","L21001","L21002","L21003","L21004","L21005","L21006","L21007","L21008",
     "L21009","L21010","L21030","L21032","L21033","L21034","L21035","L21036","L21037","L21038","L21039","L21040",
     "L21041","L03121","L04002","L04100","L04101","L04102","L04108","L04200","L04215","L04220","L04252","L04253",
     "L04299","L04300","L02140","L02142","L21300","L02150",@RELATIVE("LKorea",0),"L02162","L02100","L02101","L02106",
     "L02155","L21270","L02130","L02133","L03100","L03101","L06001","L06200","L06210","L06220","L06225","L06100",
     "L06107","L06108","L06109","L06201","L06300","L02200","L01221","L01223","L01228","L01232","LHLDNG",
     @RELATIVE("LPercepta",0),@RELATIVE("LEnhansiv",0),"L01900",     @RELATIVE("LCorporate & Other",0)))))
/* Big Fix, calculating for all level zero depts and level 0 clients, for the Location specified in the RTP*/
     FIX(@RELATIVE("DTotal Departments",0),@RELATIVE("CTotal Clients",0))
/* Clears out previous allocation amount*/
"ADepreciation Location CE Allocation Estimate" = #MISSING;
"ASG&A Location CE Allocation Estimate" = #MISSING;
"ADirect Cost Location CE Allocation Estimate" = #MISSING;
"ADepreciation Location CE Allocation Offset" = #MISSING;
"ASG&A Location CE Allocation Offset" = #MISSING;
"ADirect Cost Location CE Allocation Offset" = #MISSING;
     ENDFIX
AGG ("Client", "Department");
/*Calculating Empty Seat Clients for locations that are not dedicated, that are empty, and where nothing has been
entered to ASEAT*/
FIX("C9002","No Currency")
"ASEAT"(
/*IF stmt to determine if location is dedicated*/
     IF(NOT @ISUDA("Location","Dedicated"))
          /*IF stmt to determine if location is an "Empty Site" and to see if ASEAT was populated*/
          IF(("ASEAT"->"No Currency"->"DTotal Departments"->"CTotal Clients"/
               "APROD"->"No Currency"->"DTotal Departments"->"CTotal Clients") < .85 AND "ASEAT"== #MISSING)
          /*Populates ASEAT account for empty seat client*/
          "ASEAT" = (("APROD"->"No Currency"->"CTotal Clients"-> "DTotal Departments" * .85) -
                         "ASEAT"->"No Currency"->"CTotal Clients"-> "DTotal Departments");
          ENDIF
     ENDIF
     ENDFIX
AGG ("Client", "Department");     
FIX(@RELATIVE("DTotal Departments",0),@RELATIVE("CTotal Clients",0))
"ADepreciation Location CE Allocation Estimate"(
/*IF stmt to fix on dedicated sites*/
IF(@ISUDA ("Location", "Dedicated"))
/*Calculating allocation using assigned wrkstation for each client as numerator and the total assigned wrkstns for
     all clients as denominator*/
"ADepreciation & Amortization"->"C0000" * ("ASEAT"->"No Currency"->"DTotal Departments"/
     "ASEAT"->"No Currency"->"DTotal Departments"->"CTotal Clients");
/*IF stmt to determine if location is a "Full Site"*/
ELSEIF(("ASEAT"->"No Currency"-> "DTotal Departments"->"CTotal Clients"/
          "APROD"-> "DTotal Departments"->"No Currency"->"CTotal Clients") >= .85)
/*Calculating allocation using assigned wrkstation for each client as numerator and the total assigned wrkstns for
     all clients as denominator*/
"ADepreciation & Amortization"->"C0000" * ("ASEAT"->"No Currency"->"DTotal Departments"/
"ASEAT"->"No Currency"->"DTotal Departments"->"CTotal Clients");
/*IF stmt to determine if location is an "Empty Site"*/
ELSEIF(("ASEAT"->"No Currency"->"CTotal Clients"/"APROD"->"No Currency"->"CTotal Clients") < .85)
     /*Calculating Empty seat client:alloc numerator is plug to get total assigned wkstn up to 85% of prod wkstn,
     denom. is total prod wkstn * 85% */
     "ADepreciation & Amortization"->"C0000" * ("ASEAT"->"No Currency"->"DTotal Departments"/
     "ASEAT"->"No Currency"->"DTotal Departments"->"CTotal Clients");
ELSE
#MISSING;
ENDIF)
/*Calculates the SG&A Allocation Estimate*/
"ASG&A Location CE Allocation Estimate" = "ASG&A"->"C0000" * ("ADirect Cost of Revenue"->"DTotal Departments"/
"ADirect Cost of Revenue"->"CTotal Clients"->"DTotal Departments");
"ADirect Cost Location CE Allocation Estimate"(
/*IF stmt to fix on dedicated sites*/
IF(@ISUDA ("Location", "Dedicated"))
/*Calculating allocation using assigned wrkstation for each client as numerator and the total assigned wrkstns for
     all clients as denominator*/
"ADirect Cost of Revenue"->"C9500" * ("ASEAT"->"DTotal Departments"->"No Currency"/
          "ASEAT"->"No Currency"->"DTotal Departments"->"CTotal Clients");
/*IF stmt to determine if location is a "Full Site"*/
ELSEIF(("ASEAT"->"No Currency"-> "DTotal Departments"->"CTotal Clients"/
          "APROD"-> "DTotal Departments"->"No Currency"->"CTotal Clients") >= .85)
/*Calculating allocation using assigned wrkstation for each client as numerator and the total assigned wrkstns for
     all clients as denominator*/
"ADirect Cost of Revenue"->"C9500" * ("ASEAT"->"DTotal Departments"->"No Currency"/
     "ASEAT"->"No Currency"->"DTotal Departments"->"CTotal Clients");
/*IF stmt to determine if location is an "Empty Site"*/
ELSEIF(("ASEAT"->"No Currency"->"DTotal Departments"->"CTotal Clients"/
          "APROD"->"DTotal Departments"->"No Currency"->"CTotal Clients") < .85)
"ADirect Cost of Revenue"->"C9500" * ("ASEAT"->"No Currency"->"DTotal Departments"/
     "ASEAT"->"No Currency"->"DTotal Departments"->"CTotal Clients");
ELSE
#MISSING;
ENDIF)
ENDFIX
AGG ("Client", "Department");
/*-----------THIS SECTION CALCULATES THE ALLOCATION OFFSETS------------------------------------------------*/
FIX(@RELATIVE("DTotal Departments",0))
FIX("C0000")
"ADepreciation Location CE Allocation Offset" = "ADepreciation Location CE Allocation Estimate"->"CTotal Clients" * -1;
"ASG&A Location CE Allocation Offset" = "ASG&A Location CE Allocation Estimate"->"CTotal Clients" * -1;
ENDFIX
FIX("C9500")
"ADirect Cost Location CE Allocation Offset" = "ADirect Cost Location CE Allocation Estimate"->"CTotal Clients" * -1;
ENDFIX
ENDFIX
     AGG ("Client", "Department");
ENDFIX