This cube dimension represents a time dimension supporting early start date and is based on the IFS Applications dimension DIM_BI_TIME. All cubes that refers to this dimension will have the attributes and hierarchies as described below.
NOTE that currenct year and month are defined by the date when the transfer was done to the data warehouse.
| Attribute | Description (where applicable) |
| 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. |
| Early Start Date | Key. The date converted to string according to the format 'YYYY-MM-DD' |
| Early Start Date String | Date as string, fixed format, not NLS dependent |
| Early Start Month | Represents the name of the month with respect to Early Start Date. |
| Early Start Month No | Represents the month of the year with respect to Early Start Date. |
| Early Start Month Short | Represents the short name of the month (MMM) of the year with respect to Early Start Date. |
| Early Start Quarter | Represents the quarter of the year with respect to Early Start Date. |
| Early Start Weekday | Represents the name of the day with respect to Early Start Date. |
| Early Start Weekday No | Represents the number of a day in a the week with respect to Early Start Date. |
| Early Start Year | Represents the year with respect to Early Start Date. |
| Early Start Year Month | Represents a combination of YEAR and MONTH_OF_YEAR in the format "YYYYMM" |
| Last 12 Months Flag | Represents a flag that is set to 1 if the date represents one of the last 12 months. Else the value is 0. If transfer date is 15 Oct 2012, then last 12 months means the range Nov 2011 until Oct 2012. |
| Last 24 Months Flag | Represents a flag that is set to 1 if the date represents one of the last completed 24 months. Else the value is 0. If transfer date is 15 Nov 2012, then last 24 months means the range Nov 2010 until Oct 2012. |
| Year (Week based) | Year, NLS dependent |
| Early Start Week No | Represents the ISO week number with respect to Early Start Date. |
| Hierarchy | Level |
| EarlyStartMSHy | |
| Early Start Year | |
| Early Start Quarter | |
| Early Start Month | |
| EarlyStartMFHy | |
| Early Start Year | |
| Early Start Quarter | |
| Early Start Month | |
| Early Start Date | |
| EarlyStartWSHy | |
| Early Start Year | |
| Early Start Week No | |
| EarlyStartWFHy | |
| Early Start Year | |
| Early Start Week No | |
| Early Start Date |
| Model Name |
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 |
| EARLY START DATE | DIM_BI_TIME_TM | DIM_BI_TIME_BI | DIM_BI_TIME | On Line |