Creating Subperiods

Define subperiods for periods when transactions such as acquisitions or leveraged buyouts occur. For example, for an LBO that took place on April 15 of a given year, the subperiod length is 105 days.

  To create subperiods:

  1. Select Analysis, then Time, then Time Periods.

  2. Under Period column, select a time period.

  3. Click Subperiods.

    Review information:

    • Time Period

      The selected time period.

    • Days

      The number of days in the time period.

    • Add

      Add subperiods to the grid

    • Delete

      Deletes subperiods from the grid.

    • Subperiod Grid

      After you add subperiods, edit subperiod names and lengths in the grid.

    • <Unallocated Days>

      The number of days from total period not yet allocated to subperiods. Must be zero before you click OK.

  4. Click Add.

  5. Under Period, enter a name.

  6. Under Days, enter a length of time.

    Subperiods must be at least 1 day long.

  7. Create more subperiods and allocate days until <Unallocated Days> is zero.

  8. Click OK.

    Caution!

    If the <Unallocated Days> is not zero, subperiods are not created.

  9. On Time Periods, click OK.

  10. Optional: Calculate the model.

    See Recalculating Values for Changed Periods.