2 Creating and Managing Models

• About Models and Templates
• Opening a Model
• Creating a Model
• Defining the Model Duration
• Specifying the Smallest Period of Time
• Creating Monthly Time Periods
• Handling Extra Days in a Year Made of Weeks
• Specify the Number of Months in a Year
• Specifying the End of a 12 or 13 Month Fiscal Year
• Setting Fiscal Year End
• Assigning Weeks to Months
• Assigning Months to Quarters
• Extended Time Period Options
• Adding Trailing Periods
• Working With Templates
• Customizing and Uploading Template for Use on the Web
• Creating a Model by Copying Another Model
• Closing Open Models
• Moving a Model
• Deleting a Model
• Converting Models and Reports from Strategic Finance to Strategic Modeling