Inserting and Setting Up Control Blocks

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

To create a new control block:

In the object navigator:

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

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

In the Calculation Algorithms extension:

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

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

To edit a ready control block:

In the object navigator select the control 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 control block's context menu.
Press F4.

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

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

Creating and editing are executed in the control block editing wizard, in which block parameters can be set up.

Setting Up Control Block

A control block is set up identically to calculation block setup and includes the following steps:

Example of Creating and Setting Up Control Block

The example displays creating and setting up a control block that checks if data by the Group of Companies dimension in the Registry of Organizations cube is entered correctly. After selecting the control block select in the data entry form the algorithm that contains the block. The data entry form should be used to enter data to the Registry of Organizations cube.