If a process instance-independent measure relates to dimensions that are not available at the same process tree element as the process instance-independent measure, the dimensions must be registered using the usepidim XML element within the useki element at the process tree element of the process instance-independent measure.
Example (previous example continued):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE processtree SYSTEM
"KeyindicatorProcesstree.dtd">
<processtree name="Processes">
...
<processtypegroup name="Shipping">
...
<useki name="OVERHEAD_COSTS" scale="EUR" assessment="NEG">
<usepidim name="PRINCIPAL"/>
</useki>
<usedim name="D_COLOR" />
<usedim name="D_EQUIPMENT" />
<usedim name="D_PRODUCT" />
<processtype name="...">
...
</processtype>
</processtypegroup>
...
</processtree>
The dimension principal (PRINCIPAL) is registered together with the process instance-independent measure OVERHEAD_COSTS at the Shipping process type group, at which the dimension itself is not registered via the usedim element.
The dimension referenced by the process instance-independent data series and thus registered serves only analysis purposes pertaining to the process instance-independent measure OVERHEAD_COSTS.
Dimensions registered using the usepidim XML element cannot be used for measure calculation at process instance level.