Creating period profile from a worksheet

To create Period Profiles:

  1. Open the required Worksheet. The pivot-style worksheet is displayed.
  2. Right-click on a cell in the worksheet.
  3. Click Create Period Profiles. The Create Period Profiles screen is displayed.
  4. Specify this information:
    Number of Periods
    The number of periods for which the profile is created.
    Note: The value must be integer greater than 0.
    Measure
    The measure value for which the profile is created.
    Note: This value is Read only and is based on the worksheet cell from which the profile created.
  5. Do one of the followings:
    1. Select the Ad Hoc Profile option and click Apply to create a profile on a temporary basis using the selected Measure and Number of Periods.
      Note: 
      • By default, the Ad Hoc Profile option is selected.
      • The temporary profile is available for the current user until another ad-hoc profile is selected.
    2. Select the Save Profile option. The Apply option is renamed to Next.
      1. Click Next. The Create Profile page is displayed.
      2. Specify the required information. See Configuring Period Profiles.
      3. Click Save.
      Note: 
      • The profile values are based on the Measure specified in the grid.
      • The number of values in the profile is determined by the value specified in the Number of Periods option.