1. Working with Applications, Models, and Dimensions for Narrative Reporting
  2. Overview of an Application
  3. Dimension Basics

Dimension Basics

Here’s some basic information about dimensions and dimension types:


Dimension graphic

There are seven standard dimension types:

  • Account* (required)

  • Time* (required)

  • Currency

  • Entity

  • Scenario

  • Year

  • Generic

You can enable up to 20 dimensions per model.

  • Each model must have one Account and one Time dimension

  • For Currency, Entity, Scenario, and Year, you can have either zero or one dimension

  • You are allowed up to 18 Generic dimensions.

When you create dimensions using the standard dimension types, you can create them by using either predefined properties for that type or load dimension properties of your own.

See "Creating Dimensions" in Create a Custom Application for more details.