Managing Attributes

  

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The “Manage Attributes” page appears.

 

Defining Attributes

This tab enables the user to define the Attributes and sequence of its dimension.

 

Dest Company         

Use the drop-down list box to specify the destination company for which the Attributes are to defined. The system lists all the active companies available in the installation. The system displays the login OU company, by default.

Attribute Name

Use the drop-down list box to specify the name of the Attribute. The system lists all the available attributes for the selected company along with a blank value. The system leaves the field blank, by default.

The system displays the following field:

Attribute Description

The description of the Attribute selected.

Company

Use the drop-down list box to specify the destination company for which the Attributes is to be defined. The system lists all the active companies available in the installation. The system displays the login OU company, by default.  

Attribute Name

The name of the Attribute of the destination company.

Attribute Description

The description of the Attribute.

Sequence

Use the drop-down list box to specify the sequence of the Dimensions. The system lists all the system defined Dimension values along with a blank value. The system leaves the field blank, by default.

Mapping to Dimensions

This tab enables the user to map the attributes to dimensions in the OU/BU/Company/Installation level.

Company                   

Use the drop-down list box to specify the destination company for which the Attributes Mapping is to be performed. The system lists all the active companies available in the installation. The system displays the first company, by default.

Dimension Name

Use the drop-down to specify the Dimension that is mapped with the Attribute. The system lists all the dimensions for the selected company.  The system displays the first dimension for the selected company, by default.

The system displays the following field:

Dimension Description

The description of the Dimension.

Attribute Name         

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute name mapped to the Dimensions. The system lists all the available attributes for the selected company. The system displays the first company, by default.

The system displays the following field in the header section:

Attribute Description

The description of the Attribute.

The system displays the following fields in the multiline:

Attribute Name

The name of the attribute that is to be mapped with the Dimension.

Attribute Description

The description of the Attribute.

Values Managed At

Use the drop-down list box to specify the level at which the attribute is to be mapped. The system lists the values 'Company', 'Installation', 'Organization Unit' along with a blank value. The system leaves the field blank, by default.

The system displays the following field:

Status

Indicates the status of the attribute mapping with the dimensions which could be “Active” or “Inactive”.

Managing Values

This tab enables the user to record the value and Effectivity Period for every Attribute.

Company                   

Use the drop-down list box to specify the Company. The system lists all the companies available in the installation. The system displays the first company, by default.

Attribute Name

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute name mapped to the Dimensions. The system lists all the available attributes for the selected company. The system displays the first company, by default.

The system displays the following fields:

Attribute Description

The description of the Attribute.

Value Managed At

The level at which the attribute is mapped with the dimension which could be 'Company', 'Installation' or 'Organization Unit'.

Entity

Use the drop-down list box to specify the entity for the level at which the attribute is mapped with the dimension. The system lists all the saved value for Value Managed At column of the corresponding Attribute.

Entity                           

Use the drop-down list box to specify the entity for the level at which the attribute is mapped with the dimension. The system lists all the saved value for Value Managed At column of the corresponding Attribute.

The system displays the following field:

Attribute Name

The name of the Attribute for which the effectivity period is set. 

Attribute Value         

The value of the Attribute for which the effectivity period is set.

Effective From Date

The starting date from which the Attribute is effective.

Effective To Date

The ending date until which the Attribute is effective.

Mapping Dimension Value to Attribute Value

This tab enables the user to map or unmap the dimensions to attributes.

 

Company                   

Use the drop-down list box to specify the Company. The system lists all the companies available in the installation. The system displays the first company, by default.

Dimension Name

Use the drop-down list box to specify the Dimension that is mapped with the Attribute. The system lists all the dimensions for the selected company.  The system displays the first dimension for the selected company, by default.

Dimension Values Managed At

Use the drop-down list box to specify the level at which the dimension values are managed. The system lists all the saved values for ‘Value Managed At’ in the “Manage Dimensions” screen.

Dimension Entity

Use the drop-down list box to specify the entity of the Dimension. The system lists all the saved value for ‘Value Managed At’ in the “Manage Dimensions” screen.

Dimension Value

Use the drop-down list box to specify the value of the Dimension. The system lists all the available dimensions for the Dimension Entity. The system displays the first value, by default.

The system displays the following field:

Dimension Description

The description of the Dimension.

Attribute Name         

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute name mapped to the Dimensions. The system lists all the available attributes for the selected company. The system displays the first company, by default.

Attribute Values Managed At

Use the drop-down list box to specify the level at which the attribute values are managed. The system lists all the saved values for ‘Value Managed At’ in the “Map to Dimensions” tab of this screen.

Attribute Entity

Use the drop-down list box to specify the entity of the Attribute. The system lists all the saved value for ‘Value Managed At’ in the “Map to Dimensions” tab of this screen.

Attribute Value

Use the drop-down list box to specify the value of the Attribute. The system lists all the available attributes for the Attribute Entity. The system displays the first value, by default.

The system displays the following field:

Attribute Description

The description of the Attribute.

The system displays the following fields in the multiline:

Dimension Entity

The entity of the Dimension.

Dimension Value

The value of the Dimension.

Effective From Date

The starting date from which the Dimension Value and Attribute Value mapping is effective.

The system displays the following field in the multiline:

Attribute Entity

The description of the Dimension.

Att1

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute value 1 that is to be mapped with the dimension value.

Att2

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute value 2 that is to be mapped with the dimension value.

Att3

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute value 3 that is to be mapped with the dimension value.

Att4

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute value 4 that is to be mapped with the dimension value.

Att5

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute value 5 that is to be mapped with the dimension value.

Att6

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute value 6 that is to be mapped with the dimension value.

Att7

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute value 7 that is to be mapped with the dimension value.

Att8

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute value 8 that is to be mapped with the dimension value.

Att9

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute value 9 that is to be mapped with the dimension value.

Att10

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute value 10 that is to be mapped with the dimension value.

Att11

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute value 11 that is to be mapped with the dimension value.

Att12

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute value 12 that is to be mapped with the dimension value.

Att13

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute value 13 that is to be mapped with the dimension value.

Att14

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute value 14 that is to be mapped with the dimension value.

Att15

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute value 15 that is to be mapped with the dimension value.

The system displays the following fields:

Dimension Name

The name of the Dimension.

Status

The status of the dimension value to attribute value mapping which could be “active” or “Inactive”.

Maintaining Attributes

This tab enables the user to map or unmap the Dimension mapping.

Company                   

Use the drop-down list box to specify the Company. The system lists all the companies available in the installation. The system displays the first company, by default.

Status

Use the drop-down list box to specify the status of the Attribute. The system lists the values “Active” and “Inactive” along with the value “All”. The system displays the value “All”, by default.

Dimension Name

Use the drop-down list box to specify the Dimension that is mapped with the Attribute. The system lists all the dimensions for the selected company.  The system displays the first dimension for the selected company, by default.

Dimension Values Managed At

Use the drop-down list box to specify the level at which the dimension values are managed. The system lists all the saved values for ‘Value Managed At’ in the “Manage Dimensions” screen.

Dimension Entity

Use the drop-down list box to specify the entity of the Dimension. The system lists all the saved value for ‘Value Managed At’ in the “Manage Dimensions” screen.

Dimension Value

The value of the Dimension.

The system displays the following field:

Dimension Description

The description of the Dimension.

Attribute Name         

Use the drop-down list box to specify the attribute name mapped to the Dimensions. The system lists all the available attributes for the selected company. The system displays the first company, by default.

Attribute Values Managed At

Use the drop-down list box to specify the level at which the attribute values are managed. The system lists all the saved values for ‘Value Managed At’ in the “Map to Dimensions” tab of this screen.

Attribute Entity

Use the drop-down list box to specify the entity of the Attribute. The system lists all the saved value for ‘Value Managed At’ in the “Map to Dimensions” tab of this screen.

Attribute Value

The value of the Attribute.

The system displays the following field:

Attribute Description

The description of the Attribute.

The system displays the following fields in the multiline:

Company

The company code that is mapped to the Dimension.

Dimension Entity

The entity of the Dimension.

Dimension Value

The value of the Dimension.

Attribute Entity

The entity of the Attribute.

Attribute Value

The value of the Attribute.

Effective From         

The starting date from which the Attribute is effective.

Effective To

The ending date upto which the Attribute is effective.

The system displays the following fields in the multiline:

Status

The status of the Attribute which could be “Active” or “Inactive”.

Dimension Name

The name of the Dimension mapped to the Attribute.

Attribute Name

The name of the Attribute mapped to the Dimension.

Setting Dimension Value

This pop-up enables the user to define the user defined dimension values.

Dest Company         

Use the drop-down list box to specify the Company. The system lists all the companies available in the installation. The system displays the first company, by default.

Dimension Name

Use the drop-down list box to specify the Dimension that is mapped with the Attribute. The system lists all the dimensions for the selected company.  The system displays the first dimension for the selected company, by default.

The system displays the following fields in the header section:

Dimension Description

The description of the Dimension.

Values Managed At

The level at which the attribute is mapped with the dimension which could be 'Company', 'Installation' or 'Organization Unit'.

Entity                           

Use the drop-down list box to specify entity for the level at which the attribute is mapped with the dimension. The system lists all the saved value for ‘Value Managed At’ field of the corresponding Attribute.

Entity                           

Use the drop-down list box to specify entity for the level at which the attribute is mapped with the dimension. The system lists all the saved value for ‘Value Managed At’ field of the corresponding Attribute.

Dimension Value

The value of the Dimension.

Dimension Value Description

The description of the Dimension Value.

Effective From Date

The starting date from which the user defined dimension is effective.

Effective To Date

The ending date upto which the user defined dimension is effective