1. Administering Profitability and Cost Management
  2. Using Model Views and Validating Applications
  3. Performing Validation Analysis for Profitability and Cost Management

Performing Validation Analysis for Profitability and Cost Management

After a Profitability and Cost Management application is deployed, it can become invalid if changes are made to dimensions that are used in application artifacts.

Errors display if an invalid condition is created. You can learn more about these errors and search for validation errors in the Model Validation screen.

To check for and analyze validation errors:

  1. On the Home page, click Navigator button and then select Model Validation.
  2. In the Model Validation screen, for each type of validation, enter POV information (such as Year, Period, and Scenario), and click Run.

    Errors, if present, display in a Model Validation table. The default tab is for rule sets and rules (Figure 9-10).

    Figure 9-10 Model Validation Results for the Rule Sets and Rules Tab


    This screen has a POV, report parameters, Actions and View menus, buttons that reflect the menus, and columns listing error type, rule or rule set name, rule number, status, and an error description.

    The error table for rule sets and rules contains the following information:

    • Error Type (location) — Global Context, Rule Set Context, Rule Source, Rule Destination, Rule Driver, or Rule Offset.

    • Name and number of the rule or rule set involved.

    • Status of the rule or rule set, usually Disabled.

    • A description of the error.

  3. Review the Model Views, Queries, and Analytics tabs. Display the tab and click Run.

    Note that hese tabs apply to all POVs, so you do not need to select a POV.

  4. Note errors on any tab. You can click Export to Excel button] or select Actions, and then Export to Excel to export data in the table to a Microsoft Excel file.
  5. Repair the errors and validate again.

Note:

You can fix rule set and rule errors in the Rules screen (Working with Rule Sets). If a rule has an invalid member, you can remove it by selecting the rule and clicking Save button.