C# script for use in Tabular Editor 3/2.13+ to create news measures for a selected measure based on a chosen calculation group's calculation items.
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using System.Windows.Forms; | |
// Variables | |
var promptForVariables = true; // Set to true to prompt the user for the defaultTimeIntelligenceName & defaultCurrentPeriodItemName | |
var defaultTimeIntelligenceName = "Time Intelligence"; // Used to determine the calculation group's suffix | |
var defaultCurrentPeriodItemName = "CUR"; // Calculation item to excluded from measure creation | |
var defaultMeasureExpression = // The template DAX query | |
"\r\n" + | |
"CALCULATE(\r\n" + | |
" <measure>,\r\n" + | |
" <column> = \"<item>\"\r\n" + | |
")"; | |
// Custom InputBox (instead of VB InputBox as this returns null instead of "" on cancel) | |
Func<string, string, string, string> InputBox = (string promptText, string titleText, string defaultText) => | |
{ | |
var labelText = new Label() | |
{ | |
Text = promptText, | |
Dock = DockStyle.Fill, | |
}; | |
var textboxText = new TextBox() | |
{ | |
Text = defaultText, | |
Dock = DockStyle.Bottom | |
}; | |
var panelButtons = new Panel() | |
{ | |
Height = 30, | |
Dock = DockStyle.Bottom | |
}; | |
var buttonOK = new Button() | |
{ | |
Text = "OK", | |
DialogResult = DialogResult.OK, | |
Top = 8, | |
Left = 120 | |
}; | |
var buttonCancel = new Button() | |
{ | |
Text = "Cancel", | |
DialogResult = DialogResult.Cancel, | |
Top = 8, | |
Left = 204 | |
}; | |
var formInputBox = new Form() | |
{ | |
Text = titleText, | |
Height = 143, | |
Padding = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(8), | |
FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog, | |
MinimizeBox = false, | |
MaximizeBox = false, | |
StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen, | |
AcceptButton = buttonOK, | |
CancelButton = buttonCancel | |
}; | |
formInputBox.Controls.AddRange(new Control[] { labelText, textboxText, panelButtons }); | |
panelButtons.Controls.AddRange(new Control[] { buttonOK, buttonCancel }); | |
return formInputBox.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK ? textboxText.Text : null; | |
}; | |
// Check measure(s) are selected | |
if (!Selected.Measures.Any()) | |
{ | |
ScriptHelper.Error("No measure(s) selected."); | |
return; | |
} | |
// Get variables input | |
if (promptForVariables) | |
{ | |
defaultTimeIntelligenceName = InputBox( | |
"Provide the common name for time/period intelligence tables. This is used to determine the calculation group's suffix, e.g. '(ISO)' in 'Time Intelligence (ISO)'.", | |
"Default Time Intelligence Name", | |
defaultTimeIntelligenceName | |
); | |
if (defaultTimeIntelligenceName == null) { return; } | |
defaultCurrentPeriodItemName = InputBox( | |
"Provide the name of the 'current' time/period intelligence calculation item. Any calculation item with this name will be excluded from measure creation.", | |
"Default 'Current' Name", | |
defaultCurrentPeriodItemName | |
); | |
if (defaultCurrentPeriodItemName == null) { return; } | |
} | |
// Get calculation group table | |
var ts = Model.Tables.Where(x => x.ObjectType == (ObjectType.CalculationGroupTable)); | |
var t = null as CalculationGroupTable; | |
if (ts.Any()) | |
{ | |
t = ScriptHelper.SelectTable(ts, label:"Select calculation group table:") as CalculationGroupTable; | |
if (t == null) { return; } | |
} | |
else | |
{ | |
ScriptHelper.Error("No calculation group tables in the model."); | |
} | |
// Get calculation group's calculation items data column | |
var cs = t.DataColumns.Where(x => x.SourceColumn == "Name"); | |
var c = null as DataColumn; | |
if (cs.Count() != 1) | |
{ | |
ScriptHelper.Warning("Cannot identify calculation items column."); | |
c = ScriptHelper.SelectColumn(t, label:"Select calculation items column:") as DataColumn; | |
if (c == null) { return; } | |
} | |
else | |
{ | |
c = cs.First(); | |
} | |
// If calculation group is a time intelligence calculation group get the suffix (if any) | |
var tableSuffix = "" as string; | |
if (defaultTimeIntelligenceName.Length < t.Name.Length && | |
t.Name.ToUpper().Substring(0, defaultTimeIntelligenceName.Length) == defaultTimeIntelligenceName.ToUpper()) | |
{ | |
tableSuffix = " " + t.Name.Substring(defaultTimeIntelligenceName.Length).Trim(); | |
} | |
// Create measures | |
foreach (var m in Selected.Measures) | |
{ | |
bool isCalculationGroupMeasure = Convert.ToBoolean(m.GetAnnotation("isCalculationGroupMeasure")); | |
if (isCalculationGroupMeasure) { continue; } | |
foreach (var i in t.CalculationItems.Where(i => !i.Name.ToUpper().Contains(defaultCurrentPeriodItemName.ToUpper()))) | |
{ | |
var measureName = m.Name + " " + i.Name + tableSuffix; | |
var measureExpression = defaultMeasureExpression | |
.Replace("<measure>", m.DaxObjectName) | |
.Replace("<column>", c.DaxObjectFullName) | |
.Replace("<item>", i.Name); | |
var measureDisplayFolder = m.DisplayFolder + "\\🢒" + t.Name + "\\" + m.Name; | |
var mms = Model.AllMeasures.Where(x => x.Name == measureName); | |
if (mms.Any()) { foreach (var mm in mms.ToList()) { mm.Delete(); } } | |
var nm = m.Table.AddMeasure(measureName, measureExpression, measureDisplayFolder); | |
var e = i.FormatStringExpression; | |
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(e)) | |
{ | |
// Format string expression is blank | |
nm.FormatString = m.FormatString; | |
} | |
else if (e.Trim('\r', '\n', '"').Length < e.Length) | |
{ | |
// Format string expression is a string | |
nm.FormatString = e.Trim('\r', '\n', '"'); | |
} | |
// Todo: Add in process to handle DAX expressions | |
nm.SetAnnotation("isCalculationGroupMeasure", "true"); | |
// Todo: Add in logic to add formatting annotations by calling a function | |
} | |
} | |
// End | |
ScriptHelper.Info("Script finished."); |
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