OBIEE 11g - Nested Calculated Item with Related Columns to the Hierarchy Gives Wrong Results.

(Doc ID 2057464.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 05, 2015

Applies to:

Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition - Version 11.1.1.7.140527 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

The Nested Calculated Item doesn't work well, if the related columns to the hierarchy in criteria are excluded in Table view.

1. Create a new analysis on Sample Sales.
2. Select Product Hierarchy, Company, Per Name Year, Revenue.
3. Exclude from the pivot table columns Company and Per Name Year.


4. Create Calculated Item
'Cell Phones' plus 'Electronics' (667085.24 + 1196522.01)

5. Results
27541163.34 is incorrect. (1863607.25 is correct.)

Not only excluded item, also is similar related Columns to the Hierarchy.

Cause

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