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Activity Guide
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D53220GC10 Edition 1.0 January 2008 D53891
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Exercises Lesson 3:
Developing Calculation Scripts
Exercise 3.1 Exercise 3.2 Exercise 3.3
Testing Intelligent Calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Comparing FIX and IF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Testing Calculation Member Block Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Lesson 4:
Developing Advanced Calculations
Exercise 4.1 Exercise 4.2 Exercise 4.3 Exercise 4.4 Exercise 4.5
Creating Complex Conditionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Creating a Baseline Forecast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Creating a Working Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Creating Empty Blocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Calculating a Rolling Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Lesson 5:
Calculating Dynamically
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Exercise 5.1 Eliminating Back Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Modifying CalcAll.csc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Testing Dynamic Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Exercise 5.2 Optimizing with Dynamic Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Normalizing Data
Exercise 6.1 Exercise 6.2 Exercise 6.3 Exercise 6.4 Exercise 6.5 Exercise 6.6
Loading Data to Upper-Level Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Developing a Normalization Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Copying Rates and Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Allocating Other Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Optional: Creating a Multilevel Allocation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Creating Multiple-Database Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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Exercise Solutions Lesson 3:
Developing Calculation Scripts
Solution 3.1 Testing Intelligent Calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Solution 3.2 Comparing FIX and IF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Solution 3.3 Testing Calculation Member Block Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Testing Units as Anchor Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Testing List Price as Anchor Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Testing Sep as Anchor Member. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Testing O-IBM as Anchor Member. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Testing Forecast as Anchor Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lesson 4:
Developing Advanced Calculations
Solution 4.1 Creating Complex Conditionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Solution 4.2 Creating a Baseline Forecast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Solution 4.3 Creating a Working Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Creating Substitution Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Copying Data into the Working Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Solution 4.4 Creating Empty Blocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Solution 4.5 Calculating a Rolling Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Modifying the Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Creating a Rolling Average Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Copying the Formula to the Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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Calculating Dynamically
Solution 5.1 Eliminating Back Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Creating a Test Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Modifying the DynSales Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Modifying CalcAll.csc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Resetting the Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Adding a Connection in Smart View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Testing Dynamic Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Solution 5.2 Optimizing with Dynamic Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Modifying the DynSales Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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Lesson 6:
Normalizing Data
Solution 6.1 Loading Data to Upper-Level Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Creating the ClearAll Calculation Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Loading and Calculating Multilevel Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Modifying the Calculation Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Loading and Calculating Level 0 Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Modifying the Calculation Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Solution 6.2 Developing a Normalization Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Solution 6.3 Copying Rates and Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Solution 6.4 Allocating Other Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Modifying the Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Testing the Calculation Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Solution 6.5 Optional: Creating a Multilevel Allocation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Solution 6.6 Creating Multiple-Database Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Creating a Location Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Calculating Across Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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Exercises
Overview This section contains hands-on exercises that you will work on throughout this course. Exercises are grouped by lesson. Your instructor may choose to perform some exercises with you in demonstration format. Therefore, you may not be required to complete all exercises. It is, however, important that you complete all exercises as requested by the instructor, as many exercises build upon other exercises. There are no exercises for the following lessons:
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• Essbase Overview
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• Calculation Overview
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Lesson 3 Developing Calculation Scripts Exercises
Lesson 3
Developing Calculation Scripts
Exercise 3.1
Testing Intelligent Calculation
In this exercise, you test the behavior of intelligent calculation. 1. In Administration Services Console, open IntCalc.csc. 2. Review the calculation script. 3. If necessary, run ResetData.bat to clear and reload data. 4. Execute IntCalc.csc. 5. Open BasicCalcs.xls (located in c:\CF\EssCalcs\Calcs). 6. Select the IntelligentCalc worksheet. 7. Refresh the worksheet. 8. Notice the incorrect results in Qtr 1 for the accounts highlighted in blue.
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9. Modify IntCalc.csc to accomplish the following tasks: • Execute the back-calculation section of the script.
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• Mark calculated data blocks clean at the end of the calculation process. 10. Save IntCalc.csc. 11. Repeat steps 3 through 7 to test your calculation results.
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Comparing FIX and IF
Bigcorp forecast analysts want to assign list prices to products in each product line. In this exercise, you compare the calculation performance of two calculation scripts: one that assigns values using FIX statements and another that assigns values using IF statements. 1. Run ResetData.bat to clear and reload data.
2. In BasicCalcs.xls, select the SubmitPrices worksheet.
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Lesson 3 Developing Calculation Scripts Exercises 6. In Administration Services Console, open the BigCalc application log. 7. Scroll to the bottom of the application log and record the time required to run PriceFIX.csc. 8. Repeat steps 1 through 6 to test PriceIF.csc.
Exercise 3.3
Testing Calculation Member Block Syntax
A calculation script created for Bigcorp forecast analysts contains a conditional statement. In this exercise, you test different anchor members for the calculation member block. 1. In Administration Services Console, open CalcMem.csc. 2. Review the calculation script. Notice that Units is the anchor member for the calculation member block. 3. Run ResetData.bat to clear and reload data. 4. Execute CalcMem.csc.
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7. Notice the calculation results from using Units as the anchor member for the calculation member block.
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8. In CalcMem.csc, make List Price the anchor member for the calculation member block.
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9. Save CalcMem.csc.
10. Repeat steps 4 through 7 to test the new anchor member.
11. Repeat steps 8 through 10 to test the following anchor members: • Sep • O-IBM • Forecast
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Lesson 4
Developing Advanced Calculations
Exercise 4.1
Creating Complex Conditionals
Bigcorp forecast analysts want to assign discount percentages to customers based on the number of forecasted units. The percentages must also differ by sales channel. 1. Create a script based on the information in the following table: Forecasted Units
Forecasted Discount Percentage
Less than 300
• OEM customers: 6% • Retail customers: 4.5% • Distributor customers: 5.5%
Between 300 and 499
• OEM customers: 10% • Retail customers: 7% • Distributor customers: 9%
500 and over
• OEM customers: 15%
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2. Save the script as DiscFcst.csc. 3. Run ResetData.bat to clear and reload data.
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4. Execute DiscFcst.csc.
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5. Open AdvancedCalcs.xls (located in c:\CF\EssCalcs\Calcs). 6. Select Hyperion > Options.
7. On the Display tab, replace #MISSING with 0. 8. Select the Discount% worksheet. 9. Refresh the worksheet.
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Creating a Baseline Forecast
Bigcorp forecast analysts have already created forecasts for May through August. They want to create a baseline forecast for the remaining months of the year from existing actual data. 1. Create a script that accomplishes the following tasks:
a. Copies Sep through Dec prior year actual data to the Forecast scenario b. Increases Sep through Dec forecast prices by 10%
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Lesson 4 Developing Advanced Calculations Exercises 5. In AdvancedCalcs.xls, select the Forecast worksheet. 6. Refresh the worksheet. 7. Compare your results to the following figures:
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Creating a Working Scenario
Each month Bigcorp forecast analysts require a working scenario that displays actual data from January through the prior month and forecast data from the current month through December.
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Lesson 4 Developing Advanced Calculations Exercises Complete the following tasks to facilitate the required analysis: 1. Create the following substitution variables: • CurrentMonth: May • PriorMonth: Apr 2. Create a script that copies data into the Working scenario based on the following table: Scenario
Months
Current Year
Jan through prior month
Forecast
Current month through Dec
3. Save the script as Working.csc. 4. Execute Working.csc. NOTE
The results of this calculation depend on forecast data created by the BaseFcst calculation script. If you run ResetData.bat to clear and reload data, be sure to calculate BaseFcst.csc before calculating Working.csc.
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5. In AdvancedCalcs.xls, select the Working worksheet. 6. Refresh the worksheet.
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7. Compare your results to the following figure:
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Exercise 4.4
Creating Empty Blocks
Bigcorp budget analysts want to create a budget for all product-customer combinations for which there was actual data in the prior year. To facilitate the budgeting process, you must first create the appropriate target blocks, and then clear them of data without removing them from the database. 1. Run ResetData.bat to clear and reload input data. 2. In Administration Services Console, for BigCalc Sales, open the Database Properties dialog box. 3. Select the Statistics tab. 4. Record the number of existing data blocks. 5. Create a calculation script that accomplishes the following tasks: • Copies data from the Prior Year scenario to the Budget scenario • Clears data from Budget blocks without removing them from the database 6. Save the script as EmptyBud.csc.
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8. Return to the Database Properties dialog box and refresh the database statistics. 9. Record the number of existing data blocks after calculating EmptyBud.csc. There are more data blocks after the calculation.
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Calculating a Rolling Average
For unit sales, Bigcorp finance analysts require a six-month rolling average calculation that spans the Prior Year and Current Year scenarios. 1. Create a calculation script that calculates the account Rolling 6 Avg Units as the average of units for the current month and the prior five months. TIP
If you decide to use the @XRANGE function, you must make sure that your outline members are in chronological order.
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Lesson 4 Developing Advanced Calculations Exercises 4. Execute RollAvg.csc. 5. In AdvancedCalcs.xls, select the RollingAverage worksheet. 6. Refresh the worksheet. 7. Compare your results to the following figure:
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8. Copy the formula for Rolling 6 Avg Units from the calculation script into the outline formula editor for Rolling 6 Avg Units. 9. Save the Sales outline. If prompted, discard all data.
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Lesson 5 Calculating Dynamically Exercises
Lesson 5
Calculating Dynamically
Exercise 5.1
Eliminating Back Calculation
You want to improve calculation performance in the BigCalc Sales database. Because back calculation can more than double the time required to run a calculation script, eliminating back calculation can significantly improve your calculation performance. 1. Review the CalcAll calculation script: /* Housekeeping */ SET UPDATECALC OFF; SET AGGMISSG ON; SET MSG SUMMARY; /* Main Rollup */ CALC DIM (Accounts, "Year Tot", Customer, Product);
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/* Back Calculation */ ( "List Price" = "Gross Sales" / Units; "Discount %" = Discounts / "Gross Sales"; "Labor/Unit" = "Direct Labor" / Units; "Matl/Unit" = Material / Units; "Overhead Rate" =Overhead / "Direct Labor"; "Gross Margin %"; )
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2. In Administration Services Console, create a copy of the BigCalc application called DynCalc. 3. Rename the DynCalc Sales database DynSales.
4. Revise the Sales outline in such a way that the back-calculation section of the CalcAll script is no longer necessary. NOTE
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Lesson 5 Calculating Dynamically Exercises 6. As you add new members to your outline, use the ShadowRates worksheet as a guide for what names to use. Modifying CalcAll.csc 1. Open CalcAll.csc. 2. Save CalcAll.csc as CalcDyn.csc. 3. Remove the back-calculation section of the script. 4. Save CalcDyn.csc. Testing Dynamic Calculations 1. Run ResetDynamic.bat (located in c:\CF\EssCalcs\Scripts). 2. In Dynamic.xls, open Connection Manager. 3. Create a connection to the DynCalc DynSales database called DynSales. 4. Select the ShadowRates worksheet.
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Lesson 5 Calculating Dynamically Exercises 7. In the Comparison section of the worksheet, verify your calculation results. Your results should match the following figure:
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Optimizing with Dynamic Calculations
You want to optimize your data block size by dynamically calculating dense calculations. In this exercise, you apply dynamic calculations wherever appropriate to members of dense dimensions and test your calculation results. There are many possible solutions for this exercise. 1. Modify the DynSales outline by using Dynamic Calc storage wherever possible in dense dimensions. TIP
Consider using two-pass calculation or changing dimension configurations in order to produce correct results.
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Lesson 6 Normalizing Data Exercises
Lesson 6
Normalizing Data
Exercise 6.1
Loading Data to Upper-Level Members
The Bigcorp management team wants to load current year Other CGS measures to the total of all products and all customers, rather than deriving and loading level 0 data. In this exercise, you use the Bigcalc Sales database to test the loading of upper-level data and modify CalcAll.csc, as necessary, to return correct calculation results at all levels. As a reminder, the calculation test procedure contains the following steps: 1. Clear all data from the database. 2. Load test data. 3. Calculate the database. 4. Audit calculation results. Create a calculation script that clears all data in the database.
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The Multilevel Input and Level 0 Input worksheets in AdvancedCalcs.xls represent two approaches to loading Other CGS. Follow the calculation test procedure to accomplish the following tasks:
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Lesson 6 Normalizing Data Exercises • Load and calculate the data presented on the Multilevel Input and Multilevel AuditSheet worksheets in UpperLevel.xls. Use CalcAll.csc as a starting point, and save the modified script as CYMulti.csc. Your results for “Family Total”->”Channel Total” should match the following figure:
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Exercise 6.2
Developing a Normalization Table
Bigcorp budget analysts want to load budget data to upper-level members. You must create a complex script for budget data. Before creating your script, you plan the normalization process based on sample input data. 1. Open Budget.xls. 2. Select the Normalization worksheet. 3. Based on the input sheets in Budget.xls, complete the normalization table.
Exercise 6.3
Copying Rates and Drivers
Based on the input data in Budget.xls and the normalization table you developed in the preceding exercise, you create a script to normalize rates and drivers. 1. Modify CalcDyn.csc to accomplish the following tasks: • Calculate only Budget data. • Copy level 0 units from the Current Year scenario. • Copy rates and drivers loaded to upper levels down to level 0 blocks.
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Lesson 6 Normalizing Data Exercises 7. Refresh the worksheet. Compare your results to the following figure:
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Exercise 6.4
Allocating Other Costs
In this exercise, you complete the budget calculation by adding a section to allocate other costs. 1. Open Budget.csc. 2. Add a section to the normalization process that allocates other costs based on the following criteria: Accounts
Allocation Basis
Material Variances
% of Units
Labor Variances
% of Units
Overhead Variances
% of Units
Obsolete Charges
% of Sales
Inventory Adjustments
% of Sales
3. Keep the following points in mind:
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• Calculations for stored members should not be dependent on Dynamic Calc members. If they are, consider changing the Dynamic Calc members to stored members. 4. Save Budget.csc.
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Lesson 6 Normalizing Data Exercises 9. Refresh the worksheet. Compare your results to the following figure:
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Bigcorp budget analysts changed the business logic for the allocation of Labor Variances. In this exercise, you create a multilevel allocation for Labor Variances. 1. Save Budget.csc as BudgetB.csc.
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Lesson 6 Normalizing Data Exercises b. Allocate data from the children of Family Total down to level 0 members based on percentage of total units in the respective product family. 3. Save BudgetB.csc. 4. Run LoadBudget.bat to clear and reload input data. 5. In Budget.xls, select the AuditCalcs worksheet. 6. Set DynCalc as the active connection. 7. Calculate Budget.csc. 8. Refresh the worksheet. Compare your results to the following screen shot:
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Exercise 6.6
Creating Multiple-Database Calculations
Bigcorp tax analysts maintain a separate database, BigTax Taxes, to store tax rates and other tax-related information. Bigcorp forecast analysts want to calculate projected tax based on the gross margin stored in DynSales and the U.S. tax rate stored in BigTax Taxes. 1. In the DynCalc DynSales database, create a location alias for BigTax Taxes. 2. Name the location alias Taxes. 3. Create a calculation script for the Projected Taxes account that accomplishes the following tasks: • Turns intelligent calculation off • Calculates Projected Tax for all scenarios as gross margin times the current US tax rate stored in the TR0003 account in BigTax Taxes 4. Save the script as Taxes.csc. 5. Run ResetDynamic.bat to clear, reload, and calculate input data.
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Exercise Solutions
Overview This section contains step-by-step solutions to successfully complete all exercises. Solutions are grouped by lesson. There are no solutions for the following lessons: • Essbase Overview • Calculation Overview.
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Lesson 3 Developing Calculation Scripts Solutions
Lesson 3
Developing Calculation Scripts
Solution 3.1
Testing Intelligent Calculation
In this exercise, you test the behavior of intelligent calculation. 1. In Administration Services Console, expand the BigCalc application node. 2. Expand the Sales database node. 3. Expand the Calculations node. 4. Double-click IntCalc.csc. IntCalc.csc is displayed in Calculation Script Editor. 5. Review the calculation script. 6. In Windows Explorer, browse to c:\CF\EssCalcs\Scripts. 7. Double-click ResetData.bat to clear and reload data. 8. In Calculation Script Editor for IntCalc.csc, click
9. Open BasicCalcs.xls (located in c:\CF\EssCalcs\Calcs).
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(refresh).
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13. Modify the body of IntCalc.csc to match the following script: /* Housekeeping */ SET MSG SUMMARY; SET UPDATECALC OFF; /* Main Rollup */ CALC ALL;
/* Back Calculation */ ( "List Price" = "Gross Sales" / Units; "Discount %" = "Discounts" / "Gross Sales"; "Labor/Unit" = "Direct Labor" / Units; "Matl/Unit" = Material / Units; "Overhead Rate" = Overhead / "Direct Labor"; "Gross Margin %";
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3 Developing Calculation Scripts Solutions ) /* Mark calculated data blocks clean */ SET CLEARUPDATESTATUS ONLY; ( "List Price" = "Gross Sales" / Units; "Discount %" = "Discounts" / "Gross Sales"; "Labor/Unit" = "Direct Labor" / Units; "Matl/Unit" = Material / Units; "Overhead Rate" = Overhead / "Direct Labor"; "Gross Margin %"; ) 14. Select File > Save. 15. Repeat steps 3 through 8 to test your calculation results.
Solution 3.2
Comparing FIX and IF
In this exercise, you compare the calculation performance of two calculation scripts: one that assigns values using FIX statements and another that assigns values using IF statements.
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1. Run ResetData.bat to clear and reload data. 2. In BasicCalcs.xls, select the SubmitPrices worksheet. 3. Click
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The Calculation Scripts dialog box is displayed. 5. Select PriceFIX.csc. 6. Click Launch.
The message "PriceFIX was successful" is displayed. 7. Click OK.
8. Click Close to close the Calculation Scripts dialog box. 9. Select the Fix vs If worksheet.
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11. In Administration Services Console, right-click the BigCalc application node.
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Lesson 3 Developing Calculation Scripts Solutions 12. Select View > Log. The Log View Options dialog box is displayed. 13. Select Starting date. 14. In the text box, enter today’s date. 15. Click OK. The BigCalc application log is displayed. 16. Scroll to the bottom of the application log and record the time required to run PriceFIX.csc. 17. Repeat steps 1 through 16 to test PriceIF.csc.
Solution 3.3
Testing Calculation Member Block Syntax
In this exercise, you test different anchor members for the calculation member block.
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Testing Units as Anchor Member 1. In Administration Services Console, open CalcMem.csc.
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3 Developing Calculation Scripts Solutions 6. Click
(refresh).
Data is displayed for all calculated cells, as in the following figure:
Testing List Price as Anchor Member 1. In CalcMem.csc, replace the anchor member Units with List Price.
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Lesson 3 Developing Calculation Scripts Solutions Testing Sep as Anchor Member 1. In CalcMem.csc, replace the anchor member LIst Price with Sep. 2. Save CalcMem.csc. 3. Run ResetData.bat to clear and reload data. 4. Execute CalcMem.csc. 5. In BasicCalcs.xls, select the CalcMember worksheet. 6. Click
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1. In CalcMem.csc, replace the anchor member Sep with O-IBM. 2. Save CalcMem.csc.
3. Run ResetData.bat to clear and reload data. 4. Execute CalcMem.csc.
5. In BasicCalcs.xls, select the CalcMember worksheet.
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3 Developing Calculation Scripts Solutions 6. Click
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Calculated data is displayed only for O-IBM, as in the following figure:
Testing Forecast as Anchor Member 1. In CalcMem.csc, replace the anchor member O-IBM with Forecast.
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Lesson 4 Developing Advanced Calculations Solutions
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Developing Advanced Calculations
Solution 4.1
Creating Complex Conditionals
In this exercise, you create a set of conditional statements to assign values to Discount %. 1. Select File > Editors > Calculation Script Editor. 2. Create the following calculation script: /* Housekeeping */ SET UPDATECALC OFF; /* Baseline Fix */ FIX ("Forecast") /* Assign values to Discount % */ "Discount %" ( IF (Units < 300) IF (@ISCHILD ("OEM")) "Discount %" = .06; ELSEIF (@ISCHILD ("Retail")) "Discount %" = .045; ELSEIF (@ISCHILD ("Distributor")) "Discount %" = .055; ENDIF ELSEIF (Units >= 300 AND Units < 500) IF (@ISCHILD ("OEM")) "Discount %" = .10; ELSEIF (@ISCHILD ("Retail")) "Discount %" = .07; ELSEIF (@ISCHILD ("Distributor")) "Discount %" = .09; ENDIF ELSE IF (@ISCHILD ("OEM")) "Discount %" = .15; ELSEIF (@ISCHILD ("Retail")) "Discount %" = .12; ELSEIF (@ISCHILD ("Distributor")) "Discount %" = .13; ENDIF
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4 Developing Advanced Calculations Solutions ENDIF ) /* Close out Baseline Fix */ ENDFIX 3. Save the script as DiscFcst.csc. 4. Run ResetData.bat to clear and reload data. 5. Execute DiscFcst.csc. 6. Open AdvancedCalcs.xls (located in c:\CF\EssCalcs\Calcs). 7. Select the Discount% worksheet. 8. Select Hyperion > Options. The Options dialog box is displayed. 9. Select the Display tab. 10. In the #NoData/Missing Label text box, type 0.
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In this exercise, you create a baseline forecast from existing actual data. 1. Create the following calculation script: /* Housekeeping */ SET UPDATECALC OFF; /* Baseline Fix */ FIX (Sep:Dec)
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Solution 4.3
Creating a Working Scenario
In this exercise, you create a working scenario from existing actual and forecast data. Creating Substitution Variables 1. In Administration Services Console, in the Enterprise View navigation panel, rightclick the localhost Essbase Server node. 2. Select Edit > Variables. The Substitution Variables dialog box is displayed. 3. In the first row, complete the following tasks, as shown in the following figure: • From the Application drop-down list, select BigCalc. • From the Database drop-down list, select Sales. • In the Variable text box, type CurrentMonth. • In the Value text box, type May. 4. Click Set. 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to create the variable PriorMonth with a value of Apr.
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The results of this calculation depend on forecast data created by the BaseFcst calculation script. If you run ResetData.bat to clear and reload data, be sure to calculate BaseFcst.csc before calculating Working.csc. 4. In AdvancedCalcs.xls, select the Working worksheet. 5. Refresh the worksheet. 6. Compare your results to the following figure:
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In this exercise, you create data blocks and then clear them of data without removing them from the database. 1. Run ResetData.bat to clear and reload input data.
2. In Administration Services Console, right-click the BigCalc Sales database node.
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Lesson 4 Developing Advanced Calculations Solutions 5. Record the number of existing data blocks. 6. Create the following calculation script: /* Information Assumptions: 1. Accounts and Year Tot are dense 2. Scenario, Customer, and Product are sparse */ /* Housekeeping */ SET UPDATECALC OFF; /* Copy data from Prior Year to Budget */ DATACOPY "Prior Year" TO "Budget"; /* Clear data from budget blocks */ FIX (@IDESCENDANTS ("Year Tot")) CLEARDATA "Budget"; ENDFIX 7. Save the calculation script as EmptyBud.csc.
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Solution 4.5
Calculating a Rolling Average
In this exercise, you create a six-month rolling average for unit sales. What follows is one of many possible solutions for this exercise.
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3. Run ResetData.bat to clear and reload input data. 4. Execute RollAvg.csc.
5. In AdvancedCalcs.xls, select the RollingAverage worksheet.
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4. In the BigCalc Sales outline, right-click Rolling 6 Avg Sales. 5. Select Edit member properties.
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4 Developing Advanced Calculations Solutions 9. Click Verify. The message "Formula verified successfully. No syntax errors detected." is displayed. 10. Click OK. 11. Click OK to close the Member Properties dialog box. 12. Save the Sales outline. If prompted, discard all data.
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Lesson 5 Calculating Dynamically Solutions
Lesson 5
Calculating Dynamically
Solution 5.1
Eliminating Back Calculation
In this exercise, you modify the Sales outline to eliminate the back-calculation section of the CalcAll calculation script. Creating a Test Application 1. In Administration Services Console, right-click the BigCalc application node. 2. Select Copy. The Copy Application dialog box is displayed. 3. In the Application Name text box, type DynCalc. 4. Click OK. The DynCalc application node is added to the navigation panel.
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1. Double-click the DynSales outline node. Outline Editor is opened.
2. In the Accounts dimension, move the following members into the Input branch: • List Price
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5 Calculating Dynamically Solutions 3. Change the consolidation property for the members moved in step 2 to ^ (never consolidate). 4. Add the following shadow rates to the outline: Member
Parent
Properties
Member Formula
Avg List Price
Gross Sales
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“Gross Sales” / Units;
Avg Disc %
Discounts
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Discounts / “Gross Sales”
Expense Reporting Avg Labor/Unit
Direct Labor
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“Direct Labor” / Units;
Expense Reporting Avg Matl/Unit
Material
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Material / Units;
Expense Reporting Avg OH Rate
Overhead
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Member Formula
Gross Sales
Net Sales
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Units * “List Price”;
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Gross Sales
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Discounts
Net Sales
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Gross Sales (shared)
Discounts
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Direct Labor
Cost of Sales
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Direct Labor
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Material
Cost of Sales
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Units (shared)
Material
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Lesson 5 Calculating Dynamically Solutions • Avg OH Rate • Gross Margin % 7. Compare your completed outline to the following figures: Gross Margin accounts:
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5 Calculating Dynamically Solutions 4. Verify CalcDyn.csc. 5. Save CalcDyn.csc. Resetting the Database 1. In Windows Explorer, browse to c:\CF\EssCalcs\Scripts. 2. Double-click ResetDynamic.bat. A script clears, reloads, and calculates the BigCalc Sales and DynCalc DynSales databases. Adding a Connection in Smar t View 1. Open Dynamic.xls. 2. Select the ShadowRates worksheet. 3. Click
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10. Expand the localhost node.
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Lesson 5 Calculating Dynamically Solutions 15. Select the DynSales database node. 16. Click Next. The Name/Description dialog box is displayed. 17. For name, type DynSales. 18. For description, type BigCalc Dynamic Calc Test. 19. Click Finish. DynSales is added to the list of available connections in Connection Manager. 20. Select the DynSales connection. 21. Click Connect. The Connect to Data Source dialog box is displayed. 22. Enter your user name and password. 23. Click Connect. 24. Click Close to close Connection Manager.
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6. Under Data storage, for Scenario, select Dense. 7. Save the DynSales outline.
8. If prompted to restructure data, select Discard all data.
9. Run ResetDynamic.bat to clear, reload, and calculate data.
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Normalizing Data
Solution 6.1
Loading Data to Upper-Level Members
In this exercise, you test the process of loading data to upper-level members and the effect of upper-level data loading on calculations. Creating the ClearAll Calculation Script 1. In Administration Services Console, select File > Editors > Calculation Script Editor. 2. Create the following script: CLEARBLOCK ALL; 3. Click
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The message "Syntax check was successful." is displayed. 4. Click OK.
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4. Set DynSales as the active connection. 5. Calculate ClearAll.csc.
6. Refresh the worksheet
Input data is sent to DynCalc DynSales. 7. Select the Multilevel AuditSheet worksheet.
8. Refresh the worksheet to see the loaded data.
9. Scroll down to the orange Channel Total section, and verify upper-level loads.
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Lesson 6 Normalizing Data Solutions CALC DIM (Accounts, "Year Tot", Customer, Product); /* The Back Calculation */ ( "Gross Margin"; ) /* Close out the Baseline Fix */ ENDFIX 8. Repeat the steps described in “Loading and Calculating Level 0 Inputs” on page 3-50 to test your calculation script. Loading and Calculating Level 0 Inputs 1. Select the Level 0 Input worksheet. 2. Set DynSales as the active connection. 3. Run ClearAll.csc. 4. Refresh the worksheet
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1. In Administration Services Console, open CalcDyn.csc. 2. Select File > Save as.
3. Save the script as CYLev0.csc.
4. Modify the script to perform the following tasks: • Set aggregate missing values to ON.
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6 Normalizing Data Solutions 5. Compare your results to the following script: /* Information Created by: YourName Created On: 9/22/2005 Purpose: This script consolidates the Bigcorp Sales database in Current Year and then recalculates Gross Margin to offset upper-level data loads. */ /* Housekeeping */ SET UPDATECALC OFF; SET AGGMISSG ON; SET MSG SUMMARY; /* Baseline Fix */ FIX ("Current Year") /* Main Rollup */ CALC DIM (Accounts, "Year Tot", Customer, Product);
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/* Close out the Baseline Fix */ ENDFIX
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6. Repeat the steps in “Loading and Calculating Level 0 Inputs” on page 3-50 to test your calculation script.
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In this exercise, you create a normalization table. 1. Open Budget.xls.
2. Select the Normalization worksheet.
3. Based on the input sheets in Budget.xls, complete the normalization table.
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Lesson 6 Normalizing Data Solutions 4. Compare your results to the finished normalization table in the following figure:
Solution 6.3
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Copying Rates and Drivers
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In this exercise, you create a script to normalize rates and drivers. 1. Open CalcDyn.csc. 2. Save CalcDyn.csc as Budget.csc. 3. Modify the Budget.csc to match the following script:
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/* Information
Created by: YourName Created On: 9/22/2005 Purpose: This script normalizes budget data in the DynCalc DynSales database. */ /* Housekeeping */ SET UPDATECALC OFF; SET AGGMISSG ON; SET MSG SUMMARY; /* Copy Current Year units to Budget */ FIX(@GENMBRS(Product, 5), @LEVMBRS(Customer, 0), Units) DATACOPY "Current Year" TO "Budget"; ENDFIX
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6 Normalizing Data Solutions /* Baseline Fix */ FIX ("Budget") /* Normalization */ /* Normalize rates loaded to upper levels */ "List Price" = @PARENTVAL("Customer", "List Price"); "Discount %" = "Discount %"->"Family Total"; "Labor/Unit" = "Labor/Unit"->"Channel Total"; "Matl/Unit" = "Matl/Unit"->"Channel Total"; "Overhead Rate" = @MDANCESTVAL(2, "Product", 3, "Customer", 2); /* Main Rollup */ CALC DIM (Accounts, "Year Tot", Customer, Product); /* Close out the Baseline Fix */ ENDFIX 4. Save Budget.csc. 5. Run LoadBudget.bat to clear and reload input data.
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6. In Budget.xls, select the AuditCalcs worksheet.
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7. Set DynCalc as the active connection. 8. Calculate Budget.csc.
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Lesson 6 Normalizing Data Solutions 9. Refresh the worksheet. Compare your results to the following figure:
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In this exercise, you complete the budget calculation by adding a section to allocate other costs. 1. Open Budget.csc.
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2. Modify Budget.csc to look like the following script: /* Information
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6 Normalizing Data Solutions Created On:9/22/2005 Purpose: This script calculates the DynCalc DynSales database. /* /* Housekeeping */ SET UPDATECALC OFF; SET AGGMISSG ON; SET MSG SUMMARY; /* Copy Current Year units to Budget */ FIX(@GENMBRS(Product, 5), @LEVMBRS(Customer, 0), Units) DATACOPY "Current Year" TO "Budget"; ENDFIX /* Normalization */ /* Normalize rates loaded to upper levels */ "List Price" = @PARENTVAL("Customer", "List Price"); "Discount %" = "Discount %"->"Family Total"; "Labor/Unit" = "Labor/Unit"->"Channel Total"; "Matl/Unit" = "Matl/Unit"->"Channel Total"; "Overhead Rate" = @MDANCESTVAL(2, "Product", 3, "Customer", 2);
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/*Focused rollup for allocation of Other Expenses: calculate Net Sales, then sum Units and Net Sales across Product and Customer dimensions for members used as the allocation base.*/
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@IDESCENDANTS ("Net Sales"); FIX ("Net Sales", Units) @IDESCENDANTS ("Family Total"); @IDESCENDANTS ("Channel Total"); ENDFIX
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/* Allocate Other CGS */
"Material Variances" = "Material Variances"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total" * "Units" / "Units"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total"; "Labor Variances" = "Labor Variances"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total" * "Units" / "Units"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total"; "Overhead Variances" = "Overhead Variances"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total" * "Units" / "Units"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total";
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Lesson 6 Normalizing Data Solutions "Obsolete Charges" = "Obsolete Charges"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total" * "Net Sales" / "Net Sales"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total"; "Inventory Adjustments" = "Inventory Adjustments"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total" * "Net Sales" / "Net Sales"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total"; /* Main Rollup */ CALC DIM (Accounts, "Year Tot", Customer, Product); 3. Save Budget.csc. Modifying the Outline 1. In the DynSales outline, right-click Net Sales. 2. Select Edit member properties. The Member Properties dialog box is displayed.
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3. From the Data Storage drop-down box, select Store Data. 4. Click OK.
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5. Click Save.
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The Restructure Database Options dialog box is displayed. 6. Select All data. 7. Click OK.
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Testing the Calculation Script
1. Run LoadBudget.bat to clear and reload input data. 2. In Budget.xls, select the AuditCalcs worksheet. 3. Set DynCalc as the active connection. 4. Calculate Budget.csc.
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6 Normalizing Data Solutions 5. Refresh the worksheet. Compare your results to the following figure:
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Optional: Creating a Multilevel Allocation
In this exercise, you create a multilevel allocation for Labor Variances. 1. Save Budget.csc as BudgetB.csc.
2. Modify the allocation for Labor Variances to look like the following script:
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Lesson 6 Normalizing Data Solutions Purpose: This script calculates the DynCalc DynSales database. /* /* Housekeeping */ SET UPDATECALC OFF; SET AGGMISSG ON; SET MSG SUMMARY; /* Copy Current Year units to Budget */ FIX(@GENMBRS(Product, 5), @LEVMBRS(Customer, 0), Units) DATACOPY "Current Year" TO "Budget"; ENDFIX /* Normalization */ /* Normalize rates loaded to upper levels */ "List Price" = @PARENTVAL("Customer", "List Price"); "Discount %" = "Discount %"->"Family Total"; "Labor/Unit" = "Labor/Unit"->"Channel Total"; "Matl/Unit" = "Matl/Unit"->"Channel Total"; "Overhead Rate" = @MDANCESTVAL(2, "Product", 3, "Customer", 2);
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/*Focused rollup for allocation of Other Expenses: calculate Net Sales, then sum Units and Net Sales across Product and Customer dimensions for members used as the allocation base.*/ @IDESCENDANTS ("Net Sales"); FIX ("Net Sales", Units) @IDESCENDANTS ("Family Total"); @IDESCENDANTS ("Channel Total"); ENDFIX
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"Material Variances" = "Material Variances"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total" * "Units" / "Units"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total"; "Overhead Variances" = "Overhead Variances"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total" * "Units" / "Units"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total";
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6 Normalizing Data Solutions FIX( @CHILDREN( "Family Total")) "Labor Variances" = "Labor Variances"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total" / @COUNT( SKIPMISSING, @RANGE( Units, @ISIBLINGS( @CURRMBR(Product) ) ) ); ENDFIX /* Step 2: Allocate Labor Variances to Gen5 (level 0) products based on percent of product family units */ FIX( @GENMBRS( "Product", 5)) "Labor Variances" = @MDANCESTVAL( 2, "Product", 3, "Customer", 2, "Labor Variances") * ("Units" / @MDANCESTVAL( 2, "Product", 3, "Customer", 2, "Units")); ENDFIX
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/* Allocate Obsolete Charges and Inventory Adjustments based on percent of Net Sales */ "Obsolete Charges" = "Obsolete Charges"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total" * "Net Sales" / "Net Sales"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total"; "Inventory Adjustments" = "Inventory Adjustments"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total" * "Net Sales" / "Net Sales"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total";
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CALC DIM (Accounts, "Year Tot", Customer, Product); 3. Save BudgetB.csc.
4. Run LoadBudget.bat to clear and reload input data. 5. In Budget.xls, select the AuditCalcs worksheet.
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Creating Multiple-Database Calculations
In this exercise, you create a location alias to leverage data stored in another database. Creating a Location Alias
1. In Administration Services Console, right-click the DynSales database node.
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The Location Aliases dialog box is displayed.
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6 Normalizing Data Solutions 3. In the first row of the table, create a location alias based on the following table: Parameter
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Alias
Taxes
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Application
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Database
Taxer
User Name
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Password
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4. Click Test. A check mark is displayed in the Verified column. 5. Click Set. 6. Click Close.
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Calculating Across Databases 1. Create a calculation script for DynSales based on the following script: /* Housekeeping */ SET UPDATECALC OFF;
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2. Save the script as Taxes.csc.
3. Run ResetDynamic.bat to clear, reload, and calculate input data. 4. Open Taxes.xls (located in c:\CF\EssCalcs\Normalize). 5. Select the ProjectedTax worksheet.
6. Set DynCalc as the active connection. 7. Calculate Taxes.csc.
8. Refresh the worksheet.
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Lesson 6 Normalizing Data Solutions 9. Compare your results to the following figure:
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