Property Differences from Earlier Releases

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