PUSH

The PUSH command saves the current status of a dimension (including the NAME dimension), the status of a valueset, or the value of an option or single-cell variable. You can then restore these saved values and status at a later time with a POP statement.

PUSH and POP are commonly used within a program to make changes to options and dimension status that apply only during the program's execution. Afterward, the options and status are the same as they were before the execution of the program.

Syntax

PUSH name1 [name]

Arguments

name: The name of a dimension, valueset, option, or variable whose status or value you want to save.

Notes

Effect of a MAINTAIN Statement on a Dimension's Pushed Status

Using a MAINTAIN statement with a dimension clears that dimension's pushed status lists. For example, suppose you have pushed the dimension month several times, with different limits each time. When you then use a MAINTAIN statement to perform any maintenance activity on the month dimension, Oracle OLAP resets the status of month to ALL (the default), and popping that dimension will have no effect.

Examples

Example 21-44 Saving and Restoring Values

The following program uses PUSH and POP to produce sales figures without decimal places for a specific selection of products, districts, and months, and then restores the status settings and the value of DECIMALS to what they were before the program was run.

DEFINE report1 PROGRAM
PROGRAM
TRAP ON cleanup
PUSH DECIMALS product district month
 
DECIMALS = 0
LIMIT product TO 'Sportswear' 'Footwear'
LIMIT district TO 'Atlanta' 'Dallas'
LIMIT month TO 'Jan96' TO 'Jun96'
REPORT sales
 
cleanup:
POP DECIMALS product district month
END