Model: Maintenance - Specifications for Dimension Table: ACTUAL START DATE

On this page you will find the specifications regarding the Model: Maintenance and Dimension Table: ACTUAL START DATE.

This model dimension represents a time dimension supporting actual start date and is based on the IFS Cloud dimension DIM_BI_TIME. All models that refer to this dimension will have the attributes and hierarchies as described below.

NOTE that currenct year and month are defined by the date when the transfer was done to the data warehouse.

Attributes

Attribute Description (where applicable)
Actual Start DateKey. The date converted to string according to the format 'YYYY-MM-DD'
Actual Start Date StringDate as string, fixed format, not NLS dependent
Actual Start MonthRepresents the name of the month with respect to Actual Start Date.
Actual Start Month NoRepresents the month of the year with respect to Actual Start Date.
Actual Start Month ShortRepresents the short name of the month (MMM) of the year with respect to Actual Start Date.
Actual Start QuarterRepresents the quarter of the year with respect to Actual Start Date.
Actual Start WeekdayRepresents the name of the day with respect to Actual Start Date.
Actual Start Weekday NoRepresents the number of a day in a the week with respect to Actual Start Date.
Actual Start YearRepresents the year with respect to Actual Start Date.
Actual Start Year MonthRepresents a combination of YEAR and MONTH_OF_YEAR in the format "YYYYMM"
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.
Year (Week based)Year, NLS dependent
Actual Start Week NoWeek Number
Reporting Day of Month

Hierarchies

Hierarchy Level
ActualStartMSHy
Actual Start Year
Actual Start Quarter
Actual Start Month
ActualStartMFHy
Actual Start Year
Actual Start Quarter
Actual Start Month
Actual Start Date
ActualStartWSHy
Actual Start Year
Actual Start Week No
ActualStartWFHy
Actual Start Year
Actual Start Week No
Actual Start Date

USED BY MODEL(S)

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Data source Information

The data source for this object is defined using IFS Developer Tool. Further Transformations are done using Power BI.

Additional information can be found in the online documentation of Information Sources.

Model Table BI Access View Referenced Information Source Recommended Access Type
ACTUAL START DATEDIM_BI_TIME_BIDIM_BI_TIMEOn Line