1. Administrator's Guide
  2. Managing Applications
  3. Creating a New Application
  4. Editing Periods
  5. Adding Sibling and Child Periods

Adding Sibling and Child Periods

You can add one or multiple sibling and child periods to the period hierarchy.

To add one child or sibling period:

  1. Highlight the period to which to add a child or sibling period.

  2. Select an option:

    • Click the Insert Child button, Insert Child Period button , or select Actions, and then Insert Child.

    • Click the Insert Sibling button, Insert Sibling Period button, or select Actions, and then Insert Sibling.

  3. Enter a name for the new sibling or child period.

To add multiple child or sibling periods:

  1. Highlight the period to which to add multiple child or sibling periods.

  2. Click the Insert Many button, Insert Many Periods button, or select Actions, and then Insert Many.

  3. Enter the number of periods to add to the hierarchy.

  4. Enter a label prefix for the new periods, and click OK.

    If you enter any number less than 10 for the number of periods and NewPeriod as the label prefix, these periods are added to the hierarchy: NewPeriod1, and so on. If the number of periods is more than 10 but less than 100, the periods start with NewPeriod01. If the number of periods is more than 100 but less than 1000, the periods start with 001, and so on.

  5. When you finish adding periods, click Next.