Internal names

In the PPM configuration files, configuration elements are referenced using a unique, language-independent internal name. This table shows the XML attributes that define the internal name.

PPM configuration element

XML attribute

Attributes

key

Data types

name

Dimensions

name

Measures

name

Calculation functions
(e.g., typification rules) 

name

Warning

Internal names are used to reference configuration elements. The internal name of an object in a process instance is specified in the AT_OBJNAME_INTERN object attribute.

Internal names begin with a letter and consist of capital letters with no special characters (A-Z), figures (0-9), and the _ (underscore) character.

In practice, the following guidelines for creating internal names have proved useful:

PPM configuration element

Prefix

Attribute names

AT_

Attribute group names

AG_

Measure groups

KI_GROUP_

Dimension groups

DIM_GROUP_

Measure attributes

AT_KI_

Measure names

KI_

Dimension names

D_

Typification rules

TYP_