This model dimension represents a time dimension supporting Customer Order Line created date and is based on the IFS Cloud dimension DIM_BI_TIME. All models that refer to this dimension will have the attributes and hierarchies as described below.
NOTE that current year and month are defined by the date when the transfer was done to the data warehouse.
| Attribute | Description (where applicable) |
| COL Created Date | The date without time stamp. |
| COL Created Date String | The date converted to string according to the format 'YYYY-MM-DD' |
| COL Created Month | Represents the name of the month with respect to COL Created Date. |
| COL Created Month No | Represents the month of the year with respect to COL Created Date. |
| COL Created Month Short | Represents the short name of the month (MMM) of the year with respect to COL Created Date. |
| COL Created Quarter | Represents the quarter of the year with respect to COL Created Date. |
| COL Created Week | Represents the ISO week number with respect to COL Created Date. |
| COL Created Weekday | Represents the name of the day with respect to COL Created Date. |
| COL Created Weekday No | Represents the number of a day in a the week with respect to COL Created Date. |
| COL Created Year | Represents the year with respect to COL Created Date. |
| COL Created Year Month | Represents a combination of YEAR and MONTH_OF_YEAR in the format "YYYYMM" |
| Current Month Flag | Represents a flag that is set to 1 if the date represents the current month. Else the value is 0. |
| Current Year Flag | Represents a flag that is set to 1 if the date represents the current year. Else the value is 0. |
| Last 12 Months Flag | Represents a flag that is set to 1 if the date represents one of the last completed 12 months. Else the value is 0. If transfer date is 15 Oct 2020, then last 12 months means the range Oct 2019 until Sep 2020. |
| Last 24 Months Flag | Represents a flag that is set to 1 if the date represents one of the last 24 completed months. Else the value is 0. If transfer date is 15 Oct 2020, then last 24 months means the range Oct 2018 until Sep 2020. |
| Year (Week based) | Represents the ISO year with respect to COL Created Date. |
| Hierarchy | Level |
| ColCreatedMFHy | |
| COL Created Year | |
| COL Created Quarter | |
| COL Created Month | |
| COL Created Date | |
| ColCreatedMSHy | |
| COL Created Year | |
| COL Created Quarter | |
| COL Created Month | |
| ColCreatedWFHy | |
| Year (Week based) | |
| COL Created Week | |
| COL Created Date | |
| ColCreatedWSHy | |
| Year (Week based) | |
| COL Created Week |
| Model Name |
| Sales |
The data source for this object is defined using IFS Developer Tool. The data source contains a number of transformations where the model reads data from the last step, i.e. the Data source view name (DW Source View Name).
| Model Table | DW Source view (SQL Server) | BI Access View | Referenced Information Source | Recommended Access Type |
| COL CREATED DATE | DIM_BI_TIME_BI | DIM_BI_TIME_BI | DIM_BI_TIME | On Line |