Generating and Maintaining Models

This chapter provides an overview of Model Generator and Ledger Mapper Generator, lists prerequisites, and discusses how to:

• Load source data.

• Set up Model Generator.

• Set up Ledger Mapper Generator.

• Assign generation IDs to your Activity-Based Management (ABM) model.

• Run Model Generator and Ledger Mapper Generator.

• Review model objects and ledger mapping rules.

Understanding Model Generator and Ledger Mapper Generator

In addition to defining Activity-Based Management models and setting up resources, activities, cost objects, drivers, and pointers for sustainable models, Activity-Based Management also features two engines that let you create reusable, sustainable models. The following table lists the engines that automate model creation to streamline the model building process:

Once you run these engines and create resources, activities, cost objects, drivers, and ledger-to-resource mappings for your model, you can process your Activity-Based Management model.

You can run Model Generator, Ledger Mapper Generator, or both engines. If you run both, run Model Generator before Ledger Mapper Generator. If you are only running Ledger Mapper Generator, first complete resource setup for the model.

See Also

Running Model Generator and Ledger Mapper Generator

Prerequisites

Before you can run Model Generator or Ledger Mapper Generator, you must:

• Create your business model in EPM Foundation.

• Set up the scenario for the model in EPM Foundation.

• Set up the performance (PF) unit scenario definition in EPM Foundation.

• Identify whether you are using trees for ledger mapping on the Ledger Mapping Tree Usage page.

• Set up ledger mapping defaults for all general ledger business units from which you want to map expense data to the Activity-Based Management resources.

• Set up the Ledger Mapping Rule for the setID of your PF business unit.

• Load the source data into a OWE table.

• Set up metadata for the source data.

Loading Source Data

For Model Generator, you can use a spreadsheet containing your source and target information to load your source data into the system. To load this spreadsheet into the system, you can use your ETL tool.

For Ledger Mapper Generator, you can either use a spreadsheet to load the data into the system or use and adapt your existing general ledger data.

Review the following Ledger Mapper Generator and Model Generator sample spreadsheets:

Setting Up Model Generator

This section discusses how to set up the model generation definition.

Activity-Based Management Model Generator automates the process of setting up the metadata for filters and constraints as well as setting up Activity-Based Management objects, drivers, and the pointers for driver quantities.

Model Generator generates:

• Activity-Based Management resources, activities, and cost objects.

• Drivers, interunit drivers, and constraints and filters for driver quantities.

To accomplish this, Model Generator requires source data that can be loaded into the system from a spreadsheet.

To run Model Generator, set up a model generation ID to specify:

• The location of the source data.

• Source and target setup.

• Driver quantities and rates.

• Any interunit drivers.

Page Used to Set Up Model Generator

Setting Up the Model Generation Definition

Access the Model Generation Definition page (Activity Based Management, Setup, Model Generator, Model Generation Definition).

Load sequence	Enter the sequence of each source and target type mapping that you add. Note. Load sequence 1 specifies that this is the first step in driving monetary amounts from a source to a target.
Constraint Code	Enter a constraint code to identify the location of the source data.
Source Field Seq (source field sequence)	Select a source field sequence to specify the datamap column sequence number that you want to use for the source. This is the location of the source information for your model. Specify whether this source is a resource, activity, or cost object.
Source Desc Field Seq (source description field sequence)	Select the location of the description for your source.
Target Field Seq (target field sequence) and Target Desc Field Seq (target description field sequence)	Select the location of your target information on the source data table. Specify whether this target is a resource, activity, or cost object.
Actual Driver Quantity, BudgetQuantity, Capacity Driver Quantity, and Frozen Rate	Select the location of the actual, budgeted, and capacity driver quantity information as well as the frozen rate.
IBU Business Unit and IBU Model ID	If this is an interunit model, select the location of the IBU business unit and IBU model ID.

Setting Up Ledger Mapper Generator

This section discusses how to set up the ledger mapping generation definition.

Activity-Based Management Ledger Mapper Generator lets you create ledger mapping rules automatically by using information loaded into the operational warehouse tables from a spreadsheet or by adapting existing system data from a general ledger. Ledger Mapper Generator generates the mapping rules that determine how general ledger accounts are assigned to existing Activity-Based Management resources. This is an alternate method to manually setting up mapping rules using the Ledger Mapping Rule page.

You can use Ledger Mapper Generator to identify which columns—business unit, general ledger business unit, department, and so on—in the datamap are for resources. Ledger Mapper Generator contains the same flexible mapping capabilities as manually entered maps. As with manually entered maps, you can define whether you are mapping a tree node or a percentage value. Ledger Mapper Generator also accommodates actual and budget maps.

In addition, Ledger Mapper Generator is scalable and sustainable. You can use it on an ongoing basis to update previously generated maps or for adding and deleting maps that you no longer use.

To run Ledger Mapper Generator, first set up a ledger mapping generation definition.

Page Used to Set Up Ledger Mapper Generator

Setting Up the Ledger Mapping Generation Definition

Access the Ledger Mapping Creation page (Activity Based Management, Setup, Model Generator, Ledger Mapping Creation).

Load Sequence	Enter the sequence of each mapping rule that you add. Note. Load Sequence 1 specifies that this is the first ledger mapping rule.
Constraint	Enter a constraint code to identify the location of the source data. This data can be a table generated from spreadsheet data or existing general ledger data in the system.
Resource	Enter a resource field sequence to specify the datamap column sequence number that you want to use for the resource.
Ledmap Des (ledger map description)	Enter the ledger map datamap column sequence number for the ledger map description.
Mapper Type	Select a mapper type. Values are: Actuals or Budgeted.
Business Unit Percentage Seq, (Percentage Sequence), and Map Chartfield 1 through 8	Enter the datamap column sequence number to use.

Assigning Generation IDs to Your Activity-Based Management Model

Once you set up your model generation and ledger map generation IDs, you must assign them to the model. To assign the generation ID, you must first select the model ID that you want to use, and then select the Run Control Information tab. Define the appropriate model generation ID, ledger maps generation ID, or both, and then save the page.

See Defining an Activity-Based Management Model.

Note. You do not have to run both engines. You can run Model Generator, Ledger Mapper Generator, or both.

Running Model Generator and Ledger Mapper Generator

This section provides an overview of delivered engines and discusses how to:

• Specify run control parameters.

• Inquire about engine messages.

Pages Used to Run Model Generator and Ledger Mapper Generator

Understanding Delivered Engines

The following table lists the delivered engines for building models:

Specifying Run Control Parameters

Access the Run Jobstream page (Activity Based Management, Setup, Processing, Run ABM Jobstream).

When	Select the frequency with which you want to run the process. Values are: Always, Don't, or Once. You most often select Always.
As Of Dated Jobstream	Do not select. The Activity-Based Management engines do not use as of date functionality with run controls.
Description, Unit, and Scenario ID	Enter a description and specify the business unit and scenario ID to process.
Fiscal Year and Period	Enter the fiscal year and period to process.
Jobstream ID	Enter the jobstream ID to use.
Rerun	Select if you are processing the same job an additional time using the identical parameters and you want the system to re-resolve the tables. This option may slow down processing if you are assigned to the same record suite assigned the previous time that the engine was run.
Run	Click to start processing.

Inquiring about Engine Messages

You can review messages generated by these jobs by opening the Application Engine message log.

See PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler

Reviewing Model Objects and Ledger Mapping Rules

Once you run Model Generator and Ledger Mapper Generator, you can use the following pages to review the objects and mapping rules that you created as well as make any appropriate adjustments:

You can also use the Model Navigator component to review your generated model.

See Also

Setting Up Resources

Defining Activities

Defining Cost Objects

Defining Implicit Pointers

Setting Up Drivers

Setting Up Interunit Drivers