Selecting the Application Type

The following steps describe creating a Consolidation application.

  To create Consolidation applications:

  1. Select File, then New, and then Application.

  2. Enter the application name.

    Names must not contain any special characters and no more than 10 characters, no spaces, and cannot begin with HFM, HSV, HSX, or a number. However, if a Consolidation application is named with non-ASCI characters between 6 and 10 characters in length, an error will occur when deployed. Consolidation application names can have up to 10 bytes in length.

  3. Select Consolidation.

  4. Enter a description.

    Descriptions cannot contain special characters, including “&” (ampersands), and more than 255 characters.

  5. Optional: Select Create Blank Application to create an empty application and use the Dimension Library to drag dimensions into the application. See Manually Adding Dimensions.

  6. Optional: Select Auto Create Local Dimensions.

    Selecting Auto Create Local Dimensions automatically creates new dimensions for all dimensions that are required in the application. The dimension name for each new dimension is identical to the dimension type with (New) in parentheses. Automatically creating local dimensions helps save time since it populates the required dimensions necessary to create the application.

  7. Perform one of these actions:

    • If using the application wizard, click Next.

      The Dimension Selection screen is displayed. See Selecting Dimensions.

    • If creating the application manually, click Finish.

      The Dimension Library is displayed. See Manually Adding Dimensions.