Calculates the values of a prior parallel period..
The template presents a period, a measure of the analytic view, an attribute dimension the analytic view is dimensioned by, a hierarchy that uses the attribute dimension, a number that specifies the offset, a level, and a position. To select a different value, click the underlined value in the template and make a selection from the Select Measures dialog box or the drop-down list or enter a different number value.
Template
{ Parallel period | Parallel period closest } for the measure name measure for the attribute dimension name attribute dimension and the hierarchy name hierarchy number level name ago based on the position from the { beginning to end | end to beginning } of the period.
Example: Example of Parallel Period
This sales_year_ago calculated measure returns sales values for the previous year.
Calculation in Template
Parallel period for the SALES measure for the TIME_ATTR_DIM attribute dimension and the TIME_HIER hierarchy 1 YEAR ago based on the position from the beginning to end of the period.
Definition of Calculated Measure in Analytic View
The MEASURES clause of the SALES_AV analytic view definition includes this definition of the sales_year_ago calculated measure:
sales_year_ago AS LAG (SALES) OVER (HIERARCHY TIME_HIER OFFSET 1 ACROSS ANCESTOR AT LEVEL YEAR)
SELECT Statement Using the Calculated Measure
Query the analytic view, selecting sales and sales_year_ago values.
SELECT time_hier.member_name as TIME,
sales,
sales_year_ago
FROM
sales_av HIERARCHIES(time_hier)
WHERE time_hier.level_name IN ('YEAR')
ORDER BY time_hier.hier_order;
Results of the Query
TIME SALES SALES_YEAR_AGO ------ ------------- -------------- CY2011 6755115980.73 (null) CY2012 6901682398.95 6755115980.73 CY2013 7240938717.57 6901682398.95 CY2014 7579746352.89 7240938717.57 CY2015 7941102885.15 7579746352.89