1. User's Guide
  2. Working with Detailed Profitability
  3. Managing Detailed Profitability Allocations
  4. Working with Detailed Profitability Drivers
  5. Creating Duplicate Drivers

Creating Duplicate Drivers

Using the Create Duplicate Driver option, you can copy an existing driver definition, and assign the driver a new name. The copy can be modified as required, as outlined for the driver type.

This option enables you to rapidly create many similar drivers without having to reopen the Driver Definition dialog box.

To create new drivers from existing driver definitions:

  1. From Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Workspace, select Navigate, then Applications, then Profitability, and then select the application for which you want to create the driver.
  2. From Task Areas, select Manage Allocations, and then Driver Definitions.
  3. Select the driver that you want to use as the template for the new driver definition.

    You can select any driver type.

  4. Click Create Duplicate Driver Create Duplicate Driver icon.

    Use the Create Duplicate Driver dialog box to enter the name of the new driver, and then click OK.
  5. Enter the name of the new driver, and then click OK.

    The new driver is added to the list of Driver Definitions, and the type and information for the driver are the same as the original driver.

    Caution:

    Do not use special or restricted characters in the driver name, such as /,+, or @ signs, because doing so may cause import operations to fail. See the Oracle Essbase Database Administrator's Guide to view the latest restrictions.

  6. Modify the driver as required.