Creating a Currency Partition

When preparing a main database outline for currency conversion, you create a currency partition to tell Essbase which "slice" of the database holds local data and which holds base data. The dimension you tag as a currency partition contains members for both local and base values; this dimension holds the data that users input in their own currencies. The local data is converted to the base data using currency conversion calculation scripts. See Calculating Currency Conversions.

Note:

A currency conversion partition applies only to the currency conversion option. It is not related to the Partitioning option that enables data to be shared between databases using a replicated, linked, or transparent partition.

  To create a currency partition in the main database:

1. Open the outline.

2. Select a dimension to tag as a currency partition.

3. Right-click and select Edit member properties.

4. In the Member Properties dialog box, select the Information tab.

5. In the Dimension type drop-down list, select Currency Partition.

6. Click OK.

Related Information

• About Essbase Currency Conversion

• Converting Currency

• Calculating Currency Conversions

• Member Properties Dialog Box—Information Tab