Model Table REQUIRED DATE

This model dimension represents a time dimension supporting required 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 FlagRepresents a flag that is set to 1 if the date represents the current month. Else the value is 0.
Current Year FlagRepresents a flag that is set to 1 if the date represents the current year. Else the value is 0.
Last 12 Months FlagRepresents 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 FlagRepresents 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.
Previous Month FlagRepresents a flag that is set to 1 if the date represents the previous month, Else the value is 0.
Previous Year FlagRepresents a flag that is set to 1 if the date represents the previous year, Else the value is 0.
Required DateThe date converted to string according to the format 'YYYY-MM-DD'
Required Date StringDate as string, fixed format, not NLS dependent
Required MonthRepresents the name of the month with respect to Required Date.
Required Month NoRepresents the month of the year with respect to Required Date.
Required Month ShortRepresents the short name of the month (MMM) of the year with respect to Required Date.
Required QuarterRepresents the quarter of the year with respect to Required Date.
Required Week NoRepresents the ISO week number with respect to Required Date.
Required WeekdayRepresents the name of the day with respect to Required Date.
Required Weekday NoRepresents the number of a day in a the week with respect to Required Date.
Required YearRepresents the year with respect to Required Date.
Required Year MonthRepresents a combination of YEAR and MONTH_OF_YEAR in the format "YYYYMM"
Year (Week based)Year, NLS dependent

Hierarchies

Hierarchy Level
ReqDateMFHy
Required Year
Required Quarter
Required Month
Required Date
ReqDateMSHy
Required Year
Required Quarter
Required Month
ReqDateWFHy
Year (Week based)
Required Week No
Required Date
ReqDateWSHy
Year (Week based)
Required Week No

USED BY MODEL(S)

Model Name
Production Performance

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 DATE DIM_BI_TIME_BI DIM_BI_TIME_BI DIM_BI_TIME_BIOn Line