Model Table REQUIRED START DATE

This model dimension represents a time dimension supporting Late Start date and is based on the IFS Cloud dimension DIM_BI_TIME. All models 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.

Attributes

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.
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.
Reporting Day of Month
Required Start Date	Key. The date converted to string according to the format 'YYYY-MM-DD'
Required Start Date String	The date converted to string according to the format 'YYYY-MM-DD'
Required Start Month	Represents the name of the month with respect to Required Start Date.
Required Start Month No	Represents the month of the year with respect to Required Start Date.
Required Start Month Short	Represents the short name of the month (MMM) of the year with respect to Required Start Date.
Required Start Quarter	Represents the quarter of the year with respect to Required Start Date.
Required Start Week No	Represents the ISO week number with respect to Required Start Date.
Required Start Weekday	Represents the name of the day with respect to Required Start Date.
Required Start Weekday No	Represents the number of a day in a the week with respect to Required Start Date.
Required Start Year	Represents the year with respect to Required Start Date.
Required Start Year Month	Represents a combination of YEAR and MONTH_OF_YEAR in the format "YYYYMM"
Year (Week based)	Represents the ISO year with respect to Reporting Date. Not implemented in general Ledger Model.

Hierarchies

Hierarchy	Level
RequiredStartMFHy
	Required Start Year
	Required Start Quarter
	Required Start Month
	Required Start Date
RequiredStartMSHy
	Required Start Year
	Required Start Quarter
	Required Start Month
RequiredStartWFHy
	Required Start Year
	Required Start Week No
	Required Start Date
RequiredStartWSHy
	Required Start Year
	Required Start Week No

USED BY MODEL(S)

Model Name

Maintenance

Data source Information

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
REQUIRED START DATE	DIM_BI_TIME_BI	DIM_BI_TIME_BI	DIM_BI_TIME	On Line