Business Process The Business Process dimension contains a member set
(hierarchy) that enables Planning Business Modeler to store the results from
different stages of predefi ned fi nancial calculations, such as consolidation,
allocation, and currency conversion. Since the dimension members store results
from each step of these processes, the data that is stored can be useful for
auditing and for custom calculations.
Consolidation Method The Consolidation Method dimension is a fl at
dimension that is intended for fi nancial models that have shares calculations.
This dimension defi nes the basis for the fi nancial consolidation processes, such
as specifying equity, full, holding, and proportional consolidations.
Currency The Currency dimension is a fl at dimension that stores a list of
currencies. This dimension is not automatically populated, but the developer
can populate it with the list of currencies that the model requires.
Entity The Entity dimension is used to maintain a list of business entities
within the organization.
Exchange Rate The Exchange Rate dimension is a fl at dimension that stores
values of exchange rates that are used by an Exchange Rate Assumptions model.
In addition, this dimension might be used by currency conversion calculations.
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Flow The Flow dimension is used with the Account and Time dimensions in
a model to track cash fl ows between periods for fi nancial models.
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