Override custom item label with POV list custom description
It can be handy to replace the Dynamic Label Expressions in a custom description of a list item / member for the current member with the custom description defined in a Pov list.
This normally only works for the following cases:
The same list is used in the POV and a control
A Control without a list, but that does support Dynamic Label Expressions (Like a Label Control)
In a Control that uses a Dynamic Label Expressions for a Dimension that is in the POV List but not in the List used in that control.
For two distinct Lists the Dynamic Label Expressions of the custom description can’t be replaced with the custom description of the POV List, but a with new option in the Configurator this can be enabled.
Preconditions
The following preconditions need to be met:
The POV dimension needs to be defined with a list that has a custom label description or item label description
The POV List and the component List should both contain the Dimension that is used with the Dynamic Label Expressions.
The list item member that needs to be overridden needs to be defined with @@CUR
The list item member that needs to be overridden needs to have a custom label description or item label description with a Dynamic Label Expression
List type should be supported
Supported List Types
List type |
Supported |
|---|---|
Normal List |
Yes |
Consolidated List |
Yes, works for source dimension in POV |
Rank List |
No, no tags and @@CUR |
MDX List |
No, no tags and @@CUR |
Match List |
Yes, List Cube Calculation behaves as @@CUR |
Enabling Custom description overriding with POV
Custom description overriding with POV custom description can be enabled by turning on the following option in the Configurator
Feature Enabling: Replace custom description with pov custom description : true/false
Example
In the image below is the definition of a POV List who’s custom description is going to be used to override a custom description in another List.
POV dimension definition for report as a List named items
POV dimension in report
Dimension item Label used to override other custom descriptions
The image below shows how the custom description of the List used in the Item Selector is overridden:
List used for Item Selector name Test Financial Statement
List Item that uses @@CUR
Custom Item Label with Dynamic Label Expression that should be overridden by Custom Description of POV
- Overridden custom description with LabelTest label, instead of