ICP Elimination rules in v11.1.2.3

Question

Hello Ladies and Gents, I have a question on how to write ICP elimination rules in a 6 custom dimension v11.1.2.3 application. Just to set the scene I am a 10 year plus HFM rules writer, so not someone who has just read the manual . I am currently on a project using v11.1.2.3 and against my better judgemement we are using 6 custom dimensions, What I thought was going to be a straightforward lift of existing rules I have has turned into a nightmare, namely intercompany elimination. The usual rule is to open a dataunit, identify your intercompany accounts and then reverse the IC balance into a plug account. I can get the IC balance to reverse into its original account, but it will not put the value into the plug account. The error message I get is that it doesn't recognise the custom1 dimension, the metadata custom dimension setup all ties up. My current rule is
  Call MyDataUnit.GetItemExtDim(i, vAccount, vICP, vCustom, dData)
   Dim CanEliminate
   Dim vPlug
   CanEliminate = True
   If (strComp(vICP, "[ICP None]", vbTextCompare) = 0) Then
    CanEliminate = False
   ElseIf (HS.Account.IsICP(vAccount) = False) Then
    CanEliminate = False
   ElseIf (HS.Parent.IsDescendant(HS.Parent.Member,vICP) = False) Then
    CanEliminate = False
   Else
    vPlug = HS.Account.PlugAcct(vAccount)
    If (vPlug = "") Then CanEliminate = False
   End If
   If CanEliminate Then
    dPCon = HS.Node.PCon("")
    Call HS.Con("V#[Elimination]",-1 * dPCon,"")
    Call HS.Con("V#[Elimination].C1#"&vCustom(0,1)&".A#"& vPlug,dPCon,"")
   End If
  End If
Next
The bolded line is the one that bombs out. I have used the new GetItemExtDim rule function. And the value that appears against vCustom(0,1) is exactly what I want it to be, but it still won't recognise it and the consolidation aborts. If I change the vPlug to vAccount then the rule runs, but that is not what I want, I need the plug account populated.
I can't be the only one who has experienced this, What am I doing wrong??
Paul

Answer 1

Hi Paul
I've encountered this problem once before the latest patch was applied to the environment. As far as I remember I had to pull out dimension name as well from vCustom array. So your line should go smth like this:
  Call HS.Con("V#[Elimination]." & vCustom(1,1) & "#" & vCustom(0,1) & ".A#" & vPlug,dPCon,"")
Yet I am quite sure that nmC1 here is stored within vCustom (0,0) array cell and not (0,1). Since you say that the value of vCustom(0,1) is exactly what you want it to be, then this is probably not the case. But I would alter the line to:
  Call HS.Con("V#[Elimination]." & vCustom(1,0) & "#" & vCustom(0,0) & ".A#"& vPlug,dPCon,"")
Hope this helps,
Kirill