Understanding Analytic Calculation Engine

Analytic Calculation Engine comprises a calculation engine plus several PeopleTools features that enable application developers to define both the calculation rules and the display of calculated data within PeopleSoft applications for the purposes of multidimensional reporting, data editing, and analysis.

Specifically, application developers create analytic models to define the rules that are used to calculate data. Application developers also create PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture pages with analytic grids to display the data within PeopleSoft applications. Within the application, a PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture page with an analytic grid may be referred to as an interactive report. End users view, analyze, and make changes to analytic model data. When end users save their changes, Analytic Calculation Engine recalculates the data and sends the calculated data to the application database.

Common Elements Used in This Document

Field or Control	Definition
	Click the New Cube Collection icon to create a new cube collection.
	Click the New Cube icon to create a new data cube.
	Click the Attach Cubes icon to add existing data cubes to the selected cube collection.
	Click the New Dimension icon to create a new dimension.
	Click the Attach Dimension icon to attach one or more dimensions to the selected data cube.
	Click the Detach Dimension icon to detach one or more dimensions from the selected data cube.
	Click the Validate Model icon to validate the analytic model.
	Click the Find Part icon to find all of the locations of the selected part in the analytic model.
	Click the Causes and Effects Tool icon to browse through the cube collections and data cubes of your analytic model to view the causes, effects, and inputs of data cubes.
	Click the Direct Causes icon to display the direct causes of the selected data cube.
	Click the Direct Effects icon to display the direct effects of the selected data cube.
	Click the Accept Changes icon to accept the changes you made to the rule.
	Click the Cancel Changes icon to cancel the changes you made to the rule.