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Hi all,
I'm trying to pass the time member from a property in account dimension. (Post recognized revenue by looking at deferred revenue accounts.) The dimension ACCTREV has a property called DATENAME. DATENAME refers to a valid TIME member. In 4.2 this logic worked fine. In 5.1sp3 it's not passing the correct time period (formula log indicates null value for time member).
For example: ACCTREV = 4101Billing_2008.JUN DATENAME = 2008.JUN (DATENAME is a property of ACCTREV)
Here's the logic: *REC(EXPRESSION=%VALUE%,TIME=ACCTREV.DATENAME,ACCTREV=ACCTREV.ACCT)
I've read the other post indicating brackets are required by SQL when passing parameters that contain delimiters like "." but it doesn't say how to do it!
I've tried TIME=ACCTREV.DATENAME resulting in null time members.
I've tried TIME=ACCTREV.DATENAME resulting in null time members.
I've updated the property value to 2008.JUN with TIME=ACCTREV.DATENAME resulting in null time members.
Also how do you post a thread using a bracket without turning it into a hyperlink?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Edited by: Ara Toroyan on Aug 5, 2008 2:24 AM

Thanks Kranthi,
It's still not working.
I believe the problem is SQL 2005 related and the DATENAME "2008.JUN."
ACCT is a property of ACCTREV and the properties refer to valid ACCTREV members.
DATENAME is a property of ACCTREV and refers to valid TIME members-- not TimeID or UserTimeID
The formula log reveals the correct ACCTs but no TIME (null values). The problem is with DATENAME. Closer inspection of the formula log below shows that Query1 doesn't load DATENAME. (Not sure why but this could be because of improper formatting.)
I've validated the existence of all property values with =EVPRO. The values are part of the dimension tables.
Here's the forumula log: (I've deleted some of the product and time members in the log for brevity.)
Number of logic calls:1
Call no. 1, logic:D:\BPC\Data\WebFolders\SecondTry\REVENUE
..\AdminApp\REVENUE\RevRec.LGX
Building sub-query 1
Query Type:0
Max members:
Region:
DIMENSION:ACCTREV
4101BILLING_2008.JUN,4201BILLING_2008.JUN,4206BILLING_2008.JUN,4207BILLING_2008.JUN,4208BILLING_2008.JUN
DIMENSION:CATEGORY
ACTUAL
DIMENSION:PRODUCT
0000,0001,0005,0010,0011,0012,0013,0020,0024,0030,0031,0040,0050,0059,0065,0066,0067,0070,0071,0075,0078,0079,0080,0099,0140,0145
DIMENSION:REVDATA
REV_AMOUNT
DIMENSION:TIME
2001.JAN,2001.FEB,2001.MAR,2001.APR,2001.MAY,2001.JUN,2001.JUL,2001.AUG,2001.SEP,2001.OCT,2001.NOV,2001.DEC,2002.JAN,2002.FEB,2002.MAR,2002.APR,2002.MAY,2002.JUN,2002.JUL,2002.AUG,2002.SEP,2002.OCT,2002.NOV,2002.DEC,2003.JAN,2003.FEB,2003.MAR,2003.APR,2003.MAY,2003.JUN,2003.JUL,2003.AUG,2003.SEP,2003.OCT,2003.NOV,2003.DEC,2004.JAN,2004.FEB,2004.MAR,2004.APR,2004.MAY,2004.JUN,2004.JUL,2004.AUG,2004.SEP,2004.OCT,2004.NOV,2004.DEC,2005.JAN,2005.FEB,2005.MAR,2005.APR,2005.MAY,2005.JUN,2005.JUL,2005.AUG,2005.SEP,2005.OCT,2005.NOV,2005.DEC,2006.JAN,2006.FEB,2006.MAR,2006.APR,2006.MAY,2006.JUN,2006.JUL,2006.AUG,2006.SEP,2006.OCT,2006.NOV,2006.DEC,2007.JAN,2007.FEB,2007.MAR,2007.APR,2007.MAY,2007.JUN,2007.JUL,2007.AUG,2007.SEP,2007.OCT,2007.NOV,2007.DEC,2008.JAN,2008.FEB,2008.MAR,2008.APR,2008.MAY,2008.JUN,2008.JUL,2008.AUG,2008.SEP,2008.OCT,2008.NOV,2008.DEC,2009.JAN,2009.FEB,2009.MAR,2009.APR,2009.MAY,2009.JUN,2009.JUL,2009.AUG,2009.SEP,2009.OCT,2009.NOV,2009.DEC
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Loading TIME.TIMEID
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select ACCTREV,PRODUCT,TIMEID,COMPANY,CUSTOMER,DATASRC,LOCATION,MEDIAID,PRODTYPE,TRANSID,SIGNEDDATA
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from tblFactREVENUE
WHERE ACCTREV in (N'4101BILLING_2008.JUN',N'4201BILLING_2008.JUN',N'4206BILLING_2008.JUN',N'4207BILLING_2008.JUN',N'4208BILLING_2008.JUN') AND CATEGORY=N'ACTUAL' AND PRODUCT in (N'0000',N'0001',N'0005',N'0010',N'0011',N'0012',N'0013',N'0020',N'0024',N'0030',N'0031',N'0040',N'0050',N'0059',N'0065',N'0066',N'0067',N'0070',N'0071',N'0075',N'0078',N'0079',N'0080',N'0099',N'0140',N'0145',N'0154',N'0155',N'0156',N'0157',N'0161',N'0162',N'0163',N'0164',N'0165',N'0171',N'0175') AND TIMEID in (N'20010100',N'20010200',N'20010300',N'20010400',N'20010500',N'20010600',N'20010700',N'20010800',N'20010900',N'20011000',N'20011100',N'20011200',N'20020100',N'20020200',N'20020300',N'20020400',N'20020500',N'20020600',N'20020700',N'20020800',N'20020900',N'20021000',N'20021100',N'20021200',N'20030100',N'20030200',N'20030300',N'20030400',N'20030500',N'20030600',N'20030700',N'20030800',N'20030900',N'20031000',N'20031100',N'20031200',N'20040100',N'20040200',N'20040300',N'20040400',N'20040500',N'20040600',N'20040700',N'20040800',N'20040900',N'20041000') AND REVDATA=N'REV_AMOUNT'
insert into #tblTempLogic_349866 (ACCTREV,PRODUCT,TIMEID,COMPANY,CUSTOMER,DATASRC,LOCATION,MEDIAID,PRODTYPE,TRANSID,SIGNEDDATA)
select ACCTREV,PRODUCT,TIMEID,COMPANY,CUSTOMER,DATASRC,LOCATION,MEDIAID,PRODTYPE,TRANSID,SIGNEDDATA
from tblFactWBREVENUE
WHERE ACCTREV in (N'4101BILLING_2008.JUN',N'4201BILLING_2008.JUN',N'4206BILLING_2008.JUN',N'4207BILLING_2008.JUN',N'4208BILLING_2008.JUN') AND CATEGORY=N'ACTUAL' AND PRODUCT in (N'0000',N'0001',N'0005',N'0010',N'0011',N'0012',N'0013',N'0020',N'0024',N'0030',N'0031',N'0040',N'0050',N'0059',N'0065',N'0066',N'0067',N'0070',N'0071',N'0075',N'0078',N'0079',N'0080',N'0099',N'0140',N'0145',N'0154',N'0155',N'0156',N'0157',N'0161',N'0162',N'0163',N'0164',N'0165',N'0171',N'0175',N'0181',N'0182',N'0183',N'0185',N'0190',N'0200',N'0201',N'0210',N'0251',N'0275',N'0302',N'0305',N'0310',N'0802',N'1000',N'1002',N'1012',N'1016',N'1017',N'1026',N'1030',N'1033',N'1035',N'1041',N'1042',N'1054',N'1055',N'1059',N'1061',N'1062',N'1063',N'1065',N'1069',N'1073',N'1080',N'1082',N'1093',N'1100',N'1111',N'1120',N'1172',N'1210',N'1300',N'1700',N'1701',N'1800',N'1900',N'2082',N'2092',N'2110',N'2115',N'2118',N'2120',N'2121',N'2123',N'2124',N'2126',N'2136',N'2140',N'2150',N'2160',N'2170',N'2200',N'2201',N'2220',N'2225',N'2300',N'2500',N'2600',N'2611',N'2700',N'2701',N'2712',N'2715') AND TIMEID in (N'20010100',N'20010200',N'20010300',N'20010400',N'20010500',N'20010600',N'20010700',N'20010800',N'20010900',N'20011000',N'20011100',N'20011200',N'20020100',N'20020200',N'20020300',N'20020400',N'20020500',N'20020600',N'20020700',N'20020800',N'20020900',N'20021000',N'20021100',N'20021200',N'20030100',N'20030200',N'20030300',N'20030400',N'20030500',N'20030600',N'20030700',N'20030800',N'20030900',N'20031000',N'20031100',N'20031200',N'20040100',N'20040200',N'20040300',N'20040400',N'20040500',N'20040600',N'20040700',N'20040800',N'20040900',N'20041000',N'20041100',N'20041200',N'20050100',N'20050200',N'20050300',N'20050400',N'20050500',N'20050600',N'20050700',N'20050800',N'20050900',N'20051000',N'20051100',N'20051200',N'20060100',) AND REVDATA=N'REV_AMOUNT'
and SOURCE = 0
insert into #tblTempLogic_349866 (ACCTREV,PRODUCT,TIMEID,COMPANY,CUSTOMER,DATASRC,LOCATION,MEDIAID,PRODTYPE,TRANSID,SIGNEDDATA)
select ACCTREV,PRODUCT,TIMEID,COMPANY,CUSTOMER,DATASRC,LOCATION,MEDIAID,PRODTYPE,TRANSID,SIGNEDDATA
from tblFAC2REVENUE
WHERE ACCTREV in (N'4101BILLING_2008.JUN',N'4201BILLING_2008.JUN',N'4206BILLING_2008.JUN',N'4207BILLING_2008.JUN',N'4208BILLING_2008.JUN') AND CATEGORY=N'ACTUAL' AND PRODUCT in (N'0000',N'0001',N'0005',N'0010',N'0011',N'0012',N'0013',N'0020',N'0024',N'0030',N'0031',N'0040',N'0050',N'0059',N'0065',N'0066',N'0067',N'0070',N'0071',N'0075',N'0078',N'0079',N'0080',N'0099',N'0140',N'0145',N'0154',N'0155',N'0156',N'0157',N'0161',N'0162',N'0163',N'0164',N'0165',N'0171',N'0175',N'0181',N'0182',N'0183',N'0185',N'0190',N'0200',N'0201',N'0210',N'0251',N'0275',N'0302',N'0305',N'0310',N'0802',N'1000',N'1002',N'1012',N'1016',N'1017',N'1026',N'1030',N'1033',N'1035',N'1041',N'1042',N'1054',N'1055',N'1059',N'1061',N'1062',N'1063',N'1065',N'1069',N'1073',N'1080',N'1082',N'1093') AND TIMEID in (N'20010100',N'20010200',N'20010300',N'20010400',N'20010500',N'20010600',N'20010700',N'20010800',N'20010900',N'20011000',N'20011100',N'20011200',N'20020100',N'20020200',N'20020300',N'20020400',N'20020500',N'20020600',N'20020700',N'20020800',N'20020900',N'20021000',N'20021100',N'20021200',N'20030100',N'20030200',N'20030300',N'20030400',N'20030500',N'20030600',N'20030700',N'20030800',N'20030900',N'20031000',N'20031100',N'20031200',N'20040100',N'20040200',N'20040300',N'20040400',N'20040500',N'20040600',N'20040700',N'20040800',N'20040900',N'20041000',N'20041100',N'20041200',N'20050100',N'20050200',N'20050300',N'20050400',N'20050500',N'20050600',N'20050700',N'20050800',N'20050900',N'20051000',N'20051100',N'20051200',N'20060100') AND REVDATA=N'REV_AMOUNT'
select tmpTable.ACCTREV,tmpTable.PRODUCT,tmpTable.TIMEID,tmpTable.COMPANY,tmpTable.CUSTOMER,tmpTable.DATASRC,tmpTable.LOCATION,tmpTable.MEDIAID,tmpTable.PRODTYPE,tmpTable.TRANSID,sum(SIGNEDDATA) as SIGNEDDATA
from #tblTempLogic_349866 as tmpTable
group by tmpTable.ACCTREV,tmpTable.PRODUCT,tmpTable.TIMEID,tmpTable.COMPANY,tmpTable.CUSTOMER,tmpTable.DATASRC,tmpTable.LOCATION,tmpTable.MEDIAID,tmpTable.PRODTYPE,tmpTable.TRANSID
drop table #tblTempLogic_349866
Time to load Source data:2.6 sec.
29123 records to process
Time to Prepare data process:0.0 sec.
Time to initialize destination:0.0 sec.
Time to get source data:0.0 sec.
29123 scanned records
0 skipped records
29123 processed records
29123 records generated
Time to Scan data:5.5 sec.
Time to get output data:0.1 sec.
Time to prepare final strings:0.3
Total processing time:5.9
App: REVENUE - Records to be posted are 29119 (calc diff = 0)
CATEGORY,REVDATA,ACCTREV,PRODUCT,TIME,COMPANY,CUSTOMER,DATASRC,LOCATION,MEDIAID,PRODTYPE,TRANSID,SIGNEDDATA
ACTUAL,REV_AMOUNT,4101,0001,,03,2282436,INPUT,00,ZZ,NONE,MANUAL_TRANSBASED,-208.5
ACTUAL,REV_AMOUNT,4101,0010,,03,1000105,INPUT,00,20,CURR,TRANSACTION_BASED,-88
ACTUAL,REV_AMOUNT,4101,0010,,03,1000105,INPUT,00,20,HIST,TRANSACTION_BASED,-60

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     - Dimension member sheet file will be saved as 2003 file format by
       'SaveAs'
3. MEMBERSHEET_VERSION=2007
   a)Excel 2003 users
     - User cannot download dimension member sheet file so cannot use
       dimension member sheet any more.
   b)Excel 2007 users
     - Download 'xlsx' file from server and if there is only 'xls', the
       file will be downloaded from server and then it will be changed         to 'xlsx' when save to server.
     - Create dimension: The file format will be 'xlsx'
     - Modify, Copy dimension: The file format will be followed by the
       downloaded file format.
[Limitation]
If the value of MEMBERSHEET_VERSION is set to 2007, users who use Office 2003 cannot access and modify dimension member sheet file any more. Only users who use Office 2007 can access and modify dimension member sheet.

SQL functions in Script Logic

I want to build a script logic but the dimensions that I am testing do not have the fields I want in the format I want. In my case I would like to test the "Start" property in the Employee dimension. The property represents the employee start date but is a var char in the format dd.mm.yyyy rather thna a date field. I want to test whether it is five years prior to the date being processed.
My time dimension has a year property and a monthnum property. Each of these are varchar. I can write SQL that would convert these to a date and compare them with the start property on the employee dimension.
Can I do iinsert SQL functions in the When statement. An example would be
*When convert(datetime, substring(employee.start,4,2) + '/' + substring(employee.start,1,2) + '/' + substring(employee.start,7,4))
Can I use SQL functions in the Is statement? An example would be
*Is <DateAdd(YY,-5 , convert(datetime, Time.Monthnum + '/01/'' + time.year)
Finally when I use such techniques and look at the log by using "show log" in the logic debugger I see no reference to the SQL I used. It is as if the generated SQL has not made use of my functions. Instead all I seee are the extract statements from the three fact tables. Is this normal? Is there a way to see what SQL is really being generated and run?
At the moment it seems my only option is to make changes, try running it and hope I get an output. If no records are written I can't be sure whether it is because embedding SQL function is not supported or because I have made some other error.

No, the "BPC SQL" script logic doesn't allow for this extensive use of real SQL within the scripting syntax. As a concept, it's best to think of "BPC SQL" script logic as, "this unique BPC logic syntax will generate real SQL code when it's executed."
There's very little real SQL that you can use within the syntax itself, and definitely not within the WHEN or IF statements. Nothing like cast, convert, substring, etc. (Except you CAN use these, a little bit, in a *SELECT statement. But I don't see how that will solve your current problem.)
Plus, when you consider how the logic engine processes a set of data, it's helpful to think of it in terms of selects & reading through a recordset. So in that regard, a SQL background can be helpful, in understanding the concepts. (Sort of helpful, except when it confuses you, or frustrates you since you don't have all the power you want.)
Anyway, to solve your problem, you might be able to restate the problem, and then use something like this code, which is valid syntax:
*WHEN TIME.TIMEID
*IS >= VERSION.FirstPlanMonthTimeID
In this case, FirstPlanMonthTimeID is set up in the version dimension as, for example, 20090400 (representing 2009.APR). This timeID is set by BPC automatically when processing the time dimension, and I need to ensure that my Version property value is set to match it.
A key point is that in BPC fact tables, the time dimension is stored as TIMEID (not ID, unlike all the other dimensions), and can be used for comparative evaluation in script logic WHEN/IF. The comparison property needs to be stored as an 8-digit integer value. If your time dimension has days in it (along with months), check the TIMEID after processing, and you should see the pattern for assigning values to TIMEID for days and months, etc.
Normally, TIMEID is assigned pretty sensible and stable values. If it doesn't meet your logic requirements, you can create another property (be careful of USERTIMEID, since that has a specific purpose in the system which I've never fully understood) and assign that whatever (integer) values make sense.

Video podcast format for iPods

I created a video podcast and the RSS feed was successfully accepted by iTunes.
The first two episodes download through iTunes fine. The only problem is that the video file would not transfer to any video iPod. The first two episodes were 320x240 .mov files.
So, I read some sites and found out that it needed to be a .m4v file. I edit the show in iMovie. After finishing the third episode, I used iMovie to "Share to iPod" which I figured would format the file into a proper format for an iPod.
The 3rd episode is uploaded onto the RSS feed, but iTunes doesn't recognize this and make the file available for download. It still only has the first two episodes for download.
Any suggestions? Do I need to use Quicktime Pro and use that to convert the files?
If it helps, here is a link to the feed in iTunes.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=214350353
Thanks for the help in advance.

I dont know about doing it the "easy" way with apps that do all the work for you. Here it is the "hard" manual way.
You should create a graphic specifically for this purpose and upload that JPEG file to the pace where your podcast episodes are hosted. Then you can post the URL of the picture into your RSS feed, in the top part where all the main info about your podcast is. It should look like this:
<itunes:image href="http://www.kutvfreshair.com/podcast/bloopersLogo.jpg" />
where the "href" is the http of your picture.
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Script Logic choice SQL or MDX in NW release?

Hi experts,
I have encountered some opposite arguments in forum. Please can you clarify NW release script logic choice should be as MS release?
In [Script Logic BPC MS (SQL) vs. NW (ABAP); Tim Klem states
- "Write the logic using BPC SQL script logic syntax (not MDX) for performance reasons" but this opinion based on MS version. How about NW release is it really smarter to select SQL Script rather than MDX.
There is another statement in [Re: BPC 7 NW; Deppak mentions that:
- "In BPC 5.1 the script formula approach suggests to use SQL based logic instead of MDX.
Whereas in Teched,08, I learnt that MDX & ABAP (using BADIs) would be used for it. Thats why I am slightly confused...."
But second statement is far beyond NW relase date and I am sure this is not true but I would like you to confirm that.
If you were a project responsible and want that all scripts will be held in one language, what would you choose??
Thanks in advance,
ergin ozturk

Hi Ergin,
I can understand your approach not to use ABAP hence you miss the skills witin your project team.
However, you (or you client) has chosen the NetWeaver version for whatever reason. I'm sure a thorough decisions process has lead to this decision. In choosing the NetWeaver version with SAP BI you will sooner or later come to the point that you will have to use ABAP if you like it or not. Especially when you start using further capabilities within NetWeaver and the BI solutions. So from my point of view ABAP knowledge is an essential skill you need in a project based on SAP NetWeaver anyway.
Additionally I heared some statements that MDX is causing some performance issues on the NetWeaver version. This may have been fixed in the meantime with some SPs.
As the SQL within the NetWeaver verison does not have the full functionality than it has in MS Version SQL is not an option for me.
I do also not see the cost impact hence someone need to do the support anyway. In case of MDX you need an MDX developer, in case of ABAP and ABAP developer. Or a technical BPC consultant able to do the development (which I would recommend you should have in your project team anyway).
So coming back to your original question, I would recommend to do as much as possible using ABAP BADIs.
Cheers,
Steffen

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