Adjusting and analyzing the structure
You expand and collapse the view of closed and opened aggregated elements by clicking the appropriate symbol. If you open aggregated elements, their subordinate aggregated and base elements are displayed.
To create a top-level dimension element, right-click the gray area underneath the first column of the table, select the
command and specify a name. To delete an element, right-click its symbol and use the command. If the element that you delete contains child elements, these elements will be moved to the top level of the structure.Note:
- Columns and elements in
grey cannot be edited. The corresponding dimension attributes have the property
Built-In
in the database and are required for the application. - If you change a dimension and the changes are not displayed, right-click the dimension in the tree and select the command.
Elements may be moved and subordinated to other elements by holding down the left mouse button using drag and drop. When you move elements with the right mouse button, you can select
or . The shortcut menu contains further commands:- Select Parents tab in the option section. to add a child element to the selected element. A dialog opens, where you specify the name and the weighting of the element for the calculation of the parent element (Weighting: Negative -1, Zero 0 or Positive 1). You can change the weighting later on the
- Select to detach an element from the superior element. If it is not subordinate to any other element, it is moved to the top level of the hierarchy.
- Select Select
Element dialog use the text filter and the buttons
and to expand or collapse the view. You cannot create circular
parent-child relations. An element cannot be a child element and a top level element
at the same time. Note: Use the and commands to assign a parent to a child element, without creating a new element (parallel hierarchy). The data of child elements assigned to more than one parent must be edited only once apart from the weighting, which is parent-specific.
to
assign a parent element to the selected element, or create parallel hierarchies by
assigning additional parent elements. In the
Caution:
Changes to the organization
structure in Infor d/EPM business applications can
result in loss of data. Follow these rules:
- Do not add or move dimension elements in the Organization
dimension (
BPDORGANIZATION
) unless all tasks in Infor d/EPM are completed for all cycles. - Do not add or move dimension elements in the Organization
dimension (
BPDORGANIZATION
) until all tasks that have been accessed by a planner are submitted and approved.