*SELECT: How to select value from cube into variable?

Question

Hi,
I have an application that need lots of complex calculations.  Currently I am facing problem in retrieving a value from BPC application/database (BW cube) into a script logic local variable.  Let's say the application has  these  following dimensions
1.  FYPD ( fiscal yr period. 200901, 200902 etc)
2.  REGION ( A, B , C , D etc)
3.  PRODUCT(Product ID)
4.  VERSION ( ACTUAL, FORECAST etc)
5.  AMOUNT (Sales Amount, signed data )
Now I need to extract the sales amount into a local valriable where REGION = "A" and  PRODUCT = "SMK-1234" and FYPD = "200905"  and VERSION = "ACTUAL"
What's should be the equivalent SELECT command? I tried but could not figure out. Any help?
Regards
DipM

Answer 1

Hi DipM,
There isn't really a concept of local variables for values in script logic. Instead, you'll want to use *WHEN, *LOOKUP, or MDX statements.
For example, this will copy the value you mention into the PLAN version:
*WHEN REGION
*IS A
*WHEN PRODUCT
*IS SMK-1234
*WHEN FYPD
*IS 200905
*WHEN VERSION
*IS ACTUAL
*REC(FACTOR=1,VERSION=PLAN)
*ENDWHEN
*ENDWHEN
*ENDWHEN
*ENDWHEN
See *WHEN ([link|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_bpc70sp02/helpdata/en/36/339907938943ad95d8e6ba37b0d3cd/frameset.htm]) and *REC ([link|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_bpc70sp02/helpdata/en/25/8d51050c43496887ddff88f13e5f1a/frameset.htm]) documentation for more.
As mentioned, you can also use *LOOKUP or MDX statements to look up values and drive calculations in *REC(EXPRESSION=....) statements. This functionality is outlined in the SP02 documentation addendum ([link|http://service.sap.com/~form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=00200797470000088146&_SCENARIO=01100035870000000202&]).
In the MS Version of BPC, there is a concept of local MDX variables that work with the specialized *GO script logic statement. This statement is not available in the Netweaver version.
Ethan