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Context Operator "In"...where can I learn the syntax?

Posted on Aug 13, 2016 at 05:50 AM 19 Views
Employee Year Month Count Vacation A 2015 August A 2016

August

B 2015 August B 2016 August

Thank you always in advance for your warm guidance and generous help...

My variable Count Vacation contains formula:

=Count([Vacation]) In ([Employee];[Year];[Month])

1.What does semicolon mean? Does order of dimensions matter?

2.How is it different from:

=Count([Vacation]) In ([Employee]) In ([Year]) In ([Month])


3. Is there any page where it explains IN context operators...?


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    Posted on Aug 13, 2016 at 06:57 AM
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    Hi Hayden,

    Refer the Webi user guide which explains this in detail:

    https://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir31SP2/en/xi31_sp2_webi_ffc_en.pdf

    https://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir4/en/xi4sp5_ffc_en.pdf

    Regards,

    Mithilesh

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    Posted on Aug 13, 2016 at 07:00 AM
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    Hello Hayden,

    The semicolon is used to include multiple dimensions to be used with In operator

    If you use the second part of the code the measure value bifurcation will be different than your first part

    All you need to Know about IN, ForEach & ForAll Context Operators

    Above document will help you learn the syntax

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    Posted on Aug 14, 2016 at 07:59 PM
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    For me these two are different formulas..Tested with your data and got the different result.

    I would suggest check your detail data and compare what you are getting same or not.


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    Posted on Aug 13, 2016 at 09:57 AM
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    Dear All,

    1. Thank you for the pages.

    I was able to confirm that my first variable formula is correct...

    2. What I am still struggling is default output context...

    Would you recommend it putting it like this?

    =Count([Vacation]) In ([Employee];[Year];[Month]) In ([Employee]

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      Aug 13, 2016 at 01:11 PM

      Default context is something which gets applied automatically to a measure value based on dimensions included in the block you don't have to worry about that.

      I don't recommend you to use the second formula

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