How to upload data through excel into ssm

Question

Dear SSM Gurus,
I am new to strategy management ,PAS Model I have created successfully based on requirement given by our business unit.
Business unit (FMCG product dealer) have 5 region , and 2 accounts under which we have multiple stores ,
I have sales data in excel sheet by store monthly(actual & target)
I have created an Link to excel sheet which has following format
Time     Name of the store     sales_act     sales_target
Jan-09     Store1 region 1 account1      290     300
Feb-09     Store1 region 1 account1      320     350
Please suggest how to upload excel data into Actual and traget variables (suggest me IDQL commands).
Regards
Arif

Answer 1

Dear Arif ,
For loading the data from an excel sheet , using a procedure is very handy.If possible , create a separate procedure for loading the targets. I am giving you a rought transcript of a procedure which loads data from an excel sheet. Please make the appropriate changes where ever necessary :
....Clear all previous selections of dimensions and variables
clear status
...Set period range for the data to be loaded
set period 2009
....Selecting dimensions and variables for data mapping
SET DATE DMY
select dim STORE input
....Select the variables to be loaded
select var sales_act
....Set across and down layout to match source data layout
across  var down  STORE,time
ACCESS EXTERNAL
USE 'C:\actual_data.csv'
DESCRIPTION FREE ,
Peek only 10
.....Reading the data into the model
read
.....To end access system
end
Please check if the data loads properly at the input level. If this is successful , then we can consolidate the data and then you can get the data at other levels as well.
Hope this helps
Vijay