Creating dimension hierarchies

  1. Select Financials > Global Ledger > Setup > Finance Enterprise Group > Maintenance.
  2. Open the finance enterprise group and click the tab for the dimension that you defined.
  3. Open the structure for which to create a hierarchy.
  4. Click the Hierarchy tab.
  5. Click Create.
  6. Specify this information:
    Dimension Type
    Select the dimension type. If you select Posting, then you cannot create a child dimension for this dimension.
    Dimension
    Specify a name of the top level in your dimension hierarchy.
    Note: When you create a summary dimension, the system automatically adds the structure number and an underscore to the beginning of the summary dimension name to allow it to be used in multiple structures. For example, if you name the summary dimension "NW REGION" the system saves it as "1_NW REGION" in the first structure created.

    This reduces the allowed number of characters for the summary name. If you enter a summary name that takes the entire available field size, the system removes characters at the end of the summary name value when prepending the structure number.

    Description
    Specify a description for the dimension.
    Effective Date
    You can specify the date on which the structure takes effect. If this field is blank, then the current date is used.
  7. Click Save.