Forecasting TimeSeries from Cube

I've saw many tutorials about using TimeSeries. But all of them using a table. But I'm using a cube to represent data. So I'm trying to build forecast from cube, but it doesn't so good as in could be.
I've got the same problem as desribed in Microsoft's tutoral Adventure work. So I need to forecast a series of sales.
The problem is that I can't create second key value, as it shown in tutorial. So I can't split good's sales. I have created dimentions for goods and for time. So cube's browser shows me very handsome view, but the problem with mining model still remains...
Please, help me! How can I solve this problem?
Can I create a separate table from cube to build forecast by this table?
Or I can solve this problem not using tables?
I posted a solution here which may help.sql

Foreach Loop and Package Configuration

I am trying to build a package that moves data from one server to another. My plan is to make the package dynamic in that the source and destination connection and sql statements are strored in the package configuration.

Is it possible to have a foreach container loop through each configuration?

Thanks,
Russ Jester

And do what? Why do you want to loop through a configuration (I presume you mean a configuration file)?

-Jamie|||I wanted to set configuration items and store them in a configuration database. Idaally I would like to loop through each configuration item to load data from source tables to my target.

I saw this as a way to build a package that would load data based on the source table, source sql, and target table pulled from the configuration. Instead of having to create a package for each table.

Am I not understanding the purpose of the package configuration?

Forcing types in Excel connection?

I am using Crystal Reports 9 to build a report that involves connections to both an Excel spreadsheet and an Oracle database. The problem is, the Oracle database contains an ID field stored as text (although the data is currently strictly numeric). The same ID field appears in the excel spreadsheet. I am trying to join the spreadsheet to the database. My problem is that, since ID field in the spreadsheet contains only numeric data, Crystal Reports imports the field as a numeric field then expects it match to the Oracle database's text ID field! Obviously, this creates a type error and the report fails.

My question is: is there any way to force Crystal Reports to regard a field in Excel as text rather than numeric data? Changing the cell attribute to text in Excel didn't seem to work; Crystal still saw numbers in the field and assumed the data was numeric.

This is an urgent matter so any help at all would be appreciated. Thanks!When joining the tables convert oracles table's id to numericsql

Force at least one parameter (2K5)

I am trying to build a report that has about 6 different parameters. All of the parameters have been set to allow null, however, I would like the user to put in at least one "search" criteria in order to run the report.

How would I be able to do that?

In addition, when I am viewing the report, it automatically runs and does not wait until I click "View Report". How can I set it not to execute when the report is viewed, but when the user clicks the button?

ThanksHow about setting one of the parameters to not allow blank but setting the default to blank? Might solve both problems in one go, at least forcing the user to think about what they enter... Haven't tested it though |||

The program will not allow you to set a blank default value with the "Allow Blank Value" checked.

Thanks for trying ;)

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DotNetSavvy,

Unfortunate if all of your parameter have null values and nulls are allow, then your report will automatically run. I personally set default to all my parameters but one.

On the forcing a parameter selection, you could raise an return error from SQL if all parameters are null.

hammer

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Solution:

Create embedded code function that takes as parameters your report parameters values (like this MyFunction(p1value, p2value, p3value,...) ) Inside do something like this: iff(IsNothing(p1value)=true,0,1)+iff(IsNothing(p2value)=true,0,1)+... and if the result is < 1 then throw error/message box with some text (like: "Please assign at least one parameter value") and return null else return 1 or other not null value.

Add internal parameter that cannot be null to your report and in the "expression" of the default value use your code function: =Code.MyFunction(p1.value, p2.value, ...).

Here is an example of using function and parameter to validate report execution http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=829175&SiteID=1

Should work.

Maciej