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Mike_Sabourin's avatar
Mike_Sabourin
Contributor II
8 days ago

Leverage a CV Rule or parameter to choose row primary dimension

We are looking to have a cube view that uses a parameter or CV Extender to possibly control the primary dimension selection. This is used in a dashboard to show metadata selections with the dimension in the rows and ud8 dynamic formulas across the columns. Looking to see if anyone has any ideas on doing the dimension selection dynamically to use one CV only for display

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  • Sudhakar's avatar
    Sudhakar
    New Contributor III

    I also believe we cannot prompt for the Dimension directly the reason is it is foundation of the CubeView and Static Component (it is defined during development). But this requirement will be a very good candidate for the Idea Stream. 

    CV Extender is mostly for the Report Formatting I believe there also we can't achieve It. 

    Please let us know if we able to achieve this via CV Extender.

  • Sudhakar's avatar
    Sudhakar
    New Contributor III

    Hi Mike,

    You want to dynamically select rows in a Cube View based on a prompt, where the prompt allows users to choose a dimension.

    For example:
    If the user selects the Account dimension, the Cube View displays the Account members in rows and their respective member properties in columns. The same logic applies to other dimensions.

    Implementation Steps (One Way to Achieve it)

    Step 1: Create Foundation Cube Views

    Create RowSet Cube Views for each dimension you want to support (including 8 User Defined dimensions):

    • CV_RowAccount
    • CV_RowEntity
    • CV_RowFlow
    • CV_RowScenario
    • CV_RowUD1 to CV_RowUD8

     

    Create a ColumnSet Cube View that displays the member property information:

    • CV_ColumnMemberProperty

     

    Step 2: Create a Delimited Parameter

    Create a delimited parameter called PromptDimension to store the names of the RowSet Cube Views and provide a user-friendly description.

    • Delimited Values
      CV_RowAccount,CV_RowEntity,CV_RowFlow,CV_RowScenario,CV_RowUD1,CV_RowUD2,CV_RowUD3,CV_RowUD4,CV_RowUD5,CV_RowUD6,CV_RowUD7,CV_RowUD8
    • Delimited Descriptions
      Account, Entity, Flow, Scenario, UD1, UD2, UD3, UD4, UD5, UD6, UD7, UD8

     

    Step 3: Create the Master Cube View

    Create a Master Cube View that uses row and column sharing:

    • Shared Column View: CV_ColumnMemberProperty
    • Shared Row View (Dynamic): |!PromptDimension!|

     

    This setup will allow the Master Cube View to dynamically change based on the selected dimension from the prompt.

    Step 4: Execution

    When users run the Master Cube View, they will be prompted to select a dimension.
    Based on their selection, the corresponding RowSet Cube View will be attached dynamically, and the column view will display member properties.


    Optional Enhancement: Guided Reporting
    Use Guided Reporting to enhance the user experience and get the look of the dashboard.

    • Mike_Sabourin's avatar
      Mike_Sabourin
      Contributor II

      This is exactly what I ended up doing, I was just trying to find a more elegant solution, but I appreciate the response!