PH42287: DMR AGGREGATION RULE OF LAST WORKS DIFFERENTLY IN DQM THEN CQM

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• If you set the Aggregation Rule for a measure to Last for a time
  dimension, the results in CQM and DQM are different. In CQM if
  you focus the report on a member whose last measure is in a time
  period earlier than the last time period actually found in the
  time dimension, rather than show the value for that earlier time
  period, the record is dropped altogether. For example, if a
  member from a Scenario dimension called Actual has a value last
  recorded in Oct of 2021 and you report on the Year level of
  2021, the measure value for Oct should appear under 2021 for
  Actual. Instead, the record is dropped since the last period in
  the data is Dec. 2021.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * CA users                                                     *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  *                                                              *
  * If you set the Aggregation Rule for a measure to Last for a  *
  * time dimension, the results in CQM and DQM are different. In *
  * DQM if you focus the report on a member whose last measure   *
  * is in a time period earlier than the last time period        *
  * actually found in the time dimension, rather than show the   *
  * value for that earlier time period, the record is dropped    *
  * altogether. For example, if a member from a Scenario         *
  * dimension called Actual has a value last recorded in Oct of  *
  * 2021 and you report on the Year level of 2021, the measure   *
  * value for Oct should appear under 2021 for Actual. Instead,  *
  * the record is dropped since the last period in the data is   *
  * Dec. 2021.                                                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Topics updated on production for 11.1 and 11.2:
  *
  https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.2.0?topic=pcd-cq
  m-dqm-return-different-default-results-aggregate-rules
  *
  https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.1.0?topic=pcd-cq
  m-dqm-return-different-default-results-aggregate-rules
  *
  https://ibmdocs-test.dcs.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.2.0
  ?topic=aggregated-defining-aggregate-rules-semi-additive-measure
  s
  *
  https://ibmdocs-test.dcs.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.1.0
  ?topic=aggregated-defining-aggregate-rules-semi-additive-measure
  s
  

Temporary fix

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