view the POV of the datacell executing BusinessRule.DashboardStringFunction XFBR business rule?

[Davy]

How do I view the POV of the datacell executing BusinessRule.DashboardStringFunction XFBR business rule?
I think I can run this statement:
Dim viewMember As ViewMember = ViewMember.GetItem(api.Pov.View.MemberPk.MemberId)

BRapi.ErrorLog.LogMessage(si, "view = "  & viewMember.tostring)

Is there a faster way to view all 10 dimesions in POV of the datacell ?

These do not work:

Dim POV As POV = ViewMember.GetItem(api.Pov.MemberPk.MemberId)

BRapi.ErrorLog.LogMessage(si, "view = "  & POV.tostring)

[ChristianW]

Yes, there is a faster way: api.Pov.GetDataCellPk.GetMemberScript(si)

This only works for financial business rules and member formula.

[ChristianW]

The XFBR function in a cubeview, will be resolved before the system retrieves the datacells, so there is no way for the rule to get the POV of a cell (because it doesn't exist yet).

The problem are dynamic queries like A#IS.descendants, when the xfbr is executed, the query isn't resolved yet.

There are several ways to work around this limitation, can you help us to understand, what you try to achieve?

[Davy]

Wow!! I have no idea what the differences are between XFBR vs using formula and financial business rules. Obviously, you are some big shot developer at 1S. Or are you a consultant? If yes, which company do you work for?

I was studying some XFBR code written over 5 years ago, that I inherited.  I suspected there was some issue with XFBR not being able to read the cell's POV.  I think what you wrote is true- which means that case, 1S consultants' use of XFBR to do conditional formatting is flawed.
I guess my first question is - why would anyone use XFBR, except to process something before retrieving datacells!! 

[Davy]

I am asked to color a cell yellow if a user added annotation into that cell.  This cell stores annotations of users who enter an explanation for why there is a variance on the row of that cell.
You just told me that I have to use a formula or a finance rule as I need the cell POV before I can retrieve the contents of the cell to see if it has text.

Koemets wrote this:
Annotations are attachments by nature, so they can't be treated as regular data cell in your code. So you need to attach them to the respective datacells> Koemets

Someone recommended the following lines of code. Do you have a better suggestion?

Dim yourText As String = api.Data.GetDataCellEx("A#variance:U8#CommentAvB").DataCellAnnotation

api.Data.SetDataAttachmentText("A#variance:U8#CommentAvB",yourText,False)  ‘I don’t even know what this line does

If yourText.Equals(String.Empty) Then

            ' color cell pink to show that user entered text into this cell 

                                                                          Return "Pink"

[ChristianW]

Why are you not just showing the annotation in a column next to the data?

You solution with a pink cell is probably possible, but I need to know the dimensions in the rows and the columns. Today is a little late in Europe to start such a project, but I will try to build something this week.

[Davy]

I have  a very simple CubeView - cells under "Reason code" column have these dimensions:

U8#CommentAvB  , V#ANNOTATION

Each row is a dept - they have to explain why there is a large variance.
Please don't bother to build something for me -if you are very busy. I learned from news that Europeans value their life-after-office hours, which I totally agree with ; so please don't work overtime for me.

[ChristianW]

Would something like this work as well:

It is a dynamic calc member formula showing the message, if a required cell hasn't a comment.

[Davy]

You are a life-saver!! Thanks. May i have the code to this formula and it's settings? Also, if you can give me a screen shot of how this cubeview calls the formula, that will be great.
My I will change your formula to suit my needs - by making it returning a text (e.g. color pink)  to my cubeview.

Thanks again for your hard work!! 
Maybe I can pay you back by recommending some great movies?  I usually watch only movies based on real events of incredible people

[ChristianW · Accepted solution]

It is an UD8 member formula and it has to be used together with a text view member like annotation:

The member formula might look like this:

' Test if the cell is a text-based dataCell.
If api.View.IsAnnotationType() Then
	'Has the cell a cell text or an attachement?
	If Not api.Data.HasDataAttachments("O#Forms:V#Periodic:Ud8#None") Then
		'Retrieves the cells to test		
		Dim amount As DataCell = api.Data.GetDataCell("O#Top:V#Periodic:UD8#None")
		Dim budget As DataCell = api.Data.GetDataCell("O#Top:V#Periodic:UD8#None:S#BudgetV2")
		'Calculate the variance percent
		Dim variance As Decimal = (amount.CellAmount - budget.CellAmount  ) / budget.CellAmount

		'Is there a negative variance?
		If variance < 0 Then
			Return "<== Explantion Required"
		Else 
			Return Nothing
		End If
	Else
		Return Nothing		
	End If
End If

Return Nothing

[ChristianW]

There are plenty of great use cases for xfbr, including for conditional formatting, but you need to understand how it works. 5 years ago, we hadn't conditional formatting, but for some years now, it is a function of cubeviews.

There might be a much simpler solution for your problem.

I work for Onestream.