Model Table START DATE
This model dimension represents a time dimension supporting 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 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. |
| 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. |
| Start Date | The date converted to string according to the format
'YYYY-MM-DD' |
| Start Date String | Date as string, fixed format, not NLS dependent |
| Start Month | Represents the name of the month with respect to Start
Date. |
| Start Month No | Represents the month of the year with respect to Start
Date. |
| Start Month Short | Represents the short name of the month (MMM) of the
year with respect to Start Date. |
| Start Quarter | Represents the quarter of the year with respect to Start
Date. |
| Start Week No | Represents the ISO week number with respect to Start
Date. |
| Start Weekday | Represents the name of the day with respect to Start
Date. |
| Start Weekday No | Represents the number of a day in a the week with respect
to Start Date. |
| Start Year | Represents the year with respect to Start Date. |
| Start Year Month | Represents a combination of YEAR and MONTH_OF_YEAR in
the format "YYYYMM" |
| Year (Week based) | Year, NLS dependent |
| Hierarchy |
Level |
| StartDateMFHy | |
| Start Year |
| Start Quarter |
| Start Month |
| Start Date |
| StartDateMSHy | |
| Start Year |
| Start Quarter |
| Start Month |
| StartDateWFHy | |
| Year (Week based) |
| Start Week No |
| Start Date |
| StartDateWSHy | |
| Year (Week based) |
| Start 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 |
| START DATE | DIM_BI_TIME_BI | DIM_BI_TIME_BI | DIM_BI_TIME_BI | On Line |