Is it possible to have a many to many calc script equation?

Question

Hi All,
I'm thinking there has got to be an easy way to do this - but I've tried a bunch of different ways, and I've only been getting error messages.
What I want to do is perform an allocation based on head count for a few dozen accounts. The allocation method will be the same for each account, and I wanted to write this in a single line rather than have dozens of lines, one for each account.
For Example, the following works correctly for me ( Takes Total indirect salaries loaded to "Region Items" and allocates based on headcount loaded to each child of "Operations")
FIX("Budget", @CHILDREN("Operations"))
"Indirect Employee Salaries"
= "Region Items"->"Indirect Employee Salaries" * "Office Staff - Employees" / "Operations"->"Office Staff - Employees";
ENDFIX
Because this allocation will be repeated for each account, I would like to have something similar to this:
FIX("Budget",@CHILDREN("Operations"))
@CHILDREN("Indirect")
= "Region Items"->@CHILDREN("Indirect") * "Office Staff - Employees" / "Operations"->"Office Staff - Employees";
ENDFIX
However this change to the command gives me "Calc Script Command is Incomplete" warnings.

Answer 1

You can do this with a "switch" on the fix etc.
FIX(@CHILDREN("Indirect") ,@CHILDREN("Operations"))
"Budget"= "Region Items"->@CURRMBR(Accounts) * "Office Staff - Employees" / "Operations"->"Office Staff - Employees";
ENDFIX
You will need to check the performance of this, especially if Budget is sparse - although it would remove create block issues.
You might also need to enclose the "CurrMbr" section in a SUMRANGE to validate, but it is a starter for you.
Hope this helps
Andy King
www.analitica.co.uk