1. Designer's Guide
  2. Working with Custom Templates
  3. Creating Design-Time Prompts for Custom Templates
  4. Types of Design-Time Prompts
  5. Cross Dimension DTP

Cross Dimension DTP

Defines a cross-dimension syntax (->) range of members from the application to which the template belongs.

A Cross Dimension DTP allows users to select one member from each dimension. For example, a cross Dimension design-time prompt could be used in the source of a formula.

  1. In the Template Designer, open an existing template or create a new template.
  2. On the Design Time Prompt tab, click Add button.
  3. If you already have design-time prompts defined for the template, select where to enter the new design-time prompt.

  4. Enter the following information:

    • Enter a Name and select Cross Dimension as the Type.
    • Select the desired options:

      • Prompt It?—Select this option to allow the DTP to be used in a step. The DTP is shown in the template steps that prompt users for input when the template is used in a rule, or when a script template is launched in Oracle Hyperion Planning.

      • Mandatory?—Select this option to make it mandatory to enter data for the design-time prompt.

      • Read Only—Select this option to make it so that users can only read the prompt.

    • In DTP Text, enter the text that you want users to see when they are prompted for input.

      If you select Prompt It?, then DTP Text is required.

    • Optional. In Default Value, assign a default value for the DTP.

      To assign a default value, do one of the following:

      • Click Default Value button, then click Select button next to each dimension, and then select DTP, Member, or Function.

      • Click DTP Selector button to select a DTP as the default value.

  5. Optional: Click the Dependency button (Dependency button), and select an option:

    • Exclusive—Makes the design-time prompt (for example, DTP2) exclusive of another design-time prompt (for example DTP1). When you are prompted for DTP2, only the dimensions that are not used in DTP1 are displayed.

    • Inclusive—Makes the design-time prompt (for example, DTP4) inclusive of another design-time prompt (for example, DTP3). When you are prompted for DTP4, only the dimensions that are used in DTP3 are displayed.

    • None—No dependencies are defined for the design-time prompt.

  6. Optional: Click the Choose Dimension Limits button (Choose Dimension Limits button), and do the following:

    • In Density, select an option:

      • Show Sparse—Displays only sparse dimensions for the DTP

      • Show Dense—Displays only dense dimensions for the DTP

      • Both—Displays both dense and sparse dimensions for the DTP

    • In Dimension Type select a dimension type to restrict the DPT to show only the selected dimension types.

      For example, if you only want users to enter a member for Account, Entity, and Year, then select these dimensions in Dimension Type. When users are prompted for input, the only dimensions that will show are those with type Account, Entity, and Year.