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IBM Cognos 8 Platform => COGNOS 8 => Report Studio => Topic started by: anilkumar on 13 May 2009 03:28:41 AM

Title: very urgent
Post by: anilkumar on 13 May 2009 03:28:41 AM
hi guys

advance thanks

i am using cubes as  datasource

i need columns like this

A)  actual ytd(pre year)   B)     actual ytd(pre year)      C)actual ytd(curr year)    D) A-C
      (2008/apr)                       (2008/mar)                     (2009/apr)


Thanks and regards
anil kumar
Title: Re: very urgent
Post by: david.stachon on 14 May 2009 04:14:23 AM
Open Report Studio, and the package that points to your cube

choose a list or cross-tab

drag what you need from the left hand pane onto the report.

...then use the calculate button to do your A-C.
Title: Re: very urgent
Post by: anilkumar on 16 May 2009 01:33:39 AM
Hi david

i need queries yaar.

regards
anil
Title: Re: very urgent
Post by: david.stachon on 16 May 2009 08:37:50 PM
...sorry Anil, I don't know what you mean by "i need queries yaar".
Title: Re: very urgent
Post by: anilkumar on 17 May 2009 07:44:10 AM
hi david

iam developing one report  using cubes as a datasource.

please go through attachemnt.
i need urgently.

regards
anil kumar
Title: Re: very urgent
Post by: david.stachon on 18 May 2009 04:34:28 AM
so what have you tried doing? ...and what are you having difficulty with?
Title: Re: very urgent
Post by: vinay17in on 18 May 2009 09:35:06 PM
There are several analytical function you can use to get the data for previous year same month and previous year

parallelPeriod
lag
lastPeriod
closingPeriod

Title: Re: very urgent
Post by: anilkumar on 19 May 2009 09:11:19 AM
Hi Vinay

if i  get pevious year actual data  is  enough.
can u send query for  previous year ytd .
previous member i used but it is not working with the actual ytd.



regards
anil kumar