PM26908: [JA]INCORRECT MINUS SIGN WITH CALCULATED CATEGORY AND TBP CUBE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Incorrect minus sign appears in the report when using calculated
  category and Time Base Partitioned cube(TBP cube) under Japanese
  environment.??If the cube is not Time Base Partitioned, the
  issue does not happens.??See the attached testcase for more
  detail.????(Environment)??PowerPlay 7.4 MR3 JA --
  reproduced.??PowerPlay 7.4 MR4 JA -- reproduced.??Cognos 8 BI
  PowerPlay Client 8.4.1 -- reproduced.??IBM Cognos PowerPlay
  Client 10.1 -- reproduced.????(Workaround)??Do not use TBP Cube.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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Problem conclusion

• Code Fix
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  COG POWPLA TRAN

• Fixed component ID

  5724W43PT

Applicable component levels

• R750 PSN

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