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Are there any ramifications or benefits of changing any of the settings on the Default Workflow profile that is created when a new Root Workflow profile is created?

Answer The general rule of thumb is to NEVER modify the Default Workflow profile. There are ramifications through the application when these properties are changed and generate numerous tickets with our Support team when this happens. Source: Office ...

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I recently created a Parent Input Workflow but noticed I was able to enter data to a Base Entity in addition to the Parent Entities. Is this expected?

Answer Parent Input Workflow profiles have Parent Entities available for assignment, but Base Entities will not be available for assignment. However, you are not prevented from entering data to Base Entities with this set up. Source: Office Hours 202...

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Is it possible to use .DescendantsInclusive to define a data buffer in a Finance Business Rule? This is needed to clear data from legacy accounts that are no longer needed. For example: Dim myDataBuffer As DataBuffer = api.Data.GetDataBufferUsingFormula("RemoveZeros(Cb#Consol:A#Top.DiscendantsInclusive)", DataApiScriptMethodType.Calculate, False, destination)

Answer There is a knowledge base article (KB0011011) entitled "How to Clear the Data Cells in a Specific Data Buffer" that may assist in this.Because OneStream stores data only against the base members in the Account dimension, there is no need to cl...

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Data was loaded to People Planning then Loaded into the cube. Data was then cleared from People Planning but the clear process didn’t clear the cube. How can the data that was sourced from People Planning also be cleared from the cube?

Answer From the Import step within a workflow and click “Retransform”…the Import chevron will turn green Then, you can Validate then Load the stage data (which technically is blank) and it should clear the residual data in the cube for that Workflow ...

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Client is attempting to load very detailed data from SQL. Within the data source, the accounts are in the columns. How do you set up a connector to recognize the matrixed nature of the source data?

Answer On the main properties of the connector, select “Matrix Data” on the data structure type. For the Account dimension, select “Matrixed Text” as the Data Type so that the application knows that is one of the fields that needs to be matrixed. For...

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What is the best approach to “subtract” members in a hierarchy, the following member filter is not returning the expected results. E#Tot_Mgmt.Remove(Houston)

Answer The member filter above is not complete, as it does not contain an expansion expression. The following would be valid uses of this function: E#Tot_Mgmt.Base.Remove(Houston) E#Tot_Mgmt.Children.Remove(Houston) Note: Currently, the Remove functi...

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