This cube dimension represents a time dimension supporting forecast early finish 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. |
| Forecast Early Finish Date | Key. The date converted to string according to the format 'YYYY-MM-DD' |
| Forecast Early Finish Date String | Date as string, fixed format, not NLS dependent |
| Forecast Early Finish Month | Represents the name of the month with respect to Forecast Early Finish Date. |
| Forecast Early Finish Month No | Represents the month of the year with respect to Forecast Early Finish Date. |
| Forecast Early Finish Month Short | Represents the short name of the month (MMM) of the year with respect to Forecast Early Finish Date. |
| Forecast Early Finish Quarter | Represents the quarter of the year with respect to Forecast Early Finish Date. |
| Forecast Early Finish Weekday | Represents the name of the day with respect to Forecast Early Finish Date. |
| Forecast Early Finish Weekday No | Represents the number of a day in a the week with respect to Forecast Early Finish Date. |
| Forecast Early Finish Year | Represents the year with respect to Forecast Early Finish Date. |
| Forecast Early Finish 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 completed 12 months. Else the value is 0. If transfer date is 15 Nov 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 |
| Forecast Early Finish Week No | Represents the ISO week number with respect to Forecast Early Finish Date. |
| Hierarchy | Level |
| ForecastEarlyFinishMSHy | |
| Forecast Early Finish Year | |
| Forecast Early Finish Quarter | |
| Forecast Early Finish Month | |
| ForecastEarlyFinishMFHy | |
| Forecast Early Finish Year | |
| Forecast Early Finish Quarter | |
| Forecast Early Finish Month | |
| Forecast Early Finish Date | |
| ForecastEarlyFinishWSHy | |
| Forecast Early Finish Year | |
| Forecast Early Week No | |
| ForecastEarlyFinishWFHy | |
| Forecast Early Finish Year | |
| Forecast Early Finish Date | |
| Forecast Early Week No |
| 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 |
| FORECAST EARLY FINISH DATE | DIM_BI_TIME_TM | DIM_BI_TIME_BI | DIM_BI_TIME | On Line |