Clicking the Finish button will
create the new model, and will take you to the newly created model. The Summary
tab of the new model is opened by default, as shown in Figure 7-27.
The second tab in the Model workspace shown in Figure 7-27 is titled Model
Properties. Model properties are actually similar to variables; they can be set
and then referenced elsewhere in the model. An example is the setting of a fixed
conversion factor and then using that factor in calculations in the model; this way, a
single change to the factor can impact all the data in the model. The model designer
is free to add new model properties, but there are a number that come with the
model. For example the property Enable Offline Cube determines whether or not a
user can download assignments and work with them in Excel while disconnected
from the server. The Model Data Has Changed property determines whether or not
changes are tracked.
The third tab in the Model workspace seen in Figure 7-27 is titled Business Rules.
Business rules are executable programs that work with the multidimensional data in
Figure 7-27 Business Rules and Model Properties enable the PerformancePoint Server
Planning module to model complex business processes.
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a model. These programs might generate forecasts or find outliers in the data. Given
what business rules can do, they can vary from simple to extremely complex, and
the syntax for working with multidimensional data is sometimes confusing even
for those experienced with relational data.
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