Using Dimension Formulas to sum data based on different criteria

Hi all,
I am trying to use a u201CDimension Formulau201D to perform the following calculation:
We have an account dimension which has 2 important properties:
1.     CRITERIUMTYPE: This property can have 3 different values: u201CWERKu201D, u201CINVu201D OR u201CLIQu201D
2.     ACCTYPE: This property can have 2 different values: u201CEXPu201D or u201CINCu201D
The client wants to have a report that sums data based on these 2 properties. An example will help to clarify this:
ACCOUNTS     CRITERIUMTYPE     ACCTYPE     VALUE
ACCOUNT A         WERK                          EXP               100 u20AC
ACCOUNT B         WERK                          INC               150 u20AC
ACCOUNT C         WERK                          EXP               200 u20AC
ACCOUNT D         WERK                          INC               300 u20AC
ACCOUNT E         INV                          EXP               50 u20AC
ACCOUNT F         INV                          INC               100 u20AC
ACCOUNT G         INV                          EXP               200 u20AC
ACCOUNT H         INV                          INC               500 u20AC
The clients wishes to see this data in the following way:
CRITERIUMTYPE     ACCTYPE     VALUE
   WERK                         EXP              300 u20AC
                                    INC              450 u20AC
   INV                         EXP              250 u20AC
                                 INC              600 u20AC
In order to achieve this I have created several new accounts, one for each combination e.g.: Account WERKEXP is used to sum the data on the combination CRITERIUMTYPE=WERK and ACCTYPE=EXP. I have created a dimension formula in my account dimension but this is where I am stuck. I have created the following formula to calculate the account WERKEXP:
IIF([BUDGETPOSITIE].CURRENTMEMBER.PROPERTIES("ACCTYPE")="EXP",IIF([BUDGETPOSITIE].CURRENTMEMBER.PROPERTIES("CRITERIUMTYPE")="WERK",[BUDGETPOSITIE].CURRENTMEMBER,0),0)
The problem with this formula is the following:
The formula will add all amounts that meet the 2 criteria mentioned in the formula, EXP and WERK, but as soon as it finds an accounts that does not match the 2 criteria it will set the account WERKEXP back to 0. I need to know if there is a way, using dimension formulas, of adding these values together without the new account being set to 0 as soon as one of the accounts it needs to check does not meet 1 of the 2 criteria.
We are working on SAP BPC 7.5 for NW with SP04
All help is very much appreciated!
Kind regards,
Stefano

Hi,
You can also use ParentHn property to have different grouping of accounts within the dimension.
So in your case rather using the member formula you can have four accounts and add them in the Parenthn property for grouping it.
1. The Solution proposed by Nilanjan is specific for a Report/IS and Performance will be good
2. My solution will be global something similar to MDX formula, but performance may be slightly lesser than using excel function.
Hope this helps,
Regards,
G.Vijaya Kumar

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