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SUM

SUM returns the total of a selection of values calculated over a Time dimension. You can use the SUM function to create period-to-date calculations.

The GREGORIAN relations superimpose the Gregorian calendar on the Time dimension. These relations can be useful for calculations on fiscal and nonstandard hierarchies.

Return Value

NUMBER

Syntax

SUM (value_expr) OVER (window_clause)

window_clause::=

[ { DIMENSION dimension_id | HIERARCHY hierarchy_id } ]
    BETWEEN preceding_boundary | following_boundary 
      [WITHIN { PARENT
               | LEVEL
               | GREGORIAN {YEAR | QUARTER | MONTH | WEEK}
               | ANCESTOR AT { DIMENSION LEVEL dim_level_id
                              | HIERARCHY LEVEL hier_level_id 
                              }
               }
      ]

preceding_boundary::=

{UNBOUNDED PRECEDING | expression PRECEDING} AND 
   { CURRENT MEMBER 
   | expression {PRECEDING | FOLLOWING}
   | UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
   }

following_boundary::=

{CURRENT MEMBER | expression FOLLOWING} AND
  { expression FOLLOWING 
  | UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
  }

Arguments

value_expr

A dimensional expression whose values you want to calculate.

dimension_id

The Time dimension over which the values are calculated using the default hierarchy.

hierarchy_id

The hierarchy over which the values are calculated. If dimension_id is used instead, the default hierarchy is used.

dim_level_id

The name of a level of dimension_id.

hier_level_id

The name of a level of hierarchy_id.

boundaries

The preceding_boundary and following_boundary identify a range of time periods within the group identified by the dimension or hierarchy.

UNBOUNDED starts with the first period or ends with the last period of the group.

CURRENT MEMBER starts or ends the calculation at the current time period.

expression

A numeric value identifying a period at a particular distance from the current time period that starts or ends the range.

WITHIN subclause

Identifies the range of time periods used in the calculation. Following are descriptions of the keywords.

Range Description
LEVEL Calculates all time periods at the same level. (Default)
PARENT Calculates time periods at the same level with the same parent.
GREGORIAN YEAR Calculates time periods within the same Gregorian year.
GREGORIAN QUARTER Calculates time periods within the same Gregorian quarter.
GREGORIAN MONTH Calculates time periods within the same Gregorian month.
GREGORIAN WEEK Calculates time periods within the same Gregorian week.
ANCESTOR Includes time periods at the same level and with the same ancestor at a specified level.

Example

This example calculates the sum of two values, for the current and the following time periods, within a level. The results appear in the Sum column.

SUM(UNITS_CUBE.SALES) OVER (DIMENSION "TIME" BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND CURRENT MEMBER WITHIN LEVEL)

Time Sales Sum
Q1.04 146529 289599
Q2.04 143070 291362
Q3.04 148292 297820
Q4.04 149528 293135
Q1.05 143607 281703
Q2.05 138096 277049
Q3.05 138953 284015
Q4.05 145062 291881

The next example calculates Year-to-Date Sales.

SUM(UNITS_CUBE.SALES) OVER (HIERARCHY TIME.CALENDAR BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT MEMBER WITHIN ANCESTOR AT DIMENSION LEVEL TIME.CALENDAR_YEAR)

Time Sales Sales YTD
JAN-05 12093518 12093518
FEB-05 10103162 22196680
MAR-05 9184658 31381338
APR-05 9185964 40567302
MAY-05 11640216 52207519
JUN-05 16816561 69024079
JUL-05 11110903 80134982
AUG-05 9475807 89610789
SEP-05 12030538 101641328
OCT-05 11135032 112776359
NOV-05 11067754 123844113

Related Topics

AVG, COUNT, MAX, MIN