About Valid Intersections

Data source types: Planning, Planning Modules, Financial Consolidation and Close, Tax Reporting, Enterprise Profitability and Cost Management

Your Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud administrator can enable applications for valid intersections. In forms, valid intersections allow you to view or enter data only at predefined "valid" intersections.

For example, valid intersections might consist of a subset of Segment members which are valid only with a limited list of departments, or specific programs which are valid only for certain time periods.

Forms that are enabled for valid intersections can provide faster data entry and simplified plan validation resulting in higher quality data, as well as easier maintenance of data entry forms. Data integrity is still maintained at "invalid" intersections.

When valid intersections are defined in an application, then cell intersections considered "invalid" are read-only.

Tip:

In Oracle Smart View for Office, when an invalid intersection in POV is observed or selected, this message is displayed:

"Data form cannot be displayed due to invalid intersection in Page and POV. Please choose a different intersection."

Select a valid intersection member in the POV to clear the message.

Note:

Administrators: In this guide, the topics on valid intersections are primarily intended for Smart View end users. For more information on setting up valid intersections in forms, see the information on valid intersections in your administration guide; for example, for Planning, see Defining Valid Intersections in Administering Planning.