Transparent Partition Mapping Error

Question

I havd an ASO source cube and BSO target cube
Source Dimensions:-
Periods
Account
Company
CostCentre
Product
Target Dimensions
Periods
Account
FiscalYear
Scenario
Company
CostCentre
Product
Using MAXL I create a partition but I cannot get the mapped area to work correctly. the syntax I am using is :-
create transparent partition 'SOURCE'.'GrpSrc'
area '@DESCENDANTS("Periods"), @IDESCENDANTS("Account"),@IDESCENDANTS("Company"),@IDESCENDANTS("CostCentre"),@IDESCENDANTS("Product")' sourcearea
to 'TARGET'.'GrpTgt'
area '@LEVMBRS("Periods","Lev0,Periods"),@IDESCENDANTS("Account"),@IDESCENDANTS("Company"),@IDESCENDANTS("CostCentre"),@IDESCENDANTS("Product")' targetarea
mapped targetarea('"Actual"') to ('')
mapped targetarea('"CY"') to ('');
The partition is not being created correctly because the extra dimensions in the target cube [Scenario and Fiscal Year] are not mapped
Please let me know what I should be doing to get this to work!
Essbase 11.1.2.1
Many thanks

Answer 1

Hi ,
This error generally comes when there is an extra dimension in the target datasource.
Yes, you can create a transparent partition between databases having different numbers of dimensions. In your case, you have to create a mapping from 'void' to a member in your extra dimension (i.e. 'Actual') in the target. There is an example in the DBAG.
see the section on this page headed "Mapping Data Cubes with Extra Dimensions": http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17236_01/epm.1112/esb_dbag/dotprtbd.html.
Thanks,
KKT
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