1. Working with Predictive Planning in Smart View
  2. Setting Up Predictive Planning
  3. Setting Form Defaults
  4. Using Alternate Historical Data Sources
  5. Alternate Plan Types and Dates
  6. Alternate Year Dimension Requirements

Alternate Year Dimension Requirements

Alternate year dimensions must meet the following requirements:

  • The alternate year dimension is a custom Planning dimension with year members that follow the same naming pattern as the current Year dimension. For example, if the Year dimension contains FY08 to FY14, then the alternate year dimension should use FYxx as the naming pattern, such as FY03 to FY07.

  • The application's Year dimension cannot be included in this alternate historical plan type.

  • When an alternate plan type is selected as a data source and an alternate year dimension is present, the alternate year dimension will be detected automatically. A dialog is displayed that asks users if they want to use the alternate year dimension. If they respond OK, the alternate year dimension is used.

For additional information about creating alternate plan types, see About Creating Alternate Plan Types