Variance across years

I'm working with a dynamic calc cube - version 7.X - with the following dimensions: Accounts, Period, Fiscal Year, Scenario, Version, Organization
In the scenario dimension we have the following members: Budget, Actual, Forecast.
I want to create a Scenario member that displays the variance between current year Forecast and prior year Actual.
I've used @VAR("Forecast","Budget") to create a variance Scenario member within the same year, but can't figure out how to do it across years.
Any ideas? Thanks.

@VAR doesn't support cross dimensional members.
However, you could do this (this approach requires an "Expense" UDA to match Expense Reporting members and is assuming you are comparing FY10 Budget to FY09 Actual):
Dynamically calculated formula in member "Bud FY10 vs. Act FY09"
IF(@ISUDA("Account", "Expense") AND @ISMBR("FY10"))
"Actual"->"FY09" - "Budget"->"FY10" ;
ELSEIF(NOT(@ISUDA("Account", "Expense")) AND @ISMBR("FY10"))
"Budget"->"FY10" - "Actual"->"FY09" ;
ENDIF
You could get fancier with @PRIOR and @CURRMBR if you wanted to make it more flexible.
The important thing is to be able to identify the Expense accounts from the non-Expense because it flips the subtraction direction.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour

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Periods
Rate
Amount
Calculated amount
FY15
Jan
0
100
0
FY15
Feb
0
100
0
FY15
Mar
0.4
100
40
FY15
Apr
0
100
40
FY15
May
0
100
40
FY15
Jun
0
100
40
FY15
Jul
0
100
40
FY15
Aug
0
100
40
FY15
Sep
0
100
40
FY15
Oct
0
100
40
FY15
Nov
0
100
40
FY15
Dec
0.3
100
30
FY16
Jan
0
100
30
FY16
Feb
0
100
30
FY16
Mar
0
100
30
FY16
Apr
0
100
30
FY16
May
0
100
30
FY16
Jun
0
100
30
FY16
Jul
0
100
30
FY16
Aug
0
100
30
FY16
Sep
0
100
30
FY16
Oct
0
100
30
FY16
Nov
0
100
30
FY16
Dec
0
100
30
FY17
Jan
0
100
30
FY17
Feb
0.5
100
50
FY17
Mar
0
100
50
FY17
Apr
0
100
50
FY17
May
0
100
50
FY17
Jun
0
100
50
FY17
Jul
0
100
50
FY17
Aug
0
100
50
FY17
Sep
0
100
50
FY17
Oct
0
100
50
FY17
Nov
0
100
50
FY17
Dec
0
100
50
FY18
Jan
0
100
50
FY18
Feb
0
100
50
FY18
Mar
0
100
50
FY18
Apr
0
100
50
FY18
May
0
100
50
FY18
Jun
0
100
50
FY18
Jul
0
100
50
FY18
Aug
0
100
50
FY18
Sep
0
100
50
FY18
Oct
0
100
50
FY18
Nov
0
100
50
FY18
Dec
0
100
50
FY19
Jan
0
100
50
FY19
Feb
0
100
50
FY19
Mar
0
100
50
FY19
Apr
0
100
50
FY19
May
0
100
50
FY19
Jun
0
100
50
FY19
Jul
0
100
50
FY19
Aug
0
100
50
FY19
Sep
0
100
50
FY19
Oct
0
100
50
FY19
Nov
0
100
50
FY19
Dec
0
100
50
FY20
Jan
0
100
50
FY20
Feb
0
100
50
FY20
Mar
0
100
50
FY20
Apr
0
100
50
FY20
May
0
100
50
FY20
Jun
0
100
50
FY20
Jul
0
100
50
FY20
Aug
0
100
50
FY20
Sep
0
100
50
FY20
Oct
0
100
50
FY20
Nov
0
100
50
FY20
Dec
0
100
50
FY21
Jan
0
100
50
FY21
Feb
0
100
50
FY21
Mar
0
100
50
FY21
Apr
0
100
50
FY21
May
0
100
50
FY21
Jun
0
100
50
FY21
Jul
0
100
50
FY21
Aug
0
100
50
FY21
Sep
0
100
50
FY21
Oct
0
100
50
FY21
Nov
0
100
50
FY21
Dec
0
100
50
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I have an Essbase 6.5.5 cube with a periods dimension containing months and weeks as stored members, tagged as time. I also have a year dimension that contains fiscal years and these members are also stored. I need to add together the first month of this year and the last month of last year.
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Edited by: user11908498 on Sep 16, 2009 5:55 AM
Edited by: user11908498 on Sep 16, 2009 11:42 AM

My mistake Gary, the periods dimension is tagged as time and contains months and weeks as stored members. The year dimension contains fiscal years as stored members. I have updated my OP to state that correctly.
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I've never heard of "Genetic Time design". Google only returns your post -- see, you're famous. :)
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