AT_INTERNAL_NO_CUBE_ENTRY function attribute

For certain functions, you can specify that they are not to be saved in the function cube. If the attribute AT_INTERNAL_NO_CUBE_ENTRY exists at a function and has the value true this function instance will not be written to the cube table. The existence of this attribute does not impact the measure calculation of this function, i.e., you can create the attribute at the function instance using a calculation rule, as well.

The attribute is evaluated by instance, i.e., if the attribute is missing at individual function instances (or if the attribute value is not equal to true), these function instances will be saved in the function cube. However, if you overwrite these function instances having the attribute AT_INTERNAL_NO_CUBE_ENTRY and the value true when reimporting, the entries in the function cube will be deleted, as well.

Attribute definition

The attribute AT_INTERNAL_NO_CUBE_ENTRY is not included in the default configuration of PPM attributes. If you want to use this feature, you first need to define the attribute AT_INTERNAL_NO_CUBE_ENTRY with the boolean data type.

The functions displayed in the analysis process tree are based on entries in the function cube. Functions whose instances were not written to the function cube due to the attribute value true for the attribute AT_INTERNAL_NO_CUBE_ENTRY are not displayed in the process tree.

The feature described does not affect the use of process hierarchies because you can assign process instances to functions that were not calculated. The functions not saved in the function cube are not displayed in the process tree of the assigned process type, either.