XREF FUNCTION IN ESSBASE

Hi
I am trying to utilize the functionality of the Xref function in one of the modules of my project.
could anyone let me know if xref works fine if my target database resides on a different server and on a different enviorment than my Source database.
if yes what performance issues could i be facing in the process for the same.
Thanks
NJ

from docs: YES
Data source: the database that is queried by the @XREF function. This database may be remote (that is, on a different machine than the data target).
But never tried ...you should be first person :)

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please give some examples

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FIX(members in employee, members in entity)
SET CREATENONMISSINGBLK ON;
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Hello,I have a requirement in a Master cube to have KPI from each Child cube/Detialed cube(I call it)(otherwise key measure) to populated in the Master cube. I was trying to retrieve the data ..with each measurable data retrieved from different detialed cubes by writing @XREF function. This works for only one location Alias.like only for one Database. My requirement I connect to different Databases using different aliases & get the data for each measure--- This is not working.. it just works for 1 connect to particular Database.Is there a way to fix this problem or Essbase at present, cannot pull in data from different databases with many @XREF in a single Target cube where different members are declared Dynamic calc & with @XREF function.Any ideas welcome!!Essbaseuser123

I'm not sure I understand the problem - you can create many location aliases, but a single @XREF function can only use one of them at a time. If you have many different measures, you could put dynamic @XREF formulas on them - each one using the location alias that it needs. Are you saying that this does not work?Another option would be to use a member of another dimension, and use IF statements to figure out which measure you are looking at, and call the according @XREF.Hope that helps.Regards,Jade----------------------------------Jade ColeSenior Business Intelligence ConsultantClarity [email protected]

Error while creating Custom Defined Functions in Essbase

Hi All, I am trying to create CDF(Custom Defined Functions) in Essbase. Iwant to create a function which take list of child member andreturn the first child. For this, i have created a java file called"ChildAccess.java" which contains the following code: public class ChildAccess { public static char GetFirstMember(char [] members) { return members[0]; } } I have compiled and made jar file called"ChildAccess.jar" and pasted it at"ARBORPATH/java/udf". Then i restarted the Essbase Serverand run the following MaxL command to register the function create or replace function '@ChildAccess' as 'ChildAccess.GetFirstMember' spec '@ChildAccess(memberRange)' comment 'adds list of input members'. Till here i am not getting any error but when i am using thisfunction in my calc script as given below FIX(@ChildAccess(@CHILDREN("Abc"))) it gives the following error "Error:1200414 Error parsing formula for [FIX STATEMENT] (line 2)"argument[1] may not have size[6] in function[@CHILDREN]" NOTE: The SIZE[6] is giving the no. of child in member"ABC". Thanks in Advance Arpit

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Please help me to expand the filter functions in essbase like @LIST, @ IDESCENDENTS, @DESCENDENTS , @REMOVE. My expected resulted is the member names in the outline that is indicated by the filter.
This is to get the member names to which a filter definition represents.
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Go through
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E12032_01/doc/epm.921/html_techref/funcs/funclist.htm
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SET UPDATECALC OFF;
FIX(members in employee, members in entity)
SET CREATENONMISSINGBLK ON;
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Wouldn't HypQueryMembers do what you want?
It sounds exactly like EssVGetMemberInfo, right down to the number 6 being the same generation.
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I am using BI Publisher and Answers report as data source. Making changes like hiding column or displaying results as pivot table won't help in this case.
Anyway I did discover something else. When I put in report logical columns with ago function they return correct results. But when I add additional logical column with todate function all logical columns with ago and todate function return zero as a result. Also this happens only when result is more than one row. If you have only one row, for example grand total level of dimension, than result is OK, but if you have more rows on a lower level than zero values appear.
Some columns that are used in filter do not appear as columns in report. This is the main problem. If I put all columns that are filtered in report than the result is OK. But I don't want to do this because I want to have option to select values on dashboard prompt on different levels.
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D.

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I'm using Hyperion Essbase version 9.3.1.
And rite now I'm trying to export data in Essbase by the new CalcScript function DataExport directly to SQL server.
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Edited by: whirlpool on Aug 7, 2012 7:18 AM

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Once the CDF is done, it needs to convert that string back into a member name. That's what @MEMBER does. See: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12825_01/epm.111/esb_techref/member.htm
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Edited by: CL on Oct 7, 2010 5:49 AM
Edited because I couldn't concentrate long enough to finish the @ISMBR sentence.

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