Measure and dimension names

The internal names of measures and dimensions are also used for internal allocation of configuration elements in the database. Therefore, these names are subject to the restrictions posed by the underlying database system.

The measure and dimension names displayed on the PPM user interface are specified in the measure configuration (<description> XML elements) and depend on the interface language.

Please take the following information into account when assigning internal measure and dimension names:

Example

The following table shows a few measure and dimension names:

Type

Name

Description

Measure

PNUM

Number of processes

Dimension

D_MATERIAL

Material, two-level

Dimension

TIME

Time dimension