Floating point dimensions

Floating point dimensions (floatingdim XML element) are configured in the same way as one-level dimensions except that the attributed referenced using the dimitem XML element must be a numerical data type (e.g., DOUBLE, LONG, TIMESPAN, FACTORYTIMESPAN, FREQUENCY, PERCENTAGE, and all user-defined data types such as COST).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<!DOCTYPE keyindicatorconfig SYSTEM

'KeyindicatorConfiguration.dtd'>

<keyindicatorconfig>

...

<floatingdim name="ORDERVOL" dimtype="PROCESS"

importmode="OPTIONAL">

<description language="de" name="Auftragsvolumen"/>

<description language="en" name="Order size"/>

<dimitem attrname="AT_ORDERVOL" colname="ORDERVOL"

calculated="FALSE">

<description language="de" name="Umsatz"/>

<description language="en" name="Sales revenues"/>

</dimitem>

</floatingdim>

...

</keyindicatorconfig>

XML tag

Description

name

Internal name of the dimension. A table is created in the database under this name. For the specified name, the guidelines described in the Table name chapter are applicable.

dimtype

Dimension type: Valid values:
PROCESS (process dimension)
FUNCTION (function dimension, obsolete, only to be used for compatibility reasons)
OT_FUNC (function dimension)
RELATION (relation dimension)
OT_ORG (organizational dimension)

dimitem location
(optional)

Only for dimtype="RELATION"

Valid values: SOURCE (attribute placement on source reference object of relation)
TARGET (attribute placement on target reference object of relation)
THIS (default value: attribute is placed at the relation itself)

importmode
(optional)

Output of error messages when calculating dimension values
OPTIONAL: Calculation errors are not output.
MANDATORY: Calculation errors are output
Default value: OPTIONAL