1. User Guide
  2. Hedge Maintenance
  3. Application Preferences
  4. Setting Application Preferences

Setting Application Preferences

After you access the Application Preferences section, perform the following procedure to update or add preferences for various users.

  1. In the Show Preferences For field, select the User from the drop-down list.

    The preferences for the selected user are listed under Parameters - General, Processing - General, Processing - Application Specific, Assumption Management Defaults, Dimensions and Hierarchies, and ADCO Parameters panes.

  2. Select the checkbox adjacent to the Active for Master Maintenance field to mark the selected user as active for master maintenance.

    If you have more than one application available in the Common Object Maintenance section in the LHS menu, you must designate the Application Preferences from one of their applications as Active for Master Maintenance. Certain preferences such as the default folder and read or write access setting are referenced by items within Master Maintenance based on this selection.

  3. Update the required properties from the following list under the Parameters - General form.

    Table 5-2 The Parameters - General Table

    Field Description
    Security Map

    Select a value from the drop-down list.

    This option allows you to select an existing mapper definition. Based on the Mapper selection, the list of legal entities will vary. For more information on Security Mapping, see the Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure (OFSAAI) User Guide.

    As of Date

    Click Calendar and pick the as of date.

    All Hedge Management processes reference this date at runtime to determine the data to include in the process. Each period, when a new set of data is loaded, this parameter should be updated to reflect the new date.

    Select the checkbox adjacent to the Is Editable field, if you want to make this field editable after saving.

    Show Execution Parameters

    Select the checkbox, if you want to display the execution parameters.

    If this option is selected, then a window is displayed during the execution of the process to select the Legal Entity.

    Select the checkbox adjacent to the Is Editable field, if you want to make this field editable after saving.

    Note: This is applicable only for Level 3 Fair Value definitions.

    Legal Entity

    Click Hierarchy Browser and select the required legal entity from the Hierarchy Browser.

    This parameter allows you to define the Legal Entity. If the Show Execution Parameters option is not selected and the Legal Entity is defined, then this Legal Entity will be auto-populated.

    If the Show Execution Parameters option is selected, then you can edit the Legal Entity during the execution of the process. Use Erase to erase the existing dimension leaf member.

    Note: The list of Legal Entities in the Hierarchy Browser will depend on the selected Security Mapper.

    You can also select the checkbox adjacent to the Disable Legal Entity field to disable the Legal Entity.

  4. Update the required properties in the Processing - General form.

    Table 5-3 The Processing - General Table

    Field Description
    Default Total Error Message Limit

    Enter the maximum number of error messages that are logged for all the processes.

    Select the checkbox in the Is Editable column, if you want to make this field editable after saving.

    Default Error Message Limit Per Item

    Enter the maximum number of error messages that are logged for a given type of error.

    Select the checkbox in the Is Editable column, if you want to make this field editable after saving.

    Debugging Output Level

    Select the value for debugging the output level from the drop-down list. The available options are the following:

    • Do not output SQL to log file – A log file is not created.
    • Show all SQL – A log file is created and contains all the SQL that the engines execute.
    • Show significant calculation SQL – A log file is created and contains those SQLs that are tagged as significant.

    Select the checkbox in the Is Editable column, if you want to make this field editable after saving.

  5. Update the required properties in the Processing - Application-Specific form.

    Table 5-4 The Processing - General Table

    Field Description
    Net Change Date

    Click Calendar adjacent to this field and select the value for the net change date.

    The HM effectiveness process looks back to when effectiveness type is set to Net on this date. This is applicable for retrospective effectiveness testing.

    Select the checkbox in the Is Editable column, if you want to make this field editable after saving.

    Maximum Number of Instrument records to include in detail cash flow output

    This parameter allows you to define the maximum number of instrument records that any user can select within a process for outputting detailed cash flows.

    If you want to remove the limit, you can leave the field blank and upon selecting APPLY, you will notice the No Limit text appears. It is recommended, however, that this value be set to 100 or less.

    Select the checkbox in the Is Editable column, if you want to make this field editable after saving.

    Maximum Number of Rate Paths for Monte Carlo Processing

    This parameter allows you to limit the number of rate paths that can be selected by a user when running a Monte Carlo-based process. The maximum value is 2000.

    Select the checkbox in the Is Editable column, if you want to make this field editable after saving.

    Enable Holiday Calendar Adjustments

    Select the checkbox adjacent to this field to enable the Holiday Calendar Adjustment capability for the HM Application.

    If this option is not selected, the Cash Flow Engine ignores all Holiday Calendar information, including Instrument level inputs and assumption Rule level inputs.

    Note: This is applicable only for Level 3 Fair Value definitions.

  6. Update the required properties from the following list under the Assumption Management Defaults form.

    Table 5-5 The Assumption Management Defaults Form

    Field Description
    Folder Name

    This parameter allows you to set the default folder location. This selection is made for convenience and can be changed within all Business Rules at the users’ discretion.

    Select the checkbox in the Is Editable column, if you want to make this field editable after saving.

    Access Type

    This parameter allows you to set the default access typesetting. Selections include Read, Write, and Read Only. This selection acts as the starting value for convenience only and users can change at their discretion.

    Select the checkbox in the Is Editable column, if you want to make this field editable after saving.

    Initial Currency Selection ["Business Rule Currency"]

    This parameter allows you to select the starting currency to be displayed within all business rules. This selection is made for convenience and can be changed within all Business Rules at the users' discretion.

    Select the checkbox in the Is Editable column, if you want to make this field editable after saving.

  7. Update the required properties from the following list under the Dimensions and Hierarchies form.

    Table 5-6 The Dimensions and Hierarchies Table

    Field Description
    Product Dimension

    OFS HM requires users to declare one of the Product dimensions as the HM Product dimension. The model is seeded with the following three possible selections:

    • Product
    • Common Chart of Accounts
    • General Ledger Account

    Users can also add user-defined product dimensions, which also appear in this list. HM business rules are based on the Product dimension selected here. The suggested default is the Product dimension.

    Select the checkbox in the Is Editable column, if you want to make this field editable after saving.

    Default Product Hierarchy

    The list of values for the Default Product Hierarchy is based on the value that you selected in the Product Dimension field. The hierarchy selected here will be the default hierarchy selection in all Business Rules that support node-level assumptions. This selection acts as the starting value for convenience only and users can change at their discretion within each Business Rule.

    Select the checkbox in the Is Editable column, if you want to make this field editable after saving.

    Organizational Unit Dimension

    Select the required dimension from the drop-down list.

    Select the checkbox in the Is Editable column, if you want to make this field editable after saving.

    Hierarchy Members Navigation Size This setting will control the number of hierarchy members that are included per page within the Assumption Browser and the Hierarchy Browser.
  8. Update the required properties from the following list under the ADCO Parameters form.

    Table 5-7 ADCO Parameters Table

    Field Description
    National Housing Pricing Index

    This is an input parameter for the ADCO definition purpose that you must select from the drop-down list that contains economic indicators defined from Rate Management.

    You must set up the NHPI economic index if you must override the base ADCO NHPI forecast. This is an optional step, in the setting up of an ADCO process.

    Select the checkbox in the Is Editable column, if you want to make this field editable after saving.

  9. Click Apply.
  10. Click Reset to Default if you want to clear all previously entered values and reset to the default values.