CALC-NAME

The CALC-NAME terminal in the MaxL language for Essbase represents the name of a stored calculation.

Syntax

Syntax for database-level calculation:
```
name1.name2.name3
```
Syntax for application-level calculation:
```
name1.name3
```

name1—Application name.
name2—Database name.
name3—Calculation script name.

Type

For database-level calculations, three tokens are required: two to indicate application and database context, and one as the calculation name.

Example

Sample.basic.'alloc'

For application-level calculations, two tokens are required: one to indicate application context, and one as the calculation name. When executing application-level calculations, you must specify which database to calculate using the syntax 'on database STRING.'

Example

Sample.'alloc' is the application-level CALC-NAME.
execute calculation Sample.'alloc' on database Basic; is a way to execute the application-level calculation on a database.

If any part of the name contains special characters (as listed in MaxL Syntax Notes), it must be enclosed in single or double quotation marks.

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