Show The Scope For A Measure - IBM Cognos User Manual

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You can allocate measures to dimensions or levels that lack them in the following
ways:
v over entire dimensions, when the measure appears in a data source that does
v over levels in a dimension, when the measure is already specified at a level in
v over categories in levels, when the measure is specified for the particular level
To allocate measures, you must
v Have a model with two or more data sources.
v Define the measures for that model.
v Create the Dimension Map.
When you have completed the allocation process, you can check the relationships
between dimensions and a measure by using the Show Scope command.
You cannot allocate a calculated measure. However, you can allocate a regular
measure in proportion to a calculated measure.
To prevent the automatic rollup of constantly allocated measures, you must set a
special variable so that the totals in your summary reports are the same as the
constants specified for each individual member of a subset.
To do this on Windows, locate the ppds_cfg.xml file in the installation_location/
configuration directory, open it in any text editor, and add the
DisableConstantAllocationRollup parameter with a value of 1 to the PowerPlay
DataServer section in the following way:
<Section value=PowerPlay DataServer>
</Section>
You can use the ppds_cfg.xml.sample file, also located in installation_location/
configuration directory, as a reference. However, this file does not contain the
DisableConstantAllocationRollup parameter.
If you are adjusting your model on UNIX or Linux, create an environment variable
called PPDS_DISABLE_CONSTANT_ALLOCATION_ROLLUP and set its value to 1. In Bourne
shell, add the line export PPDS_DISABLE_CONSTANT_ALLOCATION_ROLLUP.
Note: This change will affect other features and functions in your model or
resulting reports, including calculated expressions, alternate or special drill-down
paths, and custom subsets.

Show the Scope for a Measure

When you run the Show Scope command, you see a color-coded Dimension Map
that highlights relationships between the measure and levels in a dimension. This
scope map helps you identify where a measure is meaningful in models based on
multiple data sources.
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This type allocates a single, constant measure value to all descendant categories.
By Measure
This type allocates values to descendant categories in proportion to a specific
measure.
not reference the dimension
that dimension
. . .
<DisableConstantAllocationRollup value=1/>