Changing Formulas and Accounts Properties

Because neither changing a formula in the database outline nor changing an accounts property in the database outline causes Essbase to restructure the database, data blocks affected by such a change are not marked as dirty. For example, if you change a time balance tag in the dimension tagged as accounts, Essbase does not restructure the database and does not mark the affected blocks as dirty.

When you subsequently run a default calculation with Intelligent Calculation turned on, the changes are not calculated. To recalculate the appropriate data blocks, use a calculation script to perform any of the following tasks: