Entering Effective Dates

When you define a matrix layout, you must always enter an effective date. Like the setID, this controls which values are available for you to select when defining criteria. For some criteria, you can override the global effective date. Generally, it’s a good idea to use an effective date as late as any control (tree, department, and so on) you might want to use in the layout. The effective date used for prompting while designing a layout is not used when running the report; instead, the as of date for trees and other controls is specified in the report request when running a report.