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Hi All, I am using MOVINGSUM which is very helpful but I stumbled on a challenge. I need to use a metrics as WINDOW SIZE rather than a fixed number. Basically the window size need to change dependently on month. I am getting the following error:Error: Function MOVINGSUM requires second argument to be a scalar integer but is defined on Dimensions '00 Hub'::MonthAm I doing sth wrongly? Is there a workaround?Regards,Adam

Hi, all, I am currently working on a 3 segment cashflow model within pigment. We are currently trying to model the operating cash flow but are stuck with an issue regarding a circular dependency.Within the model, we calculate cash flows (investing, operating and financing). The operating cash flows use management fees to calculate the tax paid, however the management fees are based on total assets which include cash and cash equivalents, which in turn is based on the net cash flow (derived from the combination of investing, operating and financing cash flows). This ends up with a circular reference. Our excel document avoids the circular reference by utilizing the net cash flow from the previous quarter, however doing this in pigment ends with the same circular reference  

I have a transaction list with a date as a dimension.  This is done so that I can leverage the “delete existing items / limited scope” import functionality as the source data is purged after a 3 year rolling window.  Because the date has to be a dimension to do this, I am having difficulty creating the most basic functions on handling the date in my import.  It seems that every date function gives me an error that an argument must be of type date.  Is there a function I can use to convert the dimension into a date type (i.e., a nested function) so I can use the date functions?  I realize I could just change the field in the transaction list to date but I really want to leverage the limited scope functionality.  Any insights would be much appreciated. Kevin  

Dear community, I hope you are all well.Concerning the new pigment update of sheet view.How is it possible to do an XLOOKUP from another sheet? Thank you

I currently have an Employee Dimension, consisting of four columns:Employee ID | Office | Contract Start Date | Contract End DateI would like to use this to calculate the number of employees in each month, grouped by different offices, as shown in the following figure. The pseudocode would be something like: Count(Employee.EmployeeID, Date.Month > Employee.ContractStartDate && Date.Month < Employee.ContractEndDate)Do you know how to implement this calculation?Thank you in advance!

Hi Everyone Is there a way to bring in sheet’s view calculations that we do based on existing metrics and use them in to create a metric?  ThanksMusab

Hi Community: The problem: I have 2 transaction list with identical fields. I want to join them together in one single transaction list.How to do it?

I’d like to create a metric dimensionalized by Month with a Number data format. I want each cell to contain (1) If actuals, the number of days in that month (2) if the current month, the number of days from the start of the month to the current day (3) if forecast, zero. Can anyone please advise on how to do this? I know that I will probably need an input cell with the current date since there is no equivalent of the excel TODAY function. I tried using the ‘DAYSINPERIOD’ formula but couldn't get Pigment to accept the formula / deliver a result.

I have a dimension that is over 100,000 items.  I am able to import all the items from a csv file.  However, once loaded, I can only view the first 100,000 items.  There is a menu at the bottom of the dimension list that makes it seem like I can view the next 100,000 items but it does not do anything, and I cannot view the next items past 100,000.  I want to delete the very last item, but I cannot access it.Not sure if it is related, but I have the same issue for transaction lists that are over 100,000.  I can only view the first 100,000 items.  This is problematic if I would like to edit the list or manually add an item.

Bonjour,Nouvelle application et nouvelle métric à créer. Je suis bloquée pour faire un filtre sur une semaine. J’ai une base de donnée où j’ai les commandes avec la semaine de passation de la commande. J’aimerai donc faire un filtre pour n’avoir que les commandes qui ont été passées avant la semaine 35 par exemple.  Comment puis-je faire ?  Merci par avance pour vos astuces ^^ 

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Here’s our table for quarterly metrics. Once we close another quarter, we need to change the pages and adjust QoQ calculated items (even though they may be based on variables). What is the best way to select pages dynamically? For example, trailing 5 quarters?

Hello guys, I’m having a problem when trying to import this CSV file and getting this message, yet I have not used “Buyer TIN” dimension as the unique property, I used another different item as the unique property. What can I do..?

Hi All, I need a simple amortization schedule by month where:Opening Balance = Closing Balance of Month -1Amortisation = e.g. 30% of Opening Balance *-1Closing Balance = Opening Balance + AmortizationI created three separate metrics but I am struggling - I am getting a circular reference when calculating Amortisation. Can you help?Regards, Adam

At what stage do we specify the report specifications?   

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Hi AllI need to calculate Level & Trend column from actual and formula is to calculate is:Level  Lt = α yt  +  (1 - α) (Lt-1 + Tt-1) Trend Tt = β (Lt - Lt-1) + (1 - β) (Tt-1) Here y= Actual,  α & β=0.5 , L1=(y1+y2+y3)/3 andT1 = ( (y2 - y1) + (y4 - y3) ) ÷ 2 I tried to solve it by previous function & select modifier but facing circular dependency during calculation. Please help me to solve it.Sales (Actual Dt) Level (Lt) Trend(Tt) 587 605 -145 423 442 -154 805 547 -25 680 601 15 813 715 65 766 773 62

Hey,I have a dimension list with “Actual Vendors”, that are created from our actuals transaction list. I’ve created a “budget category” dimension in the “actual vendor” dimension list, where I will tag and create new budget categories for each “actual vendor”, also created a boolean column, which checks wether I tagged the “Actual Vendor” or not. I’ve also imported our Vendor Budget list, where I’ve tagged an “Actual Vendor” to each “Budget Vendor”. I know want to add/import the “Budget Category” to the Vendor Budget list, mapping it from the Actual Vendor dimension list on the aligned “Actual Vendor” dimension. I’ve tried this formula but get the error message: Error: Dimension error: the Dimensions of the formula and the current Metric structure are not compatible. Can't implicitly remove Vendor Dimension(s) on non numerical Metric.if(vendor.'Is Budget Category?',vendor.'Budget Category','FY24 Budget Dimension Vendor List - Development'.'Budget Only Vendor')] 

I am trying to model the age of sheep over years. The closing balance of a 1 year old sheep becomes the opening balance of 2 year old sheep the following year. The closing balance of 2 year old sheep becomes the opening balance of 3 year old sheep the following year. And so on.  

I am modelling the flock of sheep over a period of time.The logic: 2023 sheep * lambing percentage = 2023 Lambs bornAfter one year the lambs born are added to flock of sheep. 2023 sheep + 2023 lambsThis is then multiplied by you lambing percentage to get you current year lambs births. (2023 sheep + 2023 lambs)*lambing percentage = 2024 LambsAnd this repeats for the following years.