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example, to calculate Discount for specific clients, you can create an input parameter based
on Sales table and return column Revenue with filter set on the Client_ID.
○ For Direct Type input parameter, specify the Semantic Type that describes the use parameter
as a currency or date, for example, to specify the target currency during currency conversion.
c. If required, select a data type.
d. Enter length and scale for the input parameter.
e. Choose OK.
Calculation View
1. In the Output panel, right-click the Input Parameters node.
2. From the context menu, choose New.
a. Enter a name and description.
b. Select the type of input parameter from the dropdown list.
Note:
c. Select a data type.
○ For the Attribute Value type of input parameter, you need to select the attribute from the
dropdown list. At runtime the value for the input parameter is fetched from the selected
attribute's data.
○ For an input parameter of type Derived from Table, you need to select a table and one of it's
column as Return Column whose value is then used as input for the formula calculation. You
can also define conditions to filter the values of Return Column in the Filters panel. For
example, to calculate Discount for specific clients, you can create an input parameter based
on Sales table and return column Revenue with filter set on the Client_ID.
d. Enter length and scale for the input parameter.
e. Choose OK.
6.2.10 Creating Hierarchies
You use this procedure to create hierarchies between attributes to enhance analysis by displaying attributes
according to their defined hierarchical relationships. Hierarchies can exist cross-attributes (that is, Country -
State - City) or within the values of a single attribute (that is, employee manager - employee direct report).
You structure and define relationships between attributes in the attribute view and calculation view using the
following hierarchy types:
● Level Hierarchy
A level hierarchy is rigid in nature, and the root and the child nodes can be accessed only in the defined order.
Level hierarchies consist of one or more levels of aggregation. Attributes roll up into the next higher level in a
many-to-one relationship, and members at this higher level roll up into the next higher level, and so on to the
top level.
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