Multi-Dimensional Filtering Table Examples

 

There are three levels of filter for multi-dimensional tables.  In the below examples, we will discuss the most inner filters.  These are filters that are applied as a step to either the business query of the dataItem.

 

 

1)    The following coding example sets a member filter.  The rank filter allows only a list of members  [CARS].[All Cars].[Chevy], [CARS].[All Cars].[Chrysler] from the CARS dimension.

/**

*

* A simple method creates a filter result set.

*

* @param list of data items in an information map.

* @param input data selection

* @return modified  data selection

*

* @throws Exception

*/

private  com.sas.iquery.execution2.ResultSetInterface FilterOLAPTableDisplay(java.util.List dsDataItems, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.DataSelection ds) throws Exception

{      

            // Define the content of the member to be filter on.

            

String[] memberNames = {"[CARS].[All Cars].[Chevy]","[CARS].[All Cars].[Chrysler]"};

com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.step.olap.DataItemMemberFilter step = new com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.step.olap.DataItemMemberFilter(memberNames, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.step.olap.DataItemMemberFilter.LIST_MEMBER_FILTER_TYPE);

            

com.sas.iquery.dataretrieval.QueryConnector m_queryConnector = new com.sas.iquery.dataretrieval.QueryConnector();

for(int i = 0; i < dsDataItems.size(); i++)

{            com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.DataItem tdi = (com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.DataItem)dsDataItems.get(i);

String label = tdi.getLabel();

 

// Assign Column to Sales_sum measure, all other dataitem will be assigned a role of ROW

if ( label.equalsIgnoreCase("SALES_SUM") )

{            ds.addResultItem(tdi, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.Role.COLUMN);

}

else

// Assign member filter step to CARS

if ( label.equalsIgnoreCase("CARS") )

{   tdi.addStep(step);

     ds.addResultItem(tdi, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.Role.ROW);

}

else

{         ds.addResultItem(tdi, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.Role.ROW);

}

}

 

// Perform query and get results.

java.util.List selections = new java.util.ArrayList();

selections.add( ds );

ds.setID("MemberFitlerListDataItemOLAPTable");

java.util.Map results = m_queryConnector.retrieveQueryResultMap( selections );

 

// Get Results interface to display table if desired.

com.sas.iquery.execution2.ResultSetInterface resultSet = (com.sas.iquery.execution2.ResultSetInterface)results.get( ds.getID() );

return resultSet;

}

 

2)    The following coding example sets a range for a member filter on a specific dataItem.  This rank uses a range of members ROW - [CARS].[All Cars].[Chevy] : [CARS].[All Cars].[Toyota]

 

/**

*

* A simple method creates a filtered result set.

*

* @param list of data items in an information map.

* @param input data selection

* @return modified  data selection

*

* @throws Exception

*/

private  com.sas.iquery.execution2.ResultSetInterface FilterOLAPTableDisplay(java.util.List dsDataItems, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.DataSelection ds) throws Exception      

{            

            // Define the content of the member to be filter on.

            

String[] memberNames = {"[CARS].[All Cars].[Chevy]","[CARS].[All Cars].[Toyota]"};

com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.step.olap.DataItemMemberFilter step = new com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.step.olap.DataItemMemberFilter(memberNames, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.step.olap.DataItemMemberFilter.RANGE_MEMBER_FILTER_TYPE);

             

// Create connection and assign roles to data items.

com.sas.iquery.dataretrieval.QueryConnector m_queryConnector = new com.sas.iquery.dataretrieval.QueryConnector();

for(int i = 0; i < dsDataItems.size(); i++)

{            com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.DataItem tdi = (com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.DataItem)dsDataItems.get(i);

String label = tdi.getLabel();

 

// Assign Column to Sales_sum measure, all other dataitem will be assigned a role of ROW

if ( label.equalsIgnoreCase("SALES_SUM") )

{            ds.addResultItem(tdi, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.Role.COLUMN);

}

else

// Assign member filter step to CARS

if ( label.equalsIgnoreCase("CARS") )

{   tdi.addStep(step);

     ds.addResultItem(tdi, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.Role.ROW);

}

else

{         ds.addResultItem(tdi, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.Role.ROW);

}

}

 

// Perform query and get results.

java.util.List selections = new java.util.ArrayList();

selections.add( ds );

ds.setID("MemberFitlerRangeDataItemOLAPTable");

java.util.Map results = m_queryConnector.retrieveQueryResultMap( selections );

 

// Get Results interface to display table if desired.

com.sas.iquery.execution2.ResultSetInterface resultSet = (com.sas.iquery.execution2.ResultSetInterface)results.get( ds.getID() );

return resultSet;

}

 

3)    The following coding example sets a filter for a particular navigation point.  In this filter example, the navigation is set to Drill to Level "[CARS].[COLOR]".

 

/**

*

* A simple method creates a filter result set.

*

* @param list of data items in an information map.

* @param input data selection

* @return modified  data selection

*

* @throws Exception

*/

private  com.sas.iquery.execution2.ResultSetInterface FilterOLAPTableDisplay(java.util.List dsDataItems, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.DataSelection ds) throws Exception      

{                         

// Create connection and assign roles to data items.

com.sas.iquery.dataretrieval.QueryConnector m_queryConnector = new com.sas.iquery.dataretrieval.QueryConnector();

for(int i = 0; i < dsDataItems.size(); i++)

{            com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.DataItem tdi = (com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.DataItem)dsDataItems.get(i);

String label = tdi.getLabel();

 

// Assign Column to Sales_sum measure, all other dataitem will be assigned a role of ROW

if ( label.equalsIgnoreCase("SALES_SUM") )

{            ds.addResultItem(tdi, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.Role.COLUMN);

}

else

// Assign member filter step to CARS

if ( label.equalsIgnoreCase("CARS") )

{     com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.step.olap.DataItemNavigationFilter step = new com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.step.olap.DataItemNavigationFilter(com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.step.olap.DataItemNavigationFilter.LEVEL_NAVIGATION_FILTER_TYPE, "[CARS]", "[COLOR]");

step.setActionType(com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.step.StepFilterInterface.INITIAL_ACTION_TYPE);

  

    tdi.addStep(step);

     ds.addResultItem(tdi, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.Role.ROW);

}

else

{         ds.addResultItem(tdi, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.Role.ROW);

}

}

 

// Perform query and get results.

java.util.List selections = new java.util.ArrayList();

selections.add( ds );

ds.setID("NavigateFilterDataItemOLAPTable");

java.util.Map results = m_queryConnector.retrieveQueryResultMap( selections );

 

// Get Results interface to display table if desired.

com.sas.iquery.execution2.ResultSetInterface resultSet = (com.sas.iquery.execution2.ResultSetInterface)results.get( ds.getID() );

return resultSet;

}

 

4)    The following coding example sets a filter on an entire query based on a databased value. This example applies filtering to the cross joining of both month and car based on the value in [Measures][Sales_Sum] being greater than 20000.

/**

*

* A simple method creates a filter result set.

*

* @param list of data items in an information map.

* @param input data selection

* @return modified  data selection

*

* @throws Exception

*/

private  com.sas.iquery.execution2.ResultSetInterface FilterOLAPTableDisplay(java.util.List dsDataItems, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.DataSelection ds) throws Exception      

{               

// Define number value for databased comparison.

int val = 20000;

Integer vall = new Integer(val);

Object value = vall;

 

// Define operator

ComparisonOperator operator = ComparisonOperator.COMPARE_GT;

             

// Set up member list

List measures = new ArrayList();

// Create connection and assign roles to data items.

com.sas.iquery.dataretrieval.QueryConnector m_queryConnector = new com.sas.iquery.dataretrieval.QueryConnector();

for(int i = 0; i < dsDataItems.size(); i++)

{            com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.DataItem tdi = (com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.DataItem)dsDataItems.get(i);

String label = tdi.getLabel();

 

// Assign Column to Sales_sum measure, all other dataitems will be assigned a role of ROW

if ( label.equalsIgnoreCase("SALES_SUM") )

{            ds.addResultItem(tdi, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.Role.COLUMN);

measures.add(tdi);

}

else

{         ds.addResultItem(tdi, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.Role.ROW);

}

}

// Create step for dataselection filter and apply step to crossjoin axis.

com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.step.olap.BusinessQueryDataBasedFilter step = new com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.step.olap.BusinessQueryDataBasedFilter(measures, operator, value );

ds.addStep(step, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.Role.ROW);

 

// Perform query and get results.

java.util.List selections = new java.util.ArrayList();

selections.add( ds );

ds.setID("FilterQueryOLAPTable");

java.util.Map results = m_queryConnector.retrieveQueryResultMap( selections );

 

// Get Results interface to display table if desired.

com.sas.iquery.execution2.ResultSetInterface resultSet = (com.sas.iquery.execution2.ResultSetInterface)results.get( ds.getID() );

return resultSet;

}

5)    The following coding example sets a filter an entire query based on a databased value for "Chevy" cars. This example applies  filtering to the cross joining of both month and dealer based on the value in [Measures][Sales_Sum] being equal to 17000 for "Chevy" cars.

/**

*

* A simple method creates a filter result set.

*

* @param list of data items in an information map.

* @param input data selection

* @return modified  data selection

*

* @throws Exception

*/

private  com.sas.iquery.execution2.ResultSetInterface FilterOLAPTableDisplay(java.util.List dsDataItems, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.DataSelection ds) throws Exception      

{               

// Define number value for databased comparison.

int val = 17000;

Integer vall = new Integer(val);

Object value = vall;

 

// Define operator

ComparisonOperator operator = ComparisonOperator.COMPARE_EQ;

             

// Set up member list

List memberNames = new ArrayList();

com.sas.iquery.metadata.expr.ResourceScope scope = com.sas.iquery.metadata.expr.ResourceScope.BUSINESS_AND_PHYSICAL_SCOPE;

int type = ExpressionTypes.EXP_TYPE_CHARACTER;

com.sas.iquery.metadata.expr.ExpressionInterface expr1 =  com.sas.iquery.metadata.expr.StringExpressionUtil.getInstance().newExpression(Map,"[CARS].[All CARS].[Chevy]", type, scope);

memberNames.add(expr1);

 

// Create connection and assign roles to data items.

com.sas.iquery.dataretrieval.QueryConnector m_queryConnector = new com.sas.iquery.dataretrieval.QueryConnector();

for(int i = 0; i < dsDataItems.size(); i++)

{            com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.DataItem tdi = (com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.DataItem)dsDataItems.get(i);

String label = tdi.getLabel();

 

// Assign Column to Sales_sum measure, all other dataitem will be assigned a role of ROW

if ( label.equalsIgnoreCase("SALES_SUM") )

{            ds.addResultItem(tdi, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.Role.COLUMN);

memberNames.add(tdi);

}

else

{         ds.addResultItem(tdi, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.Role.ROW);

}

}

// Create step for dataselection filter and apply step to crossjoin axis.

com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.step.olap.BusinessQueryDataBasedFilter step = new com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.step.olap.BusinessQueryDataBasedFilter(memberNames, operator, value );

ds.addStep(step, com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.Role.ROW);

 

// Perform query and get results.

java.util.List selections = new java.util.ArrayList();

selections.add( ds );

ds.setID("FilterQuery2OLAPTable");

java.util.Map results = m_queryConnector.retrieveQueryResultMap( selections );

 

// Get Results interface to display table if desired.

com.sas.iquery.execution2.ResultSetInterface resultSet = (com.sas.iquery.execution2.ResultSetInterface)results.get( ds.getID() );

return resultSet;

}