1. Working with Applications, Models, and Dimensions for Narrative Reporting
  2. Working with the Sample Application
  3. Experimenting with a Complete Application

Experimenting with a Complete Application

  1. Open the Sample Application. It contains one model called Sample Model and these dimensions with the members loaded:

    • Accounts—Categorize revenue, expense, asset, equity, liability, and statistical entries in the system.

    • Fiscal Calendar—Displays the fiscal calendar year and period, such as Q1, Jan Feb, Mar; as well as time period aggregations such as YTD and QTD.

    • Years—Displays the fiscal or actual year for example, FY 2015 or 2015.

    • Scenarios—Provides versions of data, such as Budget, Actual, Forecast. You can compare scenarios to determine the variance.

    • Entities—Describes the structure of your organization.

    • Currency—List of reporting currencies for the model.

    • Generic—A user-defined dimension.

    You can see when the application was created, when it was last updated, and how many users have access to this sample application. application overview

  2. Click the Dimensions and Models tab to see the dimensions and which models contain each dimension. Here, only one model is pre-populated.


    dimension tab

    You can use the sample application to experiment with adding, editing and viewing dimensions. You can create and modify models and assign dimensions to them. See Create a Custom Application.