Warning on Lookup

Question

My Lookup Script logic is as follows
*LOOKUP RATE
   *DIM R_ACCT        =ACCOUNT.RATETYPE
   *DIM FX_LC1:R_CURRENCY =[COMPANY].LC1
   *DIM FX_LRC:R_CURRENCY =[COMPANY].LRC
   *DIM R_ENTITY     ="GLOBAL"
   *DIM SCENARIO      =[SCENARIO]
   *DIM TIME            =[TIME]
*ENDLOOKUP
This LOOKUP is working but tossing up this warning. It is annonying to see this warning. Do you have any ideas on root cause to remidiate this situation.
QUERY REFERENCE DATA
[WARNING!] NO MEMBER SPECIFIED FOR DIMENSION:R_ACCT WILL QUERY ON ALL BASE MEMBERS.
[WARNING!] NO MEMBER SPECIFIED FOR DIMENSION:R_CURRENCY WILL QUERY ON ALL BASE MEMBERS.
[WARNING!] NO MEMBER SPECIFIED FOR DIMENSION:R_CURRENCY WILL QUERY ON ALL
Appreciate your help.

Answer 1

Hi Siva,
This warning is issued on Dimensions that are restricted by property value instead of exact member ID. Reason for that warning is because it affects performance. When script finds a LOOKUP it brings data from that Application and it tries to restrict that data as much as possible, i.e. it puts all exact members in selection criteria. For those dimensions that are restricted by properties it doesn't now what values will be required, so it doesn't put any restrictions on those Dimensions. Therefore selection will be slower, data transfer will be slower and search inside that data will be slower. That what this warning means.
So, if you have a list of possible members that will be brought over its better to put them in LOOKUP. If you can't generate such list you'll have to live with those warnings.
Regards,
Gersh