Detailed Profitability Dimension Types

For Detailed Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management, there are several types of available dimensions.

• MeasuresDetailed is a restricted dimension that contains the Allocation members required to support stage balancing and other verification activities.

• Alias dimension is used to assign alternate names, descriptions, languages, or other items that help to define dimensions. This is an optional dimension, and only required if you want to use aliases in the model

  Note:

  Duplicate member names or aliases are not allowed.

• Business dimensions are created to describe the business elements within the model, such as departments, general ledger accounts, activities, customers, or products. At least one business dimension is required for the application.

• Attribute dimensions enable analysis based on the attributes or qualities of dimension members. Attributes describe characteristics of data, such as the size or color of products.

Note:

When defining dimensional outlines, there are restricted characters that may not be used for naming. Oracle strongly suggests that you review the Oracle Essbase naming conventions in the Oracle Essbase Database Administrator's Guide.