Global Artifacts
Table D-3 Global Artifacts
Artifact | Description | Last Modified Time | Last Modified User | Editable | Dependencies |
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Attribute Dimensions | Dimensions whose type enables analysis based on the attributes or qualities of dimension members | Yes | No | Yes: CSV | None |
Auto Predict | Auto Predict prediction definitions | Yes | Yes | No | Associated Dimensions |
Calculation Manager Rulesets | Objects that contain rules and other rulesets that can be calculated simultaneously or sequentially | Yes | Yes | Yes: XML | None |
Custom Menus | Menus that Service Administrators create that are company- or application-specific. Users can right-click a member and select a menu item to open a URL, data form, or workflow. | Yes | No | Yes: XML | If menu is of type Workflow, then Approval Units |
Dashboards | At-a-glance views of key information, organized and presented in a way meaningful to a business need. | Yes | Yes | Yes: XML | Associated Data Forms |
Exchange Rates | A numeric value for converting one currency to another; for example, to convert 1 USD into EUR, the exchange rate of 0.8936 is multiplied with the U.S. dollar. The European euro equivalent of $1 is 0.8936. | Yes | No | Yes: CSV | Currency, Period, and Year |
Jobs | Customized actions | Yes | Yes | Yes: XML | Associated Dimensions |
Approval Unit Hierarchies | Specifies which application approval units and members are part of the budget process | Yes | Yes | Yes: XML | Entity, Scenario, Version and other associated dimensions |
Report Mappings |
Maps dimensions between Planning applications and reporting applications to enable reporting on Planning data in a reporting application, aggregations and queries on Smart Lists, and linking Planning data to multiple reporting applications for consolidations |
Yes | Yes | Yes: XML | Associated dimensions and Smart Lists |
Schedules | Scheduling information of actions that are set to run at intervals. | Yes | Yes | Yes: XML | Associated Business Rules, Report Mappings, Jobs |
Smart Lists |
Custom drop-down lists that users access from data form cells (instead of entering data) | No | No | Yes: CSV | None |
Spread Patterns | A custom spreading pattern that determines how data is distributed from a parent to its children. The pattern is available from the Mass Allocate and Grid Spread menus. | No | No | Yes: XML | None |
Standard Dimensions | Dimensions associated with a single cube | Yes | No | Yes: CSV | None |
Substitution Variables | Global placeholders for information that changes regularly | No | No | No | None |
Task Lists | A detailed status list of tasks for a particular user | Yes | No | Yes: XML | If task is of type Data Form, then associated Data Form. If task is of type Workflow, then Approval Units. |