Subset Error

[ravi]

Hi

In the attached example: I wanted to create a subset- which inculde only North America and South America and take only these SUM into Active form.
And then I wanted substract (Less) Scandinavia vlues - but it is not allowing.

Please advise

Thanks
Ravi

[Alan Kirk]

Hi

In the attached example: I wanted to create a subset- which inculde only North America and South America and take only these SUM into Active form.
And then I wanted substract (Less) Scandinavia vlues - but it is not allowing.

A subset is not a consolidation, and vice versa.

A subset is one or more of the elements in a dimension. It's a collection, not a calculation.

You can define a custom rollup to add the values of a subset together (if your system is configured to allow it) but not when you want to weight something as -1 the way you want to with Scandanavia.

To do what you want you need to define a consolidation in the dimension editor, not create a subset in the subset editor.

[ravi]

Hi Alan,

Thanks - Could you please help with steps to achive this- that will be a great help.

Thanks in advance.
Regards,
ravi

[Alan Kirk]

Thanks - Could you please help with steps to achive this- that will be a great help.

I haven't ignored your question, but I was hoping that someone else would deal with it because it would be lengthy to answer. I was originally going to point you to the relevant section of the help documents but those seem to be "sub-optimal" for new users. Indeed, based on the current help it's a wonder that any of us figured out how to do this.

Best approach is just to play around in the Dimension Editor, referring to the help file as you do, in a development environment. It's actually pretty easy to get the hang of, but would take a rather long time to describe.

[ravi]

Thanks Alan,

I will give a try.

Have a good day!!
Ravi