Referencing in Essbase

We know in essbase we have got Level; Gen; and Parent-child Referencing. I would like to know scenario based examples. How is the calculation of selecting level or Parent-child or Gen Ref is done. and what are the best practices in selecting one against another.thanks in advance
sriram

its totally depend upon your data and the relation between them
you can go for generation if data exist in continues range from top to bottom like
country state district
you need to go for level if data is coming
district state country
if your data is coming like this use parent child relationship
country state1
country state2
state1 city1
state1 city2
state2 city11
state2 city22
for more details you must refer "DBAG" guide (chapter 16 page around 262) so you get conceptual knowledge.
Thanks
Dhanjit G.

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dias-componentias-instanceprocess-manageropmn'.
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at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.error(Unknown Source)
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,[dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesDiscountAmount0_5] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesDiscountAmount0_5]
,[dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesUnitPrice0_6] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesUnitPrice0_6]
,[dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesUnitPriceDiscountPct0_7] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesUnitPriceDiscountPct0_7]
,[dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesTotalProductCost0_8] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesTotalProductCost0_8]
,[dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesProductStandardCost0_9] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesProductStandardCost0_9]
,[dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSales0_10] AS [dbo_FactResellerSales0_10]
,[dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesEmployeeKey0_11] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesEmployeeKey0_11]
,[dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesPromotionKey0_12] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesPromotionKey0_12]
,[dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesSalesTerritoryKey0_13] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesSalesTerritoryKey0_13]
,[dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesResellerKey0_14] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesResellerKey0_14]
,[dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesProductKey0_15] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesProductKey0_15]
,[dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesCurrencyKey0_16] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesCurrencyKey0_16]
,[dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesOrderDateKey0_17] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesOrderDateKey0_17]
,[dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesShipDateKey0_18] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesShipDateKey0_18]
,[dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesDueDateKey0_19] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesDueDateKey0_19]
,[dbo_DimReseller_6].[GeographyKey] AS [dbo_DimResellerGeographyKey5_0] -- 1
,[dbo_DimReseller_22].[RefAKey] AS [dbo_DimResellerRefAKey7_0] -- 2
,[dbo_DimReseller_23].[RefBKey] AS [dbo_DimResellerRefBKey9_0] -- 3
,[dbo_DimReseller_24].[RefCKey] AS [dbo_DimResellerRefCKey11_0] -- 4
FROM (
SELECT [SalesAmount] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesSalesAmount0_0]
,[OrderQuantity] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesOrderQuantity0_1]
,[ExtendedAmount] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesExtendedAmount0_2]
,[TaxAmt] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesTaxAmt0_3]
,[Freight] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesFreight0_4]
,[DiscountAmount] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesDiscountAmount0_5]
,[UnitPrice] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesUnitPrice0_6]
,[UnitPriceDiscountPct] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesUnitPriceDiscountPct0_7]
,[TotalProductCost] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesTotalProductCost0_8]
,[ProductStandardCost] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesProductStandardCost0_9]
,1 AS [dbo_FactResellerSales0_10]
,[EmployeeKey] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesEmployeeKey0_11]
,[PromotionKey] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesPromotionKey0_12]
,[SalesTerritoryKey] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesSalesTerritoryKey0_13]
,[ResellerKey] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesResellerKey0_14]
,[ProductKey] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesProductKey0_15]
,[CurrencyKey] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesCurrencyKey0_16]
,[OrderDateKey] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesOrderDateKey0_17]
,[ShipDateKey] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesShipDateKey0_18]
,[DueDateKey] AS [dbo_FactResellerSalesDueDateKey0_19]
FROM (
SELECT [dbo].[FactResellerSales].[ProductKey]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[OrderDateKey]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[DueDateKey]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[ShipDateKey]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[ResellerKey]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[EmployeeKey]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[PromotionKey]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[CurrencyKey]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[SalesTerritoryKey]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[SalesOrderNumber]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[SalesOrderLineNumber]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[RevisionNumber]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[OrderQuantity]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[UnitPrice]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[ExtendedAmount]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[UnitPriceDiscountPct]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[DiscountAmount]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[ProductStandardCost]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[TotalProductCost]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[SalesAmount]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[TaxAmt]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[Freight]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[CarrierTrackingNumber]
,[dbo].[FactResellerSales].[CustomerPONumber]
FROM [dbo].[FactResellerSales]
WHERE OrderDateKey >= '20080101'
AND OrderDateKey <= '20081231'
) AS [FactResellerSales]
) AS [dbo_FactResellerSales]
/*** One JOIN per Referenced Relationship ***/
,[dbo].[DimReseller] AS [dbo_DimReseller_6] -- 1
,[dbo].[DimReseller] AS [dbo_DimReseller_22] -- 2
,[dbo].[DimReseller] AS [dbo_DimReseller_23] -- 3
,[dbo].[DimReseller] AS [dbo_DimReseller_24] -- 4
WHERE (
([dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesResellerKey0_14] = [dbo_DimReseller_6].[ResellerKey]) -- 1
AND ([dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesResellerKey0_14] = [dbo_DimReseller_22].[ResellerKey]) -- 2
AND ([dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesResellerKey0_14] = [dbo_DimReseller_23].[ResellerKey]) -- 3
AND ([dbo_FactResellerSales].[dbo_FactResellerSalesResellerKey0_14] = [dbo_DimReseller_24].[ResellerKey]) -- 4
As you can see in the comments, the generated query contains 1 join on the referenced table
per referenced relationship. This can slow down the processing if both the Fact table and the Referenced Dimension table are big (and they usually are, otherwise the design would be different). The thing is, all 4 tables are filtered in the
WHERE clause on the same condition, which makes perfect sense. This leads to the conclusion that all 4 columns could have been read from a single join.
I was quite surprised by this kind of query generation and I can't seem to find a reason why this would be so, or how it could be avoided. Naturally, the RefAKey, RefBKey, RefCKey columns could be added to the Fact table, eliminating the need for referenced
relationships, but this would add 3*4 bytes per row to the Fact table. The Fact table in my real example contains around 3 billion rows, so adding extra bytes is painful. (Yes, it's partitioned but still ... )
The referenced relationships could also be "dematerialized" by removing the famous Materialize check in the relationship settings. Then again, this would issue a join to the referenced tables at query time, slowing down the query.
Has anyone been profiling processing queries like this one and stopped to think about it?

I don't believe it's on the Essbase side, as it uses a fairly standard API to allow string input to such things, and it's limitation is well beyond 512 chars even for a direct formula input. I instead suspect that a carriage return/line feed is being inserted by the ODBC driver as part of it's output formatting, and this is causing the API to consider the input record "completed." I could be wrong, of course, but if you examine the Memo field closely, you may find the formatting to have migrated to the Access database, and even if not, you are still using ODBC to access it on the output side, so we're back to the same issue. Perhaps it really is an issue related to the ODBC drivers in Essbase, but it's not unique to dim build, to formulas, or Essbase for that matter. Allowing a single field to output more than 512 chars in a single field is where I believe you will find the real issue. Again, we need an ODBC expert to weigh in on this. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

Dynamic Calc referencing another Dynamic Calc

Hi,
I found a problem today in a Dynamic Calc member formula.
Member A has in formula: B;
Member B has in formula: C + D;
Both members are Dynamic Calc and while member B shows the correct result, member A shows nothing in forms. If I switch the formula of member A to C + D; then it shows results.
Is there any problem of Dynamic Calc members referencing another Dynamic Calc members?
Thank you

or change the position of member A/member B in the outline.^^^Exactly, Essbase is calculating the dimension top to bottom and if A needs B, it needs to be after B or as Andre stated, you need to stick a two-pass on A. I prefer not to use two-pass unless i need to as it can FUBAR my YTD and variance calcs. It's just easier to have it work in the "right" order.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour

Essbase Studio Deployment Dimension Build Errors

I have a ASO cube used to handle Subsidiary financial reporting to parent. Rather than alternate hierarchies, we use attribute dimensions for yearly differentiation. The ASO cube typically holds information for Current year + 3 prior years. This is the first year that we will achieve this as this cube was created near the beginning of 2010. Therefore, with the cube already having attribute dimension for 2010 & 2011, with the beginning of 2013 it is necessary to create the 2012 attribute dimensions. The cube has 13 anchor dimensions. Typically only 4 of these dimensions have attribute dimensions derived from them. Nonetheless, the following is the build list of the dimensions in the essbase model:
1: Financials Standard, Dynamic, Sparse
2: GL Date Time, Stored, Sparse
3: Incident Date Standard, Stored, Sparse
4: View Standard, Dynamic, Dense
5: Company Standard, Multiple-hierarchy, Sparce
6: Well location Standard, Stored, Sparse
7: Depletion Code Standard, Stored, Sparse
8: Vendor Standard, Stored, Sparse
9: Entity Standard, Stored, Sparse
10: Profit Center Standard, Stored, Sparse
11: Curr Yr Cost Obj Standard, Stored, Sparse
12: Past Yr Cost Obj Standard, Stored, Sparse
13: Measures Accounts, Dynamic, Existing
Attribute dimensions are mainly created in 4 of the Defined Hierarchies with in the cube; 1:FINANCIALS, 5:COMPANY, 6:WELL Location, & 10:PROFIT CENTER.
According to the Essbase Server log, upon deployment, the FINANCIALS Hierarchy generates 19 Dimension Build rule files with the associated SQL to pull members from our SQL Dimension Build tables obviously based on the way the Hierarchy is built as well as the joins created in the MiniSchema in the referenced Data Source. The COMPANY Hierarchy generates 5 Dimension Build rule files, WELL LOCATION generates only 1 Dimension Build rule file (this is mainly due to the fact that all the attributes generated from WELL LOCATION are built from the same table), and PROFIT CENTER Generates 3 Dimension build rule files. At this point for comparison purposes I want to include excerpts from the Server Deployment Log file depicting the dimension build rule files generated from the PROFIT CENTER Hierarchy:
Rule 1 Labeled XXXX_PRO.rul
… FROM [Essbase_XXXXX].[dbo].[vw_essbase_XXXXX_profit_center] cp_319 INNER JOIN [Essbase_XXXXX].[dbo].[vw_essbase_XXXXX_company_acct] cp_328 ON (cp_319.[profit_center_code]=cp_328.[profit_center_code]) ORDER BY cp_328.[profit_center_code] ASC, cp_328.[company_minor_acct] ASC`.
Rule 2 Labeled XXXX_PR1.rul
… FROM [Essbase_XXXXX].[dbo].[vw_essbase_XXXXX_company_acct] cp_328 INNER JOIN [Essbase_XXXXX].[dbo].[vw_essbase_XXXXX_profit_center_2010] cp_275 ON (cp_275.[profit_center_code]=cp_328.[profit_center_code_2010]) ORDER BY cp_328.[profit_center_code] ASC, cp_328.[company_minor_acct] ASC`.
Rule 3 Labeled XXXX_PR2.rul
FROM [Essbase_XXXXX].[dbo].[vw_essbase_XXXXX_company_acct] cp_328 INNER JOIN [Essbase_XXXXX].[dbo].[vw_essbase_XXXXX_profit_center_2011] cp_276 ON (cp_276.[profit_center_code]=cp_328.[profit_center_code_2011]) ORDER BY cp_328.[profit_center_code] ASC, cp_328.[company_minor_acct] ASC`.
These Dimension Build rule files are recreated nightly on 4 different production servers, each one successfully redeploying nightly with zero errors.
So now I need to add the new 2012 tables to the Data Source/MiniSchema, create the joins in the MiniSchema mimicking the joins for the 2010 & 2011 Attribute Dimensions. It would be difficult to demonstrate the joins in the MiniSchema but trust me they are there and this is proven by the additional Dimension Build rule files from the appropriate Hierarchies.
So on our test server, which is configured exactly like all 4 of our production servers, I have begun the creation of the 2012 attribute dimensions. I begin with the FINANCIALS Hierarchy adding 7 new attribute dimensions, 6 that are cross table and one that is inter-table.
At this point no changes have been made to any of the other 3 Hierarchies that contain Attribute dimensions; COMPANY, WELL LOCATION, or PROFIT CENTER. They still look exactly as they did in the current state discussed above. Upon deployment, the FINANCIALS Hierarchy generates , as expected 25 Dimension Build rule files, 6 additional because only 6 were cross table attributes, the 7th was within the anchor table and therefore would be included in the first dimension build rule file. COMPANY still generates 5 Dimension Build rule files, again as expected. WELL LOCATION still generates only the 1 Dimension rule file also as expected. Lastly, PROFIT CENTER also again only generates the 3 Dimension Rule files, however, one has materially changed as noted below:
Rule 1 Labeled XXXX_PRO.rul
…FROM [Essbase_XXXXX].[dbo].[vw_essbase_XXXXX_profit_center] cp_319 INNER JOIN [Essbase_XXXXX].[dbo].[vw_essbase_XXXXX_company_acct] cp_328 ON ((cp_319.[profit_center_code]=cp_328.[profit_center_code]) AND (cp_328.[profit_center_code]=cp_319.[profit_center_code])) ORDER BY cp_328.[profit_center_code] ASC, cp_328.[company_minor_acct] ASC`.
Rule 2 Labeled XXXX_PR1.rul (This one did not change)
…FROM [Essbase_XXXXX].[dbo].[vw_essbase_XXXXX_company_acct] cp_328 INNER JOIN [Essbase_XXXXX].[dbo].[vw_essbase_XXXXX_profit_center_2010] cp_275 ON (cp_275.[profit_center_code]=cp_328.[profit_center_code_2010]) ORDER BY cp_328.[profit_center_code] ASC, cp_328.[company_minor_acct] ASC`.
Rule 3 Labeled XXXX_PR2.rul (This one did not change)
…FROM [Essbase_XXXXX].[dbo].[vw_essbase_XXXXX_company_acct] cp_328 INNER JOIN [Essbase_XXXXX].[dbo].[vw_essbase_XXXXX_profit_center_2011] cp_276 ON (cp_328.[profit_center_code_2011]=cp_276.[profit_center_code]) ORDER BY cp_328.[profit_center_code] ASC, cp_328.[company_minor_acct] ASC`.
The change in Rule 1 above appears to now require something different from the previous deployment and when we run the deployment now it runs forever and ultimately fails, yet no changes have been made to the Hierarchy, no changes have been made to the MiniSchema involving joins to the tables used in the building of the Hierarchy, and no new tables have been added to the data source that would affect this Hierarchy.
Additionally, I have also run each of these incrementally, and the PROFIT CENTER even incrementally still makes the change to the SQL statement shown above.
So finally, to my question, Why and What caused this Dimension Build Rule file to change and ultimately led to deployment failure? Has anyone ever encountered this in Essbase Studio Deployments?

Gurus, anybody anything on this one??
I haave done a small adjustment in the dimension order by which I have eliminated the following error:
Record #40 - Error adding Dynamic calc property to member xxxxxxxxx (3320)
Record #40 - No time dimension defined
But, I have the following new error/warning (cube build successfull in this case) when I made this adjustment:
Record #427 - Error adding Attribute to member PATB4_ADJ-PDA (3320)
The adjustment I made is... I moved TIME dimension up and ACCOUNT dimension below that...so the order I have now is TIME,ACCOUNT,SCENATRIO,XXX,XXXX instead of ACCOUNT,TIME,SCENARIO,XXX,XXXXX ..*would this create any performance issues?*

Essbase Studio Error

I'm trying to clear out everything that I'm not using in the Metadata Navigator. I'm trying to delete something but then I get this error:
Error in destroy statement. Line = 143.
Relationship array is referencing non-existing object. Report this error to Technical Support.
Is there something in the backend Essbase Studio db that needs to be deleted?

I've had this happen in Studio 11.1.1.X where I deleted artifacts that were being used. It completely hoses up the database. There really is an order you ened to follow to delete things. Basically the reverse order they were created. Using lineage is a good way to check where artifacts are being used. 11.1.2.1 got a lot better at checking to see if oyu can delete first.
At this point, I recommend restoring the system tables from a backup

Error installing Essbase in Linux machine

Hi,
I am getting the following error while installing Essbase in Linux server.
WARNING: error intantiating 'oracle.core.ojdl.logging.LoggingConfiguration' referenced by java.util.logging.config.class, class not found
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.core.ojdl.Logging.LoggingConfiguration not found
The steps followed for the installation are as follows:
1. Copied all the required softwares in Linux server in the "EPM_Linux" directory.
2. I typed the following command in Linux Window
[home/epm_linux]>./installTool.sh
After typing the above command, I got the above error message.
Java version in Linux server is : 1.4.2
Linux version is : Red Hat 4.1.2-48
Did anyone face this issue? Please help in the resolution.

thanks for ur reply .
I am new to linux , so pls clarify the following :
1. How to check Path and Jar files.
2. How to set Java Environtment variable .
Also see the below error msg....
[home/oraobidb/epm_linux]>./installTool.sh
WARNING: error instantiating 'oracle.core.ojdl.logging.LoggingConfiguration' referenced by java.util.logging.config.class, class not found
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.core.ojdl.logging.LoggingConfiguration not found
<<No stacktrace available>>
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassFormatError: com.hyperion.install.wizard.splash.Splasher (unrecognized class file version)
at java.lang.VMClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.7rh)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.7rh)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.7rh)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(libgcj.so.7rh)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.7rh)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.7rh)
at gnu.java.lang.MainThread.run(libgcj.so.7rh)
Regards .
Edited by: 937268 on Jun 4, 2012 5:01 AM
Edited by: 937268 on Jun 6, 2012 12:01 PM

Essbase Build Dimension using load rules - Jagged Recursive hierarchy

Hi,
I am building a dimension from data that has the following parent/child relationship
PARENT CHILD
A B
C D
C E
C F
A C
Load dimension results in the following hierarchy:-
A
|__B
|__C
|_F
C
|_D
|_E
I would like the hierachy to be:-
A
|__B
|__C
|_F
|_D
|_E
Is there a way to achieve this? Is is to do with the order of rows in the data file?
Thanks
Dinesh

Hi,
I agree with the advice already posted about allowing moves in your dim build settings on the dimension in question. I just want to help clarify the other comment about how your file is sorted. As long as you are building a main rollup only (i.e., no shared member, alternate hierarchies in the same input file), the Essbase parent/child build method doesn't require any particular record order (as long as the pairings are correct in and of themselves). Essbase p/c method is powerful for ragged hierarchy creation and also able to "figure out" the intended hierarchy.
Now if you are including shared member relationships in the file, just be sure to have those records AFTER all records for the main rollup (logically as if you were simply using a second input file for the same rule). They don't have to be sorted within the rollup either.
BTW, the other strength of the p/c method is the ability to handle upper level shares (i.e., when your shared members are referencing members that are above level 0 in their stored (main hierarchy) positions.
Darrell

Essbase error currently multiple reports per retrieval not supported

Hi,
One of my users got this error message while working on Essbase Excel add-in. "currently multiple reports per retrieval not supported". Any suggestions why do we get this error and what changes have to be to made to avoid it?
Thanks,
Junaid

It's kind of a catch-all error message, usually spurred (so I guess that isn't really a catch-all) by having the same dimension referenced more than once in the sheet, e.g., Product in the grid point of view and in rows going down or a dimension repeated in the grid point of view.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour

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