Enterprise perspective

The enterprise perspective defines which business objects are accessible to the C-Suite for analysis. This perspective is created in addition to the default perspective of FRAPP.

Features and functions

The enterprise perspective is a predefined perspective that is published automatically in the GLCMAIN cube. The perspective is only published, when C-Suite is in use. The perspective is labeled Enterprise Perspective and provides a consolidated view across multiple business dimensions. The configuration uses specific rules to include and exclude elements.

The enterprise perspective provides a unified, organization-wide view through automated publishing and configuration. You are not required to set up or maintain the automatically created perspective. However, to ensure consistency and improve efficiency, you can create a customized ENTERPRISE_PERSPECTIVE to replace the automatically created perspective.

This table shows dimension settings that define the enterprise perspective by structuring business dimensions and determining which elements are included or excluded:

Dimension Configuration details Replacement element
XPADCONFIGSET None. Nothing requires configuration.
XPADVERSION None. Nothing requires configuration.
XPADSYSTEM Exclude. LOCAL.
XPADPROCESSLEVEL Default hierarchy set to Enterprise Calendar.
GLDGROUP Exclude. Not applicable.
GLDENTITY None. TOTAL_ENTITY remains the default element.
GLDINTERCOMPANY Exclude. Not applicable.
XPADSTRATEGY Exclude. Not applicable.
GLDPROJECT See below.
XPADDECISIONPACKAGE Exclude. Not applicable.
GLDBUSINESSOBJECT01-12 See below.
GLDINTERSEGMENT01-03 Exclude. Not applicable.
XPADCURRENCY Default element set to Enterprise Currency (setting in Business Modeling).
XPADUNITOFMEASURE None. Nothing requires configuration.
GLDDETAIL Exclude. TOTAL_DETAIL if Schedules exist. Otherwise, not applicable.
GLDACCOUNT Default element set to DECISION_TREE.
XPADTIME Default hierarchy set to Enterprise Calendar (setting in Business Modeling).

These configuration options are available for custom GLDPROJECT and GLDBUSINESSOBJECTXX business objects:

  • Exclude with TOTAL as the substitute element
  • None, which retains TOTAL as the default element
Note: 

In Business Modeling, the currency setting corresponds to the enterprise currency and the calendar setting corresponds to the enterprise calendar.

Using the enterprise perspective

You can perform these tasks on the Edit Database dashboard in EPM Administration:

  1. Access the GLCMAIN cube, which manages perspectives.
  2. Select Enterprise Perspective.
  3. Review the dimension setting. The perspective is preconfigured.
  4. For the user with the CFO role, the Enterprise Perspective option is preselected for enterprise reporting and analysis tasks.

What happens in relational modeling?

The enterprise perspective is automatically created unless the ENTERPRISE_PERSPECTIVE perspective exists.

All configured custom business objects are included in the enterprise perspective.

Dimensions that are excluded from perspectives are also excluded from the enterprise perspective.

Custom enterprise perspective

In relational modeling, you can manually create a custom perspective named ENTERPRISE_PERSPECTIVE.

When the ENTERPRISE_PERSPECTIVE perspective is configured, it replaces the automatically generated perspective that is published from Business Modeling.

Publishing from Business Modeling retains the customized enterprise perspective.

Custom perspectives enable you to control which business objects are displayed in C-Suite. You can exclude default objects from the published view to meet specific reporting requirements.