Editing a Formula Component (Financial Management, Planning, and Essbase Block Storage Application Users Only)

You can edit the statements that comprise a formula component, whether the results of calculating the formula component should be included in the log file (for Financial Management applications only), and the formula component's comments, caption, name, and description.

  To edit a formula component:

  1. In the System View, expand the Financial Management, Planning, or Essbase application type, the application, the calculation type (for Financial Management), the plan type (for Planning), or the database (for Essbase), and Formulas.

  2. Select the formula component you want to edit.

  3. Do one of these tasks:

    • Select File, Open.

    • Right-click the formula, and select Open.

  4. In the Component Designer, you can edit any of these properties of a formula component. See Designing a Formula Component (Financial Management, Planning, and Essbase Block Storage Application Users Only) and Using the Condition Builder to Create Conditional Statements (Financial Management, Planning, and Essbase Block Storage Application Users Only).

    • The caption

    • The condition statements

    • The formula statements

    • The name

    • The description

    • The comments

    • Financial Management users only: the log and timer options

    • Templates users only: the design time prompts you use to create conditions in the formula component

  5. Select File, Save.