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PeopleSoft Application Designer interface for creating analytic model definitions

Field or Control	Definition
Menu Bar	Provides access to commands and features that you use to create analytic model definitions. See the Menu Bar section below.
Tool Bar	Contains buttons that you use to perform common commands and edit the parts of an analytic model definition.
Formula Bar	Contains buttons that you use to define formulas for data cubes and user functions.
Rule Bar	Displays the rules for data cubes and user functions. Note: The type of information that appears in the rule bar depends on the part that is currently selected.
Part Browser	Contains hierarchies that you use to view, organize, and edit an analytic model definition's parts. See the Part Browser section below.
Part Property Editor	Contains dialog boxes that you use to edit the parts of an analytic model definition.
Notes Bar	Enables you to enter notes about the different parts of the analytic model definition.
Output Window	Contains the output text from PeopleSoft Application Designer operations, such as Build (SQL Create and Alter), Find Definition References, Upgrade, Results, Validate, and PeopleCode Log.
Status Bar	Contains descriptions of buttons and menu commands.

All of the bars—except for the menu bar and status bar—are dockable. You can drag the bars to the top, bottom, left, or right sides of the PeopleSoft Application Designer interface.

To float the bars, drag them away from the edges of the PeopleSoft Application Designer interface. You can then resize them vertically and horizontally.

This topic reviews PeopleSoft Application Designer menu commands that you use to create analytic model definitions.

Note: This topic does not review all of PeopleSoft Application Designer menu commands.

See Using the PeopleSoft Application Designer User Interface.

The following table shows the analytic model definition specific commands in the Edit menu.

Edit Menu Commands	Usage	Quick Keys
Paste Function	Select to insert a built-in function and its arguments into a rule.	Ctrl+Shift+F
Paste Cube Name	Select to insert a reference to the data cube into a rule.	Ctrl+Shift+N
Paste Member Ref...	Insert a reference to a dimension into a rule. After Analytic Calculation Engine inserts the dimension reference, complete the syntax for a member reference. See Inserting a Dimension Member Reference into a Rule.	Ctrl+Shift+M
Paste Dimension	Insert a reference to a dimension into a rule.	None
Paste User Function	Insert a reference to a user function into a rule.	None

The following table lists the analytic model definition specific commands in the View menu.

View Menu Commands	Usage
Notes Bar	Active and deactivate the notes bar.
Rule Bar	Active and deactivate the rule bar.

The following table lists the analytic model definition specific commands in the Part menu. You can access the same Part menu commands by right-clicking the part or subbranch that you want to add to or edit.

Part Menu Commands	Secondary Menu Commands	Usage	Quick Keys
New	Cube Collection	Create a new cube collection.	Ctrl+L
New	Data Cube	Create a new data cube.	Ctrl+D
New	Dimension	Create a new dimension.	Ctrl+E
New	User Function	Create a new user function.	Ctrl+U
New	Organizer	Create a new organizer.	None
Attach	Data Cubes...	Attach one or more existing data cubes to the selected cube collection.	Ctrl+S+D
Attach	Dimensions...	Attach one or more existing dimensions to the selected data cube.	Ctrl+Shift+E
Move	Up	Move the selected part one position up in the part browser.	Alt+Up
Move	Down	Move the selected part one position down in the part browser.	Alt+Down
Clone Part	None	Make a copy of the selected part.	None
Detach	Data Cubes...	Detach one or more data cubes from the selected cube collection.	None
Detach	Dimensions...	Detach one or more dimensions from the selected data cube.	None
Delete Part	None	Delete the selected parts.	None

The following table lists the analytic model definition specific commands in the Tools menu.

Tools Menu Commands	Secondary Menu Commands	Tertiary Menu Commands	Usage	Quick Keys
Analytic Model	Validate	None	Validate the analytic model.	None
Analytic Model	Find Part...	None	Find where the current part is used by other parts in the analytic model.	None
Analytic Model	Causes and Effects Tool...	None	Launch the Causes and Effects Tool.	None
Analytic Model	Causes	Direct Causes	Display the direct causes of the selected data cubes.	Alt + <
Analytic Model	Causes	All Causes	Display all causes of the selected data cubes.	None
Analytic Model	Causes	All Inputs	Display all of the input data cubes that directly or indirectly affect the selected data cubes.	None
Analytic Model	Effects	Direct Effects	Display the direct effects of the selected data cubes.	Alt + >
Analytic Model	Effects	All Effects	Display all effects of the selected data cubes.	None
Analytic Model	Circular Formulas	Show Circular System	Show the data cubes involved in the circular system.	None

The part browser is a treelike structure whose main branch is the analytic model itself. The main branch contains several subbranches, as described in the following table.

Branch	Description
Cube Collections	Contains a subbranch for each cube collection in the analytic model. Double-click a cube collection to edit the cube collection's properties. Expand a cube collection to view all of the dimensions and data cubes in a cube collection. Click a dimension or data cube to edit its properties.
Cubes	Contains a subbranch for each data cube in the analytic model. Click a data cube to edit its properties. Expand a data cube view all of the dimensions that are attached to the data cube. Click a dimension to edit its properties.
Dimensions	Displays each dimension in the analytic model. Click a dimension to edit its properties.
User Functions	Displays each user function in the analytic model. Click a user function to edit its properties.
Organizers	Contains a subbranch for each organizer in the model. Expand the organizers to view the parts within the organizers.

Dragging and Dropping Parts in the Part Browser

You can drag and drop parts in the part browser to:

Add new data cubes to cube collections.
Attach data cubes to dimensions.
Rearrange the order of dimensions.
Rearrange the hierarchy of organizers.

Tools

PeopleSoft Application Designer Window Components for Creating Analytic Model Definitions

Behavior of Bars

Menu Bar

Part Browser

Dragging and Dropping Parts in the Part Browser