Allocates values from a member, from a cross-dimensional member, or from a value across multiple dimensions. The allocation is based on a variety of criteria.
@MDALLOCATE (amount, Ndim, allocationRange1 ...
allocationRangeN,
basisMbr, [roundMbr], method [, methodParams]
[, round [, numDigits][, roundErr]])
| amount | A value, member, or cross-dimensional member that contains the value
to be allocated into each allocationRange. The value may also
be a constant.
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| Ndim | The number of dimensions across which values are allocated. |
| allocationRange1 ... allocationRangeN | Comma-delimited lists of members, member set functions, or range functions from the multiple dimensions into which values from amount are allocated. |
| basisMbr | A value, member, or cross-dimensional member that contains the values that are used as the basis for the allocation. The method you specify determines how the basis data is used. |
| roundMbr | Optional. The member or cross-dimensional member to which rounding errors are added. This member (or at least one member of a cross-dimensional member) must be included in an allocationRange. |
| method | The expression that determines how values are allocated. One of the
following:
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| round | Optional. One of the following:
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| numDigits | An integer that represents the number of decimal places to round to.
You must specify numDigits if you specify roundAmt.
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| roundErr | Optional. An expression that specifies where rounding errors should
be placed. You must specify roundAmt in order to specify roundErr.
If you do not specify roundErr, Analytic Services discards rounding errors.
To specify roundErr, choose from one of the following:
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This function allocates values from a member, from a cross-dimensional member, or from a value across multiple dimensions. The allocation is based on a variety of criteria.
This function allocates values that are input at an upper level to lower-level members in multiple dimensions. The allocation is based upon a specified share or spread of another variable. You can specify a rounding parameter for allocated values and account for rounding errors.
Consider the following example from the Sample Basic database. A data value of 500 is loaded to Budget->Total Expenses->East for Jan and Colas. (For this example, assume that Total Expenses is not a Dynamic Calc member.)
You need to allocate the amount across each expense category for each child of East. The allocation for each child of East is based on the child's share of Total Expenses->Actual:
FIX("Total Expenses")
Budget = @MDALLOCATE(Budget->"Total Expenses"->East,2,
@CHILDREN(East),@CHILDREN("Total Expenses"),Actual,,share);
ENDFIX
This example produces the following report:
Jan Colas
Marketing Payroll Misc Total Expenses
========= ======= ==== ==============
Actual New York 94 51 0 145
Massachusetts 23 31 1 55
Florida 53 54 0 107
Connecticut 40 31 0 71
New Hampshire 27 53 2 82
East 237 220 3 460
Budget New York 102.174 55.435 0 #MI
Massachusetts 25 33.696 1.087 #MI
Florida 57.609 58.696 0 #MI
Connecticut 43.478 33.696 0 #MI
New Hampshire 29.348 57.609 2.173 #MI
East #MI #MI #MI 500
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