Model Table NEED DATE
This model dimension represents a time dimension supporting need 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 current 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. |
| Need Date | The date converted to string according to the format
'YYYY-MM-DD' |
| Need Date String | Date as string, fixed format, not NLS dependent |
| Need Month | Represents the name of the month with respect to Need Date. |
| Need Month No | Represents the month of the year with respect to Need Date. |
| Need Month Short | Represents the short name of the month (MMM) of the year
with respect to Need Date. |
| Need Quarter | Represents the quarter of the year with respect to Need
Date. |
| Need Week No | Represents the ISO week number with respect to Need Date. |
| Need Weekday | Represents the name of the day with respect to Need Date. |
| Need Weekday No | Represents the number of a day in a the week with respect
to Need Date. |
| Need Year | Represents the year with respect to Need Date. |
| Need Year Month | Represents a combination of YEAR and MONTH_OF_YEAR in the
format "YYYYMM" |
| Previous Month Flag | Represents a flag that is set to 1 if the date represents the previous month, Else the value is 0. |
| Previous Year Flag | Represents a flag that is set to 1 if the date represents the previous year, Else the value is 0. |
| Year (Week based) | Year, NLS dependent |
| Hierarchy |
Level |
| NeedDateMFHy | |
| Need Year |
| Need Quarter |
| Need Month |
| Need Date |
| NeedDateMSHy | |
| Need Year |
| Need Quarter |
| Need Month |
| NeedDateWFHy | |
| Year (Week based) |
| Need Week No |
| Need Date |
| NeedDateWSHy | |
| Year (Week based) |
| Need Week No |
USED BY MODEL(S)
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 |
| NEED DATE | DIM_BI_TIME_BI | DIM_BI_TIME_BI | DIM_BI_TIME_BI | On Line |