Reporting Essbase typed measures

Is anyone using Typed Measures in Essbase? I cannot seem to format a date measure and the text measures output the value instead of the associated text from the text list.

You can lock and send text measures with the Excel Addin, what error message are you getting.
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

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Hi. Can I use Essbase date type measures in Planning 11.1.2.2? I want to store contract start and contract end dates, possibly in a Measures dimension separate from the Accounts dimension.
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Dataexport to Oracle tables with typed measures.

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For the record, typed measures are exported correctly to text files, so it's seems to be just ODBC targets that I'm having this problem with.
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Edited by: user602952 on 17-Aug-2009 13:30

Thanks Glenn, but I've already tried that - (it's varchar2 in oracle) - I've tried various combinations of varchar2, number and date all to know avail and all with no helpful messages that might give me a clue.

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what is the 'secret' of format strings? I read the manual but I don't understand the clear difference to 'typed measures'. According to dbag format strings need a MDX Format directive.
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2 Average
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Is it BW problem or BO problem? : BO
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Hi Vadim,
Once again, thanks for your help.
We already modified the YTD standard measure but is with that measure that I have problem. Do you think that my new formula is not efficient and for that reason I’m having this problem? Is this correct?.
Below you will find the standard and costume measure. In red I marked the difference between these 2 formulas:
YEAR TO DATE CUSTOME MESURE:
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YEAR TO DATE STANDAR MEASURE:
'IIF([%ACCOUNT%].CURRENTMEMBER.PROPERTIES("2/CPMB/ACCTYPE")="INC",SUM(PERIODSTODATE([%TIME%].[%TIMEYEARLEVEL%], [%TIME%].CURRENTMEMBER),-[MEASURES].[/CPMB/SDATA]),
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I have a requirement here which basically requires the usage of measures coming from two different measure dimensions of Essbase (Account and Scenario) next to each other in reports.
I set both to dim type "measure dimension" and made sure the respective measures exist as physical cube columns. Then I tried two alternatives:
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Target:{DAggr(Account.Target by { } )} as c3 GB,
Vs Actual LY:{DAggr(Account.Vs Actual LY by { } )} as c4 GB,
Vs Actual LY %:{DAggr(Account.Vs Actual LY % by { } )} as c5 GB,
Ops:{DAggr(Account.Ops by { } )} as c6 GB,
Sales_In:{DAggr(Account.Sales_In by { } )} as c7 GB
+++Administrator:2a0000:2a000a:----2008/11/10 14:29:55
-------------------- Execution plan:
RqList <<60982>> {for database 0:0,0} distinct
D1.c1 as c1 {for database 0:0,0},
D1.c2 as c2 {for database 0:0,0},
D1.c3 as c3 {for database 0:0,0},
D1.c4 as c4 {for database 0:0,0},
D1.c5 as c5 {for database 0:0,0},
D1.c6 as c6 {for database 0:0,0},
D1.c7 as c7 {for database 0:0,0}
Child Nodes (RqJoinSpec): <<61009>> {for database 0:0,0}
RqList <<60949>> {for database 3023:179879:Full cube,34}
AggrExternal(INSIT.Actual) as c1 GB {for database 3023:179879,34},
AggrExternal(INSIT.Actual LY) as c2 GB {for database 3023:179879,34},
AggrExternal(INSIT.Target) as c3 GB {for database 3023:179879,34},
AggrExternal(INSIT.Vs Actual LY) as c4 GB {for database 3023:179879,34},
AggrExternal(INSIT.Vs Actual LY %) as c5 GB {for database 3023:179879,34},
AggrExternal(INSIT.Ops) as c6 GB {for database 3023:179879,34},
AggrExternal(INSIT.Sales_In) as c7 GB {for database 3023:179879,34}
Child Nodes (RqJoinSpec): <<60952>> {for database 3023:179879:Full cube,34}
INSIT T179892
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select
{ {Scenario}.{Actual},
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{Scenario}.{Target},
{Scenario}.{Vs Actual LY},
{Scenario}.{Vs Actual LY %},
{Scenario}.{Ops},
{Scenario}.{30001}
} on columns
from {INSIT_C.INSIT}
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+++Administrator:2a0000:2a0007:----2008/11/10 14:49:23
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Account.Backlog as c2 GB,
Account.Sales_In as c3 GB,
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Scenario.Act vs Budget as c5 GB
OrderBy: c1 asc, c2 asc, c3 asc, c4 asc, c5 asc
+++Administrator:2a0000:2a0007:----2008/11/10 14:49:23
-------------------- Query Status: Query Failed: {nQSError: 15018} Incorrectly defined logical table source (for fact table Account) does not contain mapping for {Scenario.Act vs Bud %, Scenario.Act vs Budget}.
+++Administrator:2a0000:2a0009:----2008/11/10 14:49:28
-------------------- Logical Request (before navigation):
RqList distinct
Account.Sales as c1 GB,
Account.Backlog as c2 GB,
Account.Sales_In as c3 GB
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INSIT.Sales_In as c1 GB {for database 3023:179879,34},
INSIT.Backlog as c2 GB {for database 3023:179879,34},
INSIT.Sales as c3 GB {for database 3023:179879,34}
Child Nodes (RqJoinSpec): <<37059>> {for database 3023:179879:Full cube,34}
INSIT T179892
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+++Administrator:2a0000:2a0009:----2008/11/10 14:49:29
-------------------- Sending query to database named Full cube (id: <<37051>>):
select
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+++Administrator:2a0000:2a0009:----2008/11/10 14:49:29
-------------------- Query Status: Query Failed: Essbase Error: Unknown Member Scenario.Sales used in query
So basically neither of the two options work at all. Most of the time he just assumes that all that measures are coming from the last hierarchy I defined as a measure dimension...hence the unknown member error.
Likewise with the two logical tables, he screws the query up completely and doens't even manage to resolve the column mappung against the logocal tables.
Has anyone ever tried to mix measure dimensions retrieved from Essbase? Using OBI EE it's very tricky to define the acutal measure containing data points in Essbase.
Cheers,
C.
Edited by: Christian Berg on Nov 10, 2008 2:58 PM
Edited by: Christian Berg on Nov 10, 2008 3:00 PM
Sorry for the reformatting...the forum doesn't like the square brackets in the BI server logs...

Solved. Takes some nibbling around in Answers, but doable with unioning and pivot tables.
Cheers,
C.

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