topic Re: Variable in Set Analysis Not Working in App Development

Variable in Set Analysis Not Working

asmithids — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:59:46 GMT

Hello,

I created the following variable and used it in the set analysis expression. The issue is that when I select a date in the Year-Month dimension, I am not getting any results as expected. The expression is supposed to sum all payment amounts for all previous periods from the date selected in the Year-Month field. The variable in the expression turns "active" when I remove the " " but, the result is null. When I include the " ", the variable turns to plain text and the result is 0.00. I tested the results of the variable to the values in the Year-Month field and they match (i.e. 2018-Jun to 2018-Jun). I know I'm close but don't see where I'm not correct.

Thank you in advance for any assistance!!

Variable: vYearMonth = GetFieldSelections([Year-Month])

Sum({$<Year=,Month=, [Year-Month]={"<$(vYearMonth)"}>}PaymentAmount)

Re: Variable in Set Analysis Not Working

andrey_krylov — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 19:02:34 GMT

Hi Alec. I think only daytime or num formatted fields may be used for this purpose. So if [Year-Month] looks like 201801 it may be

Sum({$<Year=,Month=, [Year-Month]={"<$(=Min([Year-Month]))"}>}PaymentAmount)

Or if there is a date field

Sum({$<Year=,Month=, Date ={"<$(=Date(Min(Date)))"}>}PaymentAmount)

Re: Variable in Set Analysis Not Working

Zhandos_Shotan — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 19:41:55 GMT

Try to precalculate variable value using euation and test it:

Variable: vYearMonth = '=GetFieldSelections([Year-Month])'

Make sure that Year-Month dimension is Numeric so you can use it with "<"

Re: Variable in Set Analysis Not Working

asmithids — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:25:34 GMT

Sorry for the late response.

Thank you for the help!!