GEN

Returns all members in a dimension with the specified generation name.

Syntax

GEN name, dimension

When used as an extraction command in conjunction with the <LINK command, the syntax is:

<GEN(dimension,genNumber)

Parameters

name

Generation name

dimension

Dimension name

genNumber

Generation number

Notes

  • The report script can use either default generation names or user-defined generation names. Examples of default generation names are GEN1, GEN2, and so on.

  • Use quotes around the GEN command if the dimension name contains spaces.

Example

GEN3,Year

Selects members of generation 3 from the Year dimension.

CityGen,State

Selects members of the user-defined generation name CityGen from the State dimension.

"GEN2,All Markets"

Selects members of generation 2 from the All Markets dimension.

<LINK (<GEN(Product,3) AND <LEV(Product,0))

Selects members with generation 3 and level 0 from the Product dimension.