UNIT 2 Calculation Architecture

Topics Types of calculations Data storage Calculation order Dynamic Calculations Two-pass calculations Intelligent Calcs

Types of Calculation Outline calculations Calc script calculations

Outline Calculations Calculations based on member relationships in a dimension

Default Calculation The default for the database is CALC ALL. A different default calculation can be set using Essbase Application Manager or ESSCMD.

Default Calculation Characteristics The default calc, CALC ALL minimizes physical passes through database. allows users with access to specific calc scripts to run default calc.

Calc Script Calculations Contents of calc scripts: commands, formulas, and functions Reasons for calc scripts Functions and commands that only work in scripts

Calculation Order Data storage Dimension types

Dense and Sparse Dimensions Dense Sparse Dimension tags

Block and Index Structure Index of sparse dimensions Cola->New York Profit COGS Margin Mkt exp. Payroll Misc. Tot. Exp. Sales Jan Feb Mar Qtr1 Apr Actual Budget Var. Var% Measures Time Scenario May Cola->Florida Profit COGS Margin Mkt exp. Payroll Misc. Tot. Exp. Sales Jan Feb Mar Qtr1 Apr Actual Budget Var. Var% Measures Time Scenario May Measures Cola->East Profit COGS Margin Mkt exp. Payroll Misc. Tot. Exp. Sales Jan Feb Mar Qtr1 Apr Actual Budget Var. Var% Time Scenario May

Generations and Levels LevelGeneration 4 3,

Block Types Input blocks Calculated (non-input blocks) Level zero blocks Upper-level blocks

Calculation Order Accounts Time Dense Two-pass Sparse

Dense Calculations Data load from table XX ### XXXX XXXXXXX Essbase calculation (CALC ALL) SalesCOGSMarginProfit Actual Budget Jan Feb Mar Qtr1 Year After calc of Time dimension After calc of Accounts dimension

Sparse Calculations Vermont -> Cola New York -> Cola East -> Cola

Measures (Label Only) Profit (+) (7) Margin (+) (3) Sales (+) (1) COGS (-) (2) Expenses (-) (6) Marketing (+) (4) Misc. (+) (5) Inventory (+) (Label Only) Opening (+) (TB First) (8) Ending (+) (TB Last) (9) Ratios (+) (Label Only) Margin % (+) (Two Pass Calc) Margin % Sales; (10) Product Share (+) (Two Pass Calc) Sales % Sales ->Products; (11) Calculation Order: Dense Dimensions

Calculation Order: Sparse Dimensions (1) (2) (3) (4) (C) (A) (B)

Dynamic Calculations Dynamic Calc (Non-Store) Dynamic Calc and Store Dynamic Time Series

Dynamic Calc Member Settings Dense and sparse dimensions Dynamic Calc restrictions Considerations

Calculation Order: Dynamic Calcs Versus Batch Batch Dimension with Accounts tag Dimension with Time tag Dense dimensions in outline order Sparse dimension in outline order Two-pass calculations Dynamic Calc Sparse dimensions in outline order Time series calculations Dimension with Accounts tag Dimension with Time tag Dense dimensions in outline order Two-pass calculations

Dynamic Calculation Limitations Members that cannot be dynamic Loading data Parent/child considerations

Two-Pass Calculation First pass Accounts Jan Feb Mar Qtr1 Profit Sales Profit % ( tagged as two-pass calc ) Second pass Accounts Jan Feb Mar Qtr1 Profit Sales Profit % ( tagged as two-pass calc ) % % % % % % % %

Intelligent Calculation Introducing Intelligent Calculation Intelligent Calculation method Invoking Intelligent Calculation

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