Using Users Dimensioned Line Item in a Formula With No Users Dimension
Hello,
I have L1 and L2 lists, and recently I added a new flat list as A, and A is actually acting like parent of L1 that determines the groups L1 list members belong to. Since I do not want to mess the existing hierarchy and model functionalities, I prefered adding A as a flat list.
In an L2 system module, I have an L2 and native users list dimensioned filter that filters L2 list members and their parents depending on selection of the list A member. Next, I have a summary module dimensioned by L2, and in that summary module, I use the filter line item I created in L2 system module, and it perfectly works and filters all the L2 and L1 list members. However, I want to use KPIs from the summary module, but as far as I know, line item summary settings show values for the whole list regardless of the filter. So, I want to use a new line item with an IF THEN statement that should reflect the line item values depending on selected list A members and will return 0 (zero) if it is not selected. Since summary module does not have users as a dimension it does not work.
Please let me know if you have a solution for this formula or a better solution in general the overall design of including the flat list A. Thanks
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Hello @HarunT ,
The problem you are facing is that your are trying to slice the data based on information that is defined at a user level, but how should it be sliced once you no longer have users? Do you really need to have the mapping defined by the users? Cannot it be the same for everyone?
In order to modify the summary total of the flat list, you should add users to the final module, but I guess that would increase the size significantly?
Cheers!
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Thanks @BrunoRodriguez for the quick response, and I appreciate your explanation. I am aware of the reason that why the formula does not work. However, it works as a filter since filters can take into account the "current user", and I was looking for an answer that returns the results for the current user. I think "currentuser" function is still not on the horizon, and as you said adding users as a dimension inflates the model size, and I do not want to go that way. If the new filter is not needed to be used frequently, then being the same for everyone could be an option.
Best,
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