Allocation Rule Types and Options

The allocation relationships in each rule impact the methods that Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management uses to construct calculation logic and how the Oracle Essbase engine executes it. Not all rule types are equal in terms of performance.

The major rule types in order of performance are:

• Simple Dimension Extension

• Complex Dimension Extension

• Simple Reclassification

• Complex Reclassification

• Same as Source, Different Dimension