Editing business groups
To open the dialog, right-click the business group in the tree and select the command. In the Properties dialog of a business group, you edit these settings on separate tabs:
| Tab | Description |
|---|---|
| Business Group | Here you change the description of the business group. Furthermore, you select the exchange rates for the key date rate and the average market price. |
| Business Units | Here you specify, which business units belong to the business group. |
| Currencies | Here you configure the currencies of the business group and of the business units. |
| Mappings | Here you edit the mappings of the business group. |
| Data connections for cubes | Here you specify, when and which data are transferred from the reference database to the OLAP database. To transfer data to the OLAP database, the data must be contained in the reference database. |
| Data transfer | Here you specify, when and which data are
loaded from the source databases into the reference database. Only data
contained in the reference database can be transferred into the
OLAP
database.
If you select Select periods manually and no data is available for the business unit, the periods 15 years before and after the current period are shown. Once the data are imported from the source system, the periods are shown correctly. Depending on the periods of the source system, they require to be adapted. |
| Loading of Structures | Here you specify the mappings of the business group, which are to be refreshed always, when the OLAP database is created. |
| Carry Forward | Here you specify, whether the values of the previous year are to be carried forward to the starting period of the following year. |