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YanSavinsky
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7 months ago
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How to derive Member ID from a Member Name in a Business Rule?

I am developing a member formula which uses Percent Of Ownership in calculation. I am using the following to get Percent of Ownership: Dim pOwn As Decimal = api.Entity.PercentOwnership(entityID...
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  • MarcusH's avatar
    MarcusH
    7 months ago
    Dim ForEntityID As Integer = BRApi.Finance.Members.GetMemberId(si, DimType.Entity.Id, ForEntity)

    You will need to put the Entity name in the variable ForEntity.

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Sweez
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7 months ago

To get the memberId for your entityID use the following:

Dim memberID As Integer = BRApi.Finance.Members.GetMemberId(si, dimTypeId.Entity, memberName)

As for your last question I am not sure.  My suggestion would be to just do some testing with different entityids and print the result.