Temporary variables in business rule in essbase

hi,
I want to add temporary variable in my business rule. I have declared the variable as below:
VAR TaxRate;
"ROA Tax Rate"
TaxRate = "ROA Tax Rate"->"GLBU_CVD CONSOLIDATED"->"OU_NUTRITIONAL CHEM"->"All DEPTS"->"Working"->"Forecast"->&FcstYear->"USD"->&FcstMths;
It is validatoing correctly but when I am running the rule it is giving the error as:
Error executing formula for [ROA Tax Rate] (line 18): Cannot assign [DOUBLE] objects of different length
A I doing something wrong with the declaration? (ROA Tax Rate is the member name)
Please suggest.

Hi,
Try this,
VAR TAXRATE = #MISSING;
"ROA Tax Rate"
TAXRATE= "GLBU_CVD CONSOLIDATED"->"OU_NUTRITIONAL CHEM"->"All DEPTS"->"Working"->"Forecast"->&FcstYear->"USD"->&FcstMths;
//Intersection of your data; (i.e., A->B->C)
Regards,
Avneet

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     Modified 25-JUL-2011 Type PROBLEM Status PUBLISHED
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Symptoms
Cause
Solution
References
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