Inserting and Setting Up Calculation Blocks

To work with the tool in Foresight Analytics Platform 10, use the new interface.

To create a new calculation block:

In the object navigator:

Click the New Object > User Objects > Calculation Block button in the Create group on the Home ribbon tab.
Select the Create > User Objects > Calculation Block item in the object navigator's context menu.

After executing one of the operations the Insert Object - Parameters - Calculation Block dialog box opens. Enter name of the created calculation block and change the automatically created identifier if required.

In the Calculation Algorithms extension:

Select the Calculation Block item in the drop-down menu of the Calculation Block button on the Home ribbon tab.
Select the Create > Calculation Block item in the working area's context menu.

To create a new calculation block based on control block, select the Copy as Calculation Block item in the control block's context menu. As a result, a calculation block is created with the same settings as those in the initial control block.

To edit a ready calculation block:

In the object navigator select the calculation block and execute one of the operations:

Click the Edit button in the Open group on the Home ribbon tab.
Select the Edit item in the calculation block's context menu.
Press F4.

In the Calculation Algorithms extension select the calculation block in the working area:

Click the Edit button on the Home ribbon tab.
Select the Edit item in the calculation block's context menu.
Press F4.

Creating and editing is executed by means of the calculation block editing wizard, which sets up block parameters.

Setting Up Calculation Block

Example of Creating and Setting Up Calculation Block

The example displays creating a calculation block that calculates equity to total assets.

Block parameters are added, a data consumer is set. To filter consumer data, use block parameters. A data source is set, and it connection with the data consumer is set. Use block parameters to set up filtering of data consumer dimension elements by data in sources. A formula for calculating equity to total assets is set.