Defining Periods in a Quick Mode - File-Based Load

Period processing for Quick Mode - file-based loads do not use the periods defined in the Period Mapping option. Instead, periods are handled like any other dimensions and can be derived from the header record in the source file. If there is no Period and Year header record in the source file, you are prompted for the start and end period when you run the load during execution in which case all the data is loaded to the single period. Another option is to derive the period dimension based on the source system period name from the header record using the toPeriod and toYear target expression types to a specific format. Other target expressions that can be used for the Period dimension include substring(), split(), and map().