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BrandonG's avatar
BrandonG
New Contributor II
3 years ago

Running a Custom Calculation from a Business Rule with a MemberFilter for Time periods

We are trying to do a multi-year planning application. One requirement is the ability to calculate out-months into the next year of the plan. One solution that would be very useful is the ability t...
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ckattookaran's avatar
ckattookaran
VIP
3 years ago

I'm assuming that you are going to use a DM sequence to execute this. You can pass time in the DM step to run for multiple periods.

  • BrandonG's avatar
    BrandonG
    New Contributor II
    3 years ago

    This is the current solution, but it would be nice to run the Custom Calculation directly. The Data Management Tasks are filling up the Task window when running over many data units.

    • JohnMorehead's avatar
      JohnMorehead
      New Contributor III
      2 years ago

      If you want to run a Custom Calc BR from another rule, such as an Extender Rule, you can do so with the following example code:

      • victorthomsen's avatar
        victorthomsen
        New Contributor II
        2 years ago

        Do you have packages imported outside of OS Business rules? in VS or VSC? It does not look like OS env

    • ckattookaran's avatar
      ckattookaran
      VIP
      3 years ago

      I'm still not sure how you can call it still.

      • BrandonG's avatar
        BrandonG
        New Contributor II
        3 years ago

        Look for "BRApi.Finance.Calculate.ExecuteCustomCalculateBusinessRule" in the Business Rule Editor.

        Maybe this function is/was deprecated, but it would be very useful in cases where you need to run a calculation against custom time periods.

        Thanks though!