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Turning dimensions to measures by one time

Hello everyone,

In universe (BO 3.1),
Is there any way to turn objects (dimensions) to measures by one time?
i have many objects (100+) which are measures actually.
and making measure 1 by 1 is very long operation

thank you


hadalar :turkey: (BOB member since 2006-06-21)

100 measures? Wow - thatā€™s a lot. Are they really all measures that you want to aggregate?

No way I know of to change in one go. How would Bobj know what aggregation you wanted for each? Or projection function?

Debbie


Debbie :uk: (BOB member since 2005-03-01)

Unfortunately yes, 10+ tables, each has 20-30 needed measure objects
actually i need aggregation function sum for all

i really would love to see such feature in universe: selecting multiple objects, choosing aggregation function, and turning them to measure by one click


hadalar :turkey: (BOB member since 2006-06-21)

100 isnā€™t a lot, especially in a larger universe.

There isnā€™t a fast way barring cutting the sum( and pasting it at the start of each in a repetitive keystroke way. Itā€™s easier to keep the object definition box open, so from when you double click the first object to invoke the box::
1/ Make sure Sum( is in your clipboard (type it in notepad, select and copy it)
2/ Click on the end of the SQL string
3/ Press )
4/ Press the Home key
5/ Press CTRL+V
6/ Click on the next object and then click yes on apply changes
Repeat steps 2-6 until done.

Boring but straightforward enough

my final measure objects count is over 1000

Actually i am doing this Mark, but this is also not efficient because of apply changes popup, but no chance other

little bit more efficent way is pasting ā€œsum(ā€ to all objects and, then pasting ā€œ)ā€ to all objects.
since pressing home key on notebooks (using with Fn key) is difficult if you are pressing more than 1000 times


hadalar :turkey: (BOB member since 2006-06-21)

Hi,

You could achieve this using Designerā€™s SDK but that would require some coding in VBA.


Marek Chladny :slovakia: (BOB member since 2003-11-27)

Iā€™ familiar with VBA coding, but never used Designerā€™s SDK.
any help is valuable


hadalar :turkey: (BOB member since 2006-06-21)

A good starting point is checking this utility in the BOBā€™s Download section:

Itā€™s used for mass updating names and descriptions of universe objects. You would need to modify it for mass updating object definitions and qualifications.

Good luck!


Marek Chladny :slovakia: (BOB member since 2003-11-27)

iā€™ll check

thank you


hadalar :turkey: (BOB member since 2006-06-21)

I achieved by universe sdk

thank you for everyone


hadalar :turkey: (BOB member since 2006-06-21)