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Use data buffer in dashboard data set
Can a databuffer be made available in a dashboard data set business rule? I'm trying to get a data buffer data into dashboard data set so that I can manipulate the output for reporting.
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Thanks for the reply.
It seem like I'm not able to log the members themselves. I.e. I can output the values, but not the member names.
As RobbSalzmann said, you cannot use here any method that expects the api object, since that's available only in rules run by the Finance engine. This is why it doesn't show up in the helper tree, if you're writing a Dashboard DataSet:
You'll have to stick to BRApi functions instead. Example to do what you want there:
Dim mName as String = BRApi.Finance.Members.GetMemberName( _
si, _
dimTypeId.Account, _
cell.DataCellPk.AccountId)
brapi.errorlog.logMessage(si, "My name is " & mName & " (Slim Shady)") Edit: for best performance, you probably want to cache the results of that GetMemberName in a dictionary, to avoid too many lookups that might end up hitting the database.
Excellent! Thanks - that works!