Allocations in Transformer Model

[bobg4u]

What is the signaficance of allocations in the Transformer Model.How do we use them? Can someone help me with an example?

Thanks
Bob

 

[CognosProfessional]

The allocation feature distributes data, specified at a summary level of a dimension, to lower levels. For example, actual sales revenue may be tracked daily, while sales revenue is forecast quarterly. Allocation is a useful way of distributing quarterly forecasts to the month and day levels.

The following types of allocation are available:

From Level (typically by direct association with the data source)

N/A (do not allocate)

Constant (allocate a measure as a constant value to all descendants)

By Measure (allocate to descendants proportionally according to another measure)

You can allocate measures

over entire dimensions, when the measure appears in a data source that does not reference the dimension

over levels in a dimension, when the measure is already specified at a level in that dimension

over categories in levels, when the measure is specified to the particular level

Process

Add two or more data sources to a model.

Define the measures.

Create a dimension map.

Allocate measures to dimensions or levels that lack them.

Check the relationships between dimensions and a measure by using the Show Scope command.

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