DISTRIBUTE

Basic Overview

Description	Distributes the values of the Original Node based on the value distribution from the Distribution Node - in relation to the aggregated values of the Distribution Node when rolled-up to the levels of the Original Node. Can be used to redistribute values, which are not available on a certain level. An example is the assignment of OPEX to products according to their revenue. Levels can be specified to restrict the distribution to these levels, otherwise values are distributed to all available levels.
Notes	Values with missing partners in the DistributionNode will be evenly distributed to all values in the respective dimension level. This can potentially create a large data set in case of sparse inputs (see example for value 2017). If the distribution is executed on a dimension with a hierarchy (having multiple levels) and the chose distribution level is a higher level, then the distribution will be calculated on the lowest shared level and is afterwards aggregated to the specified level.
Signature	DISTRIBUTE(OriginalNode, DistributionNode [, Level1,...])
Parameters	OriginalNode: Input node, specified using the node name in single quotes (e.g. 'OPEX') DistributionNode: Node, by which distribution the values of the OriginalNode should be disaggregated. Specified using the node name in single quotes (e.g. 'Revenue') Level: Level by which the OriginalNode should be disaggregated, i.e. the level which should exist on the node after application of the function (e.g. "Product"). If not specified, all additional levels in DistributionNode will be used for the distribution.

Example

OPEX

Year	OPEX
2015	2000
2016	4000
2017	12000

Revenue

Product Dimension		Year
Product Line	Product	2015	2016
M	M1	100	200
M	M2	300	600
Z	Z3	400	800
Totals		800	1600

DISTRIBUTE('OPEX', 'Revenue') = DISTRIBUTE('OPEX', 'Revenue') =

Product Dimension		Year
Product Line	Product	2015	2016	2017
M	M1	2000 * 100 / 800 = 250	4000 * 200 / 1600 = 500	12000 / 4 = 3000
M	M2	2000 * 300 / 800 = 750	4000 * 600 / 1600 = 1500	12000 / 4 = 3000
Z	Z3	2000 * 400 / 800 = 1000	4000 * 800 / 1600 = 2000	12000 / 4 = 3000
X	X4	-	-	12000 / 4 = 3000
Totals		2000	4000	12000

DISTRIBUTE('OPEX', 'Revenue', "Year", "Product Line") =

Product Dimension	Year
Product Line	2015	2016	2017
M	2000 * 400 / 800 = 1000	4000 * 800 / 1600 = 2000	12000 / 3 = 4000
Z	2000 * 400 / 800 = 1000	4000 * 800 / 1600 = 2000	12000 / 3 = 4000
X	-	-	12000 / 3 = 4000
Totals	2000	4000	12000