Essbase Calc Aguide

Hyperion Essbase Analytics 9.3.
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Calculate Databases
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Activity Guide
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D53220GC10
Edition 1.0
January 2008
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Author
Copyright 2008, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Lisa Alexander
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Table of Contents
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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Lesson 6:
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:
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:
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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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
Lesson 1
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Lesson 2
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Lesson 3 Developing Calculation Scripts

Exercises
Lesson 3
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.
Exercise 3.2
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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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3. Click
(refresh).
4. Execute PriceFIX.csc.
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5. On the Fix vs If worksheet, view the calculation results.

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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.
4. Execute CalcMem.csc.
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5. In BasicCalcs.xls, select the CalcMember worksheet.

6. Click
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(refresh).
7. Notice the calculation results from using Units as the anchor member for the
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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

Exercises
Lesson 4
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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Retail customers: 12%
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Distributor customers: 13%
2. Save the script as DiscFcst.csc.

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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.
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10. Compare your results to the following figure:
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Exercise 4.2
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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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2. Save the script as BaseFcst.csc.
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4. Execute BaseFcst.csc.

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5. In AdvancedCalcs.xls, select the Forecast worksheet.
7. Compare your results to the following figures:
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Exercise 4.3
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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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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.

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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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7. Execute 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.
Exercise 4.5
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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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2. Save the calculation script as RollAvg.csc.
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4. Execute RollAvg.csc.
5. In AdvancedCalcs.xls, select the RollingAverage worksheet.
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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
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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5. Open Dynamic.xls (located in c:\CF\EssCalcs\Dynamic).
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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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5. Set DynSales as your active connection.

6. Refresh the worksheet. Compare your results to the following figure:
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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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2. Run ResetDynamic.bat to clear, reload, and calculate data.

3. In Dynamic.xls, use the Aggressive worksheet to check your calculation 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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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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worksheets in UpperLevel.xls. Use CalcAll.csc as a starting point, and save the
modified script as CYLev0.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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3. Run LoadBudget.bat to clear and reload input data.
4. In Budget.xls, select the AuditCalcs worksheet.
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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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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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a. Allocate data to the children of Family Total based on an even split between the
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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.
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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7. Select the ProjectedTax worksheet.
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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.
Lesson 1
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Lesson 3
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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/* Housekeeping */
SET MSG SUMMARY;
SET UPDATECALC OFF;
/* Main Rollup */
CALC ALL;
/* Back Calculation */
(
"Discount %" = "Discounts" / "Gross Sales";
"Overhead Rate" = Overhead / "Direct Labor";
"Gross Margin %";
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/* Mark calculated data blocks clean */
SET CLEARUPDATESTATUS ONLY;
(
"Discount %" = "Discounts" / "Gross Sales";
"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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2. In BasicCalcs.xls, select the SubmitPrices worksheet.
3. Click
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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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12. Select View > Log.
The Log View Options dialog box is displayed.
13. Select Starting date.
14. In the text box, enter todays 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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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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Testing Sep as Anchor Member
1. In CalcMem.csc, replace the anchor member LIst Price with Sep.
6. Click
(refresh).
Calculated data is displayed only for September, as in the following figure:
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6. Click
(refresh).
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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with restricted member [Forecast]" is displayed.
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Lesson 4
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)
"Discount %" = .10;
"Discount %" = .07;
"Discount %" = .09;
ENDIF
ELSE
"Discount %" = .15;
"Discount %" = .12;
"Discount %" = .13;
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ENDIF
)
/* Close out Baseline Fix */
ENDFIX
3. Save the script as DiscFcst.csc.
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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Creating a Baseline Forecast
In this exercise, you create a baseline forecast from existing actual data.
/* Housekeeping */
SET UPDATECALC OFF;
/* Baseline Fix */
FIX (Sep:Dec)
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/* Increase Forecast prices */
FIX ("List Price")
Forecast = Forecast * 1.1;
ENDFIX
/* Close out the Baseline Fix */
ENDFIX
2. Save the script as BaseFcst.csc.
4. Execute BaseFcst.csc.
5. In AdvancedCalcs.xls, select the Forecast worksheet.
6. Compare your results to the following figures:
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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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/* Information
Before this calculation is executed, the baseline forecast must be

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*/
/* Housekeeping */
SET UPDATECALC OFF;
/* Copy actual data into the Working scenario */

FIX (Jan:&PriorMonth)
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DATACOPY "Forecast" TO "Working";
ENDFIX
2. Save the script as Working.csc.
3. 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.
4. In AdvancedCalcs.xls, select the Working worksheet.
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Creating Empty Blocks
In this exercise, you create data blocks and then clear them of data without removing
them from the database.
2. In Administration Services Console, right-click the BigCalc Sales database node.
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5. Record the number of existing data blocks.
/* 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
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The Database Properties dialog box is displayed.
10. On the Statistics tab, click Refresh.
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There are more data blocks after the calculation.
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. Right-click Prior Year.
4. Select Cut.
5. Right-click Scenario.
6. Select Paste child.
The message "Are you sure you want to move the selected member" is
displayed.
7. Click Yes.
Prior Year and Current Year are displayed as the first and second children of
Scenario, respectively.
8. Click Save.
The Restructure Database Options dialog box is displayed.
9. Select Discard all data.
10. Click OK.
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@MOVAVG (
Units,
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4. Execute RollAvg.csc.
5. In AdvancedCalcs.xls, select the RollingAverage worksheet.
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right of the equal sign).
2. Right-click the selected text.
3. Select Copy.
4. In the BigCalc Sales outline, right-click Rolling 6 Avg Sales.

5. Select Edit member properties.
The Member Properties dialog box is displayed.

6. Select the Formula tab.
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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
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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Modifying the DynSales Outline
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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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
Gross Sales / Units;
Avg Disc %
Discounts
Discounts / Gross Sales
Expense Reporting
Avg Labor/Unit
Direct Labor
Direct Labor / Units;
Expense Reporting
Avg Matl/Unit
Material
Material / Units;
Expense Reporting
Avg OH Rate
Overhead
Overhead / Direct Labor;
Expense Reporting
5. Modify outline members based on the following table:

Member
Parent
Property
Member Formula
Gross Sales
Net Sales
Units * List Price;
Units
Gross Sales
Discounts
Net Sales
Gross Sales (shared)
Discounts
Direct Labor
Cost of Sales
Units (shared)
Direct Labor
Material
Cost of Sales
Units (shared)
Material
Overhead
Cost of Sales
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Direct Labor * Overhead Rate
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Gross Margin %
7. Compare your completed outline to the following figures:
Gross Margin accounts:
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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
(connection manager).
The Connection Manager dialog box is displayed.
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6. For Provider, select Hyperion Provider.
7. For Location, select http://localhost:13080/aps/APS.
8. Click Next.
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9. Expand the Servers node.
10. Expand the localhost node.
The Connect to Data Source dialog box is displayed.

11. For user name, type trnadmin.
12. For password, type hyperion.
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14. Expand the DynCalc application node.
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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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2. Refresh the ShadowRates worksheet.
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4. Compare your calculation results to the following figure:
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In this exercise, you apply dynamic calculations wherever appropriate to members of

dense dimensions and test your calculation results. What follows is one of many possible
solutions for this exercise.
Modifying the DynSales Outline
1. In the DynSales outline, make the following members of the Year Tot dimension
Dynamic Calc:
Year Tot
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2. Make the following accounts Dynamic Calc:
Gross Margin
Net Sales
Cost of Sales
Other CGS
3. Make the following accounts Dynamic Calc and flagged for two-pass calculation:
Avg List Price
Avg Disc %
Avg Labor/Unit
Avg Matl/Unit
Avg OH Rate
Gross Margin %
Unit Mix by Cust
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Sales $ Mix
Rolling 6 Avg Units
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Act Vs Bud
Act Vs Fcst
Bud Vs Fcst
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5. Select the Outline Properties tab.
6. Under Data storage, for Scenario, select Dense.

7. Save the DynSales outline.
8. If prompted to restructure data, select Discard all data.
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11. Set DynSales as the active connection.
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13. In the Comparison section of the worksheet, verify your calculation results.
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Lesson 6
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
(validate).
The message "Syntax check was successful." is displayed.

4. Click OK.
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Loading and Calculating Multilevel Inputs
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1. Open UpperLevel.xls (located in c:\CF\EssCalcs\Calcs\Normalize).

2. Select the Multilevel Input worksheet.
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3. Connect to DynSales.

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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The message "Calculation Errors" is displayed.
12. Examine the Comparison formulas section, and determine where calculated data is
incorrect.
Gross Margin for the intersection of Channel Total and Family Total is incorrect.
Qtr 1 is also incorrect.
Modifying the Calculation Script
1. In Administration Services Console, expand the DynSales database node.
2. Expand the Calculation Scripts node.
3. Double-click CalcDyn.
The Calculation Script Editor window is displayed.
4. Select File > Save as.
5. Save the script as CYMulti.csc.
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Set aggregate missing values to OFF.

Calculate only Current Year data.
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7. Compare your results to the following script:

/* Information
Created by: YourName

Created On:9/22/2005
Purpose:
This script consolidates the DynCalc DynSales database in
Current Year and then recalculates Gross Margin to offset
upper-level data loads.
*/
/* Housekeeping */
SET UPDATECALC OFF;
SET AGGMISSG OFF;
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FIX ("Current Year")
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/* The Back Calculation */
(
"Gross Margin";
)
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.
3. Run ClearAll.csc.
4. Refresh the worksheet
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5. Select the Level 0 AuditSheet worksheet.

6. Run CalcDyn.csc.
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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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5. Compare your results to the following script:
/* Information
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 */
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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.
Solution 6.2
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Developing a Normalization Table
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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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4. Compare your results to the finished normalization table in the following figure:
Solution 6.3
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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 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";
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/* 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 */
ENDFIX
4. Save Budget.csc.
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Allocating Other Costs
In this exercise, you complete the budget calculation by adding a section to allocate
other costs.
1. Open Budget.csc.
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/* Information
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Purpose: This script calculates the DynCalc DynSales database.
/*
/* Housekeeping */
SET UPDATECALC OFF;
SET AGGMISSG ON;
SET MSG SUMMARY;
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/* Normalization */
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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");
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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"
"Overhead Variances" =
"Overhead Variances"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total"
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"Obsolete Charges" =
"Obsolete Charges"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total"
* "Net Sales" / "Net Sales"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total";
"Inventory Adjustments" =
"Inventory Adjustments"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total"
/* Main Rollup */
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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4. Click OK.
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The Restructure Database Options dialog box is displayed.

6. Select All data.
7. Click OK.
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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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Purpose: This script calculates the DynCalc DynSales database.
/*
/* Housekeeping */
SET UPDATECALC OFF;
SET AGGMISSG ON;
SET MSG SUMMARY;
ENDFIX
/* Normalization */
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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");
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"Material Variances" =
"Material Variances"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total"
"Overhead Variances" =
"Overhead Variances"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total"
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/* Step 1: Allocate Labor Variances to the children of Family Total
based on an even split between the children with data */
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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"));
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percent of Net Sales */
"Obsolete Charges" =
"Obsolete Charges"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total"
"Inventory Adjustments" =
"Inventory Adjustments"->"Family Total"->"Channel Total"
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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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3. In the first row of the table, create a location alias based on the following table:
Parameter
Value
Alias
Taxes
Essbase Server
localhost
Application
BigTax
Database
Taxer
User Name
trnadmin
Password
hyperion
4. Click Test.
A check mark is displayed in the Verified column.
5. Click Set.
6. Click Close.
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1. Create a calculation script for DynSales based on the following script:
/* Housekeeping */
SET UPDATECALC OFF;
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"Projected Taxes" = "Gross Margin" * @XREF(Taxes, US, TR0003);
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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.

7. Calculate Taxes.csc.
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Developing Calculation Scripts

Testing Intelligent Calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Developing Advanced Calculations

Creating Complex Conditionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Exercise 5.1 Eliminating Back Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Loading Data to Upper-Level Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Developing Calculation Scripts

Solution 3.1 Testing Intelligent Calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Developing Advanced Calculations

Solution 4.1 Creating Complex Conditionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Solution 5.1 Eliminating Back Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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Solution 6.1 Loading Data to Upper-Level Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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Lesson 3 Developing Calculation Scripts

Developing Calculation Scripts

Testing Intelligent Calculation

In this exercise, you test the behavior of intelligent calculation.

9. Modify IntCalc.csc to accomplish the following tasks:

Comparing FIX and IF

2. In BasicCalcs.xls, select the SubmitPrices worksheet.

5. On the Fix vs If worksheet, view the calculation results.

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Lesson 3 Developing Calculation Scripts

Testing Calculation Member Block Syntax

A calculation script created for Bigcorp forecast analysts contains a conditional

5. In BasicCalcs.xls, select the CalcMember worksheet.

10. Repeat steps 4 through 7 to test the new anchor member.

11. Repeat steps 8 through 10 to test the following anchor members:

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Lesson 4 Developing Advanced Calculations

Developing Advanced Calculations

Creating Complex Conditionals

Bigcorp forecast analysts want to assign discount percentages to customers based on

Forecasted Discount Percentage

Less than 300

Between 300 and 499

OEM customers: 10%

500 and over

OEM customers: 15%

Retail customers: 12%

Distributor customers: 13%

2. Save the script as DiscFcst.csc.

5. Open AdvancedCalcs.xls (located in c:\CF\EssCalcs\Calcs).

7. On the Display tab, replace #MISSING with 0.

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Lesson 4 Developing Advanced Calculations

Creating a Baseline Forecast

2. Save the script as BaseFcst.csc.

3. Run ResetData.bat to clear and reload data.

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Lesson 4 Developing Advanced Calculations

Creating a Working Scenario

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Lesson 4 Developing Advanced Calculations

Jan through prior month