[URGENT] Hide Calc Script in Planning a Production Server

Hello, How can i hide for users the essbase calculation scripts in anHyperion Planning application using Shared services mode. Thinks for help.

Hi,
You dont need DI installed in your production system (EPP) You can use DI of developement box.
Regarding SLD there are several scenarios for it
1. you can have a central SLD for all your system (most common scenario)
2. Seperate SLD for DEV/QA and for production (used to safegaurd the production system)
3. Separate SLD for NWDI (NWDI makes use of SLD as name server during design time)
Please check the SLD planning guide under http:
service.sap.com\SLD
Also
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/31/f0ff69551e4f259fdad799a229363e/frameset.htm
For DI related info check
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/03/f6bc3d42f46c33e10000000a11405a/frameset.htm
Best Regards,
Anamika
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AP_Related
Trade_AP +
2200 + (Alias – A/P Trade related Party)
2210 + (Alias – A/P Trade I/P)
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AP_Corporate +
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I am trying to add the code to the existing code.
/*Fix on members to copy Actual data to Forecast - */
FIX(&ActMonthEnd,&ForecastYear,"Final",@RELATIVE("Product Groups",0),@RELATIVE("Departments",0),
@RELATIVE("ICP",0),@RELATIVE("TOT_USG",0),@RELATIVE("Accounts",0))
"Actual"(
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@REMOVE(@RELATIVE(@PARENT(@CURRMBR("Accounts")),0),
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Edited by: user11300497 on Jun 24, 2009 12:00 PM

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One problem is that I can not identify the script because it was not created by me, as I understand this calc is implicit in planning, only runs when you select the option "mass allocate".
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I have never used calc variables and after reading a study guide, which talked about them, I couldn't really understand the benefits.^^^I use variables all the time to make abstract difficult formulas. Below is an example.
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VAR varProdOHLabXXXX ;
VAR varXXXX ;
A whole bunch of code here along with very limited FIX statement and then...
"Salaried Labor"
     varSalaryCosts = "Salary Costs"->"No Department"->"No Category"->"Salaried" -
                         "Wage Bonus"->"No Department"->"No Category"->"Salaried" -
                         "YYYY Retention Bonus 40%"->"No Department"->"No Category"->"Salaried" -
                         "YYYY 60% Ret Bonus Accrual"->"No Department"->"No Category"->"Salaried" ;
     varProdOHLabXXXX = "Number of Employees"->"ZZZZDepartments"->"Codes"->"Salaried" +
                         "Number of Employees"->"Blah Departments"->"Codes"->"Salaried" +
                         "Number of Employees"->"Humph Departments"->"Codes"->"Salaried" +
                         "Number of Employees"->"TTTT"->"Codes"->"Salaried" ;
     "Salaried Labor" = varSalaryCosts * ("Number of Employees"->"Salaried" / varProdOHLabXXXX) ;
)The last formula is how the formula was described to me by the business owner. I find it to be much easier to read than something like:
"Salaried Labor" = ("Salary Costs"->"No Department"->"No Category"->"Salaried" -
                         "Wage Bonus"->"No Department"->"No Category"->"Salaried" -
                         "YYYY Retention Bonus 40%"->"No Department"->"No Category"->"Salaried" -
                         "YYYY 60% Ret Bonus Accrual"->"No Department"->"No Category"->"Salaried") *
                         ("Number of Employees"->"Salaried" /
                         ("Number of Employees"->"ZZZZDepartments"->"Codes"->"Salaried" +
                         "Number of Employees"->"Blah Departments"->"Codes"->"Salaried" +
                         "Number of Employees"->"Humph Departments"->"Codes"->"Salaried" +
                         "Number of Employees"->"TTTT"->"Codes"->"Salaried")) ;I have used ARRAY in a really-cool-but-alas-not-invented-by-me calc script to do currency conversion in Planning better than Planning does currency conversion. (How's that for a run-on sentence?) It is one of the six blog posts I am working on and I will finish it soon, I hope. I am sort of in thrash mode right now. It does have its uses and I'll try to remember to update this thread when I'm done.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour

Calc script takes longer than expected to execute

The current Planning system has several calc scripts which are used to run the budget. This system is 3.3. I am currently in the process of migrating to Planning 11.1.2. The same outline, data and calc scripts are used in the new system. However, one script, which takes only 8 hours to run in the old system, now takes 5+ DAYS to run. I did a data extract in the new system and the data seems to be correctly calculated.
My problem is, what can be the issue for this lengthy time for calculation.
Note: This is the first time I am running the calculation scripts in the new system.
Thanks

Did you size your essbase plan type caches appropriately - the index and data caches specifically (this is the most common culprit)
Do all dimensions have the same dense/sparse configuration?^^^I'll bet anything that Matt got it with the dense/sparse configuration. The caches are worth looking at as well but that big of a performance difference seems unlikely. Taking a dense dimension and making it sparse or vice versa will do crazy things to a database's performance.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour

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