IFS Analysis Models

This page provides information related to configuration of IFS Analysis Models.

Configurations are made both in IFS Applications and in the Analysis Models instance home on SQL Server. Since there are two different clients in IFS Applications, this page has the purpose to provide links to configurations related to IFS Aurena.

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General

General information about IFS Analysis Models specific configuration is provided via the following link >>

IFS Specific configuration can be done in different clients, either IFS EE or IFS Aurena, and the below links mainly refer to Aurena specific configuration.

Security

This section deals with data object access and data access related to IFS Applications and also provides some information about security handling in SQL Server. Learn more >>

Translations

More about how translations are handled can be found here >>

Basic Data in IFS Applications

IFS Analysis Models requires that basic data has been set up properly in IFS Applications. Please refer to the following link  >>

Access Views

Extracting data from IFS Applications to the Data Warehouse in SQL Server is done by accessing Access Views. These views represent the read interface in IFS Applications, acting as a view layer on top of the Information Source related views.

Note: Access Views are not available by default. It is necessary to generate these views via the IFS Aurena client.

Learn more about Access Views

Configuration of Lookup Data

The ETL process in SQL Server is dependent on so called Lookup Data, stored in a set of lookup tables in the SQL Server database. It must be made sure that these tables are correctly defined. Also refer to Basic Data in IFS Applications. Learn more about lookup tables >>

Configuration of Data Volume

The loading of the stage area in the Data Warehouse can be handled in different ways. More information about the ETL process can be found here.

IFS Analysis Models supplies possibilities to configure the load volumes. This is especially important for the initial load of fact related data but also for the subsequent loads in order to be able to reduce the load time. Learn more >>