Accessed from EPM Workspace, the Profitability and Cost Management workspace contains two main areas:
Use the Task Areas pane to navigate among the processes required to build, validate, and calculate the model, and to report results,
Use the Contents pane to view task information, enter or modify data, and perform tasks associated with the creation and maintenance of a model and its data.
The Profitability and Cost Management workspace includes these items:
The Performance Management Architect main menu at the top of the window displays the common EPM Workspace menu options (Navigate, File, View, and Tools), and the Profitability and Cost Management main menu options, including Model, Allocations, Validate, Calculate, Job Process and Help.
Application Name tab shows the name of the currently active application.
The Task Areas is used to select the tasks required to build, modify, validate model structure, and calculate models. You can also generate reports, or follow the allocation chain throughout a model.
Note:
When you change a Task Area, the member selection state that exists in the current task is retained. This feature enables you to move from screen to screen without reselecting the POV, Layer and member. The member selection state remains the same until it is changed by the user.
The title bar displays the name of the window currently displayed in the contents pane.
The Information Bar offers shortcut instructions for the currently selected task.
The contents pane displays the screen for the currently selected task, such as Driver Definition or Model Summary.