IEaxDimensionDescriptor.Equal

Syntax

Equal(Other: IEaxDimensionDescriptor): Boolean;

Parameters

Other. Dimension description which is being compared.

Description

The Equal method compare dimension description with another description.

Comments

Available values:

True. Dimension descriptions are equal.
False. Dimension descriptions are not equal.

Example

Executing the example requires that the repository contains an express report with the EXPRESS identifier containing table.

Add links to the Dimensions, Express, Metabase, Pivot system assemblies.

Sub UserProc;
Var
    MB: IMetabase;
    Analyzer: IEaxAnalyzer;
    DA: IEaxDataArea;
    Slice, SliceDim: IEaxDataAreaSlice;
    PivotDimKey, PivotDimKeyTwo: Integer;
    DimensionInst, DimensionInstTwo: IEaxDimensionInstance;
    DimDescr, DimDescrTwo: IEaxDimensionDescriptor;
Begin
    // Get repository
    MB := MetabaseClass.Active;
    // Get express report
    Analyzer := MB.ItemById("EXPRESS").Edit As IEaxAnalyzer;
    // Get data area
    DA := Analyzer.DataArea;
    // Get data slice
    Slice := DA.Slices.Item(0);
    // Get dimension key
    PivotDimKey := Analyzer.Pivot.DimItem(3).Key;
    // Get dimension data by key
    DimensionInst := Slice.GetDimension(PivotDimKey);
    // Display to the console selection elements and dimension name
    Debug.WriteLine("Selection elements - " + DimensionInst.Selection.ToString("", ", ", False));
    Debug.WriteLine("Dimension name - " + DimensionInst.Dimension.Name);
    // Get dimension description
    DimDescr := DimensionInst As IEaxDimensionDescriptor;
    // Display to the console dimension key
    Debug.WriteLine("Dimension key - " + DimDescr.DimKey.ToString);
    // Get slice to which dimension belongs
    SliceDim := DimDescr.Slice As IEaxDataAreaSlice;
    // Display to the console identifier of data slice
    Debug.WriteLine("Identifier of data slice - " + SliceDim.Id);
    // Display to the console type of dimension parent object
    Select Case DimDescr.SliceType As Integer
        Case 0: Debug.WriteLine("Type of dimension parent object - PivotSlice");
        Case 1: Debug.WriteLine("Type of dimension parent object - PrxSlice");
        Case 2: Debug.WriteLine("Type of dimension parent object - Visualizer");
    End Select;
    // Get dimension description
    PivotDimKeyTwo := Analyzer.Pivot.DimItem(4).Key;
    DimensionInstTwo := Slice.GetDimension(PivotDimKeyTwo);
    DimDescrTwo := DimensionInstTwo As IEaxDimensionDescriptor;
    // Display to the console attribute of dimension description equality
    If DimDescr.Equal(DimDescrTwo) Then
        Debug.WriteLine("Dimension descriptions are equal");
    Else
        Debug.WriteLine("Dimension descriptions are not equal");
    End If;
End Sub UserProc;

After executing the example the console window displays:

Elements of dimension selection.
Dimension name.
Dimension key.
Identifier of data slice where specified dimension is located.
Dimension parent object type.
Matching result of two description of dimension.