Understanding the Analytic Model Viewer

The Analytic Model Viewer is a debugging tool with which you can view intermediate results from calculations and modify data when testing calculations. This tool is provided in the runtime environment through the PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture (PeopleSoft PIA). Using the Analytic Model Viewer, you can view metadata (such as virtual data cubes) that may not appear to the end user, and edit analytic model data to see how your results would then change.

Even though you create analytic model definitions in PeopleSoft Application Designer, you need to view an analytic instance of the analytic model during runtime to determine whether the analytic calculation engine is performing its calculations as intended. Simply viewing an analytic instance within the application during runtime is not sufficient, because some parts and data of the analytic model may not be visible to end users. Using the Analytic Model Viewer you can view, analyze, and debug all cube collections in the model. The Analytic Model Viewer operates during runtime because it depends on the analytic calculation engine (for calculation) and the analytic server (for data transformation). In the Analytic Model Viewer, you view a specific analytic instance of the analytic model.

Although you can modify data from within the Analytic Model Viewer, you cannot change metadata, including rules, from this environment. Conversely, from within the analytic model in PeopleSoft Application Designer, you can change metadata but cannot change the data itself. The ideal solution is to simultaneously view the design time analytic model, in PeopleSoft Application Designer, and the runtime analytic model, in the Analytic Model Viewer. This arrangement enables you to compare calculation results, and to change either data or metadata, based upon your needs.

After you load an analytic instance for use in the Analytic Model Viewer, closing the viewer does not automatically unload the analytic instance. You must do that manually from the Analytic Instance Load/Unload page.