Creating a Fixed Loop Component
You create a fixed loop component in a business rule or template by dragging its icon and dropping it into the Rule Designer or Template Designer flow chart. A fixed loop component exists only within the business rule or template for which you create it. Fixed loop components cannot be shared across business rules or templates.
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You can use Fixed loop components in Oracle Hyperion Financial Management, Oracle Hyperion Planning, and Oracle Essbase block storage business rules and custom templates.
To create a fixed loop component:
- Financial Management business rules and custom templates users only: On the Fixed Loop tab, do these tasks:
- In Value, enter the number of times you want the loop to cycle through the metadata or data. Or click the Actions icon and select Variable (if you are working with a business rule) or DTP (if you are working with a custom template) or Function (if you are working with either a business rule or a custom template) to select variables, design-time prompts, or functions to define the loop. See Working with Variables and Working with Functions.
- In Variable, enter a variable, or click the Variable icon (if you are working with a business rule) or the DTP icon (if you are working with a custom template) to choose a numeric variable or a design-time prompt, respectively.
- Financial Management Users Only: Select Enable Timer to include the time it takes to process the fixed loop in the log file when the business rule is launched. You can enable the timer for rules, rulesets, and components. The process time is included in the log file for every object whose timer is enabled. For example, if you have a rule whose timer is enabled and the rule contains three fixed loops whose timers are enabled, the time taken to process the rule, and each fixed loop in the ruleset, is recorded.