Publish

Performs a publish action on the specified process unit. The vbApplyToAllPeriods argument determines whether the action applies to one or to multiple process units.

To attach documents while publishing an action, use Publish2.

Syntax

<HFMwManageProcess>.Publish (bstrScenario, bstrYear, bstrPeriod, bstrEntity, bstrParent, bstrValue, vbApplyToAllPeriods, bstrComment)

Argument	Description
bstrScenario	The label of the Scenario dimension member for the process units. Input argument. String subtype.
bstrYear	The label of the Year dimension member for the process units. Input argument. String subtype.
bstrPeriod	The label of the Period dimension member for the process units. Input argument. String subtype.
bstrEntity	The label of the Entity dimension member for the process units. Input argument. String subtype.
bstrParent	The label of the parent of the entity specified in the bstrEntity argument. Input argument. String subtype.
bstrValue	The label of the Value dimension member for the process units. Input argument. String subtype.
vbApplyToAllPeriods	Specifies whether the action should be applied to process units for all input periods that intersect the other specified dimension members. Pass TRUE to apply the action to all these process units, FALSE to apply the action to only the specified process unit. Input argument.
bstrComment	A user comment for the action, or an empty string if there is no comment. Input argument. String subtype.

Return Value

Returns a number that represents the process unit’s review level. Valid values are represented by the constants listed in Process Management Review Level Constants. Long subtype.

Tip:	You can obtain a string that represents the review level by passing the return value to MapReviewLevelToString.

Example

The following example performs a publish action for the specified process unit and prints the resulting review level to the browser.

Dim cHFMProcMan, lLevel
Set cHFMProcMan = _ 
Server.CreateObject("Hyperion.HFMwManageProcess")
' cHFMSession is a previously set HFMwSession object
cHFMProcMan.SetWebSession cHFMSession
lLevel = cHFMProcMan.Publish("Budget", "2003", "April", _ 
"Connecticut", "UnitedStates", "<Entity Currency>", FALSE, _ 
"")
Response.Write "<p>Review level: " & _ 
cHFMProcMan.MapReviewLevelToString(lLevel) & "</p>"