DYNAMIC TIME SERIES AND INTERACTIVE REPORTING

- Sandeep Reddy Enti

Objective: To demonstrate the Dynamic Time series in Interactive Reporting.

This document assumes the reader to have basic understanding of the Dynamic time.

1. Period to Date Values.

2. PTD values (Dynamic Time Series) using Interactive Reporting.

Period to Date Values

1. Period to Date values can be achieved in two ways

a) Using “@PTD function” on the member of the Time dimension
member
b) Using “Dynamic Time series” functionality.

2. For the demonstration purpose, let’s create a BSO cube named “DTS” with database
name “dts”. Its outline is shown

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3. As shown in the above picture, we have 4 dimensions – Time, Account, Prod and
Region. Our sales number would talk of “Sales of Honda in Jan 2009 in Bangalore”.
4. As you can see in the above mentioned outline, there is a member “QTD” which is
added with consolidation property of “~” to ignore ,and has a formula
@PTD(feb:mar)”. This is one of the ways of getting the values of PTD.

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5. Sample data source file:

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6. Upon data retrieval in Preview section, we can see “Account against QTD as 50”, which
is the output of @PTD(feb:mar).It added sales of Feb and mar.

7. Moving on with the demonstration of “Dynamic Time Series”. When we open an

outline, we have an option of “Dynamic Time Series” under “Outline”. (Remember,
you can view this option only when the outline is opened in ‘edit’ mode, not in view
mode).
8. You have multiple pre defined options as shown in the below
pic.

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9. Keeping the requirement for analysis in mind, one needs to select the desired series, and
enable it, later, give an appropriate “Generation number”. Here, in my sample outline.
For, Quarterly analyses, my quarter i.e. Qtr1, Qtr2 are of Generation 3. So I had
selected 3 , for my Gen.
10. Now, In the preview window, we can dynamically select the month, or the quarter.
11. For example, YTD analyses for the month of May, should give me results adding the
sales values from jan 2009 to May2009 only. It’s shown in the below

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12. This is end of dynamic time series demonstration.

PTD values (Dynamic Time Series) using Interactive Reporting.

1. Post creation of sample.oce, the file ,which connects to my DTS essbase BSO cube.
2. In “insert query”, with the help of the data layout , select the appropriate row and
columns

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3. post processing the query, the outcome is shown in the below
picture:

4. But our requirement is YTD analysis for the month of May 2009. For this , right click
on “Time” and select “edit” as

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5. Follow the below given

sequence:

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6. As shown in the above pic, select Y-T-D and May, which is where our interest lies in.
Select ok ,and now you ll see the newly select YTD against May in the below

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pic

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7. Select OK ,and re process the query to get the below YTD for may
2009

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