1. Administrator's Guide
  2. Managing Applications
  3. Creating a New Application
  4. Editing Periods

Editing Periods

The period hierarchy is a combination of the time period and frequencies that you define. You can make changes to this hierarchy by adding or deleting periods. For example, you may want to add another month to the fourth quarter to display a 13-month year.

Note:

The number of base periods should be greater than 0.

When you select a period, you can change the period label or description. You cannot edit the label or description for the [Year] period.

Note:

You cannot edit period labels based on language. If you change a period label in one language, the change is carried over into all other languages defined in the application profile. However, you can have a unique period description for each language.

To add sibling and child periods to the hierarchy, see Adding Sibling and Child Periods.

To enter and edit periods:

  1. From the period hierarchy, select a period, and enter or edit the period label or description.

    The period label can contain a maximum of 40 characters. The period description can contain a maximum of 80 characters. Note that a space is counted as a character.

  2. Make sure to include a description for each period.

    If you do not include a description and choose to add one later, you must modify the application profile and recreate all applications that use the profile.