@MAX

The @MAX calculation function for Essbase returns the maximum from a list of numeric values.

Syntax

This function returns the maximum value among the results of the expressions in expList.

@MAX (expList)

Parameters

expList: Comma-delimited list of members, variable names, functions, and numeric expressions, all of which return numeric values.

Notes

Depending on the values in the list, this function may return zero(0) or #MISSING. For full control over skipping or inclusion of empty values, use @MAXS instead.

Example

This example is based on the Sample Basic database:

Qtr1 = @MAX(Jan:Mar);

This example produces the following report:

           Colas   New York   Actual              
          Jan     Feb     Mar     Qtr1
          ===     ===     ===     ====
Sales     678     645     675     678