New releases of Performance Management Architect may introduce changes to existing member and dimension properties. For example, default values for properties may have changed based on business requirements or property types may have changed. This table describes the differences in properties from earlier releases of Performance Management Architect.
Table 47. Property Differences from Earlier Performance Management Architect Releases
| Property Name | Old Value | New Value | Impact | Applicable Application Types | Applicable Versions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AttributeCalculationSumName | <blank> | Sum | No changes required. | Essbase ASO | 9.3.x |
| CapexAggregation | ~ (ignore) | + (add) | Update required. For all members in Capital Asset Planning plan types: Manually reset the value to ~. | Planning | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| DataStorage | NeverShare | StoreData | Update required. Manually reset the value to NeverShare. | Planning, Essbase ASO, Essbase BSO | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| DataStorage | DynamicCalcAndStore | DynamicCalc | Update required. Manually reset the value to DynamicCalcAndStore. | Essbase BSO, Profitability | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| DataStorage (member property) | DynamicCalc | StoreData | Update required. Manually reset the value to DynamicCalc. | Essbase BSO, Profitability | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| DataStorageDuplicate | Store Date | StoreData | Typographical correction. No changes required. | Essbase ASO | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| DimensionHierarchyType | <blank> | Stored | The default value should be set to Stored unless multiple hierarchies are enabled. Changes are required if multiple hierarchies are enabled and the value is set to Stored. | Essbase ASO, Profitability | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x |
| DimensionSortOrder | 0 | 9 | This property should be set using the Performance Setting. See Modifying Performance Settings. For Essbase applications, new validations force you to use unique and sequential settings. If these properties are not set correctly for existing applications the new validations will fail and you will need to use the Performance Settings screen to set the properties accordingly. | Profitability, Essbase ASO, Essbase BSO | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| DimensionStorageType | <blank> | Sparse | No changes are required. This property is defaulted during dimension initialization. | Essbase BSO | 9.3.x |
| DriverMeasures | <blank> | Disabled | No changes are required. | Profitability | 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| ExchangeRateType | <blank> | Average | Update required. Manually reset the value to None. | Planning | 9.3.x |
| GridMissingLabelType | Data from Setting | Dropdown | Update required. Manually reset the value to Data from Setting. | Planning | 9.3.x |
| HierarchyType (Account, Generic, Year, Entity, and Period member property) | <blank> | Disabled | No changes are required. | Essbase ASO | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| HierarchyType (Account, Measures, and Period member property) | <blank> | Disabled | No changes are required. | Profitability | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| HierarchyType (Entity member property) | Stored | Disabled | No changes are required. | Essbase ASO | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| HierarchyType (Account member property) | Stored | <blank> | No changes are required. | Essbase ASO | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| HierarchyType (Account dimension property) | Stored | Dynamic | No changes are required. | Essbase ASO, Profitability | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| MaximumReviewLevel | <blank> | 1 | No changes required. | Consolidation | 9.3.x |
| MaxDocAttachmentSize | <blank> | -1 | No changes required. | Consolidation | 9.3.x |
| MaxNumDocAttachments | <blank> | -1 | No changes required. | Consolidation | 9.3.x |
| Member (Account and Period dimension property) | <blank> | Disabled | No changes required. | Profitability | 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| MemberFormula | <blank> | DirectAllocation + GenealogyAlllocation + SysAllocaVar1 | No changes required. | Essbase ASO | 11.1.1.x |
| MemberFormula | "DirectAllocation"+"GenealogyAllocation"+ "SysAllocVar1" | DirectAllocation +GenealogyAllocation + SysAllocVar1 | No changes required. | Essbase BSO | 11.1.1.x |
| MemberValidForCapex | FALSE | TRUE | Update required. Manually reset the value to False. | Planning | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| MemberValidForCapexAggregation | FALSE | TRUE | Update required. Manually reset the value to False. | Planning | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| MemberValidForWorkforce | FALSE | TRUE | Update required. Manually reset the value to False. | Planning | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| NegativeColor | Red | Black | Update required. Manually reset the value to Red. | Planning | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| PrimaryLevelWeighting | TopLevelOnly | Default | Essbase ASO | 11.1.1.x | |
| Scale | <blank> | Whole | No changes required. | Consolidation | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| SysAllocVar2 | "DirectAllocation"+"GenealogyAllocation"+ "SysAllocVar1" | DirectAllocation +GenealogyAllocation + SysAllocVar1 | No changes required. | Essbase BSO, Profitability | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| ThousandSeparator | Comma | None | Update required. Manually reset the value to Comma. | Planning | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| UseForMapping | TRUE | FALSE | Update required. Manually reset the value to False. | Planning, Profitability | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |
| VarianceReporting | Non-Expense | NonExpense | Typographical correction. No changes required. | Planning | 9.3.x |
| WeeksDistributionMember | EVEN | True | The property type has changed from a drop-down list to a boolean. The upgrade process maps the old drop-down list values to a True or False value. In most cases no manual changes are required. | Planning | 9.3.x |
| WorkforceAggregation | ~ (ignore) | + (add) | Update required. Manually reset the value to ~ for any Public Sector Planning and Budgeting or Workforce Planning plan types. | Planning | 9.3.x 11.1.1.x 11.1.2.x |