What is Extended Analysis?

Extended Analysis are extension fields added to analysis codes, which are optional and user definable so that you can store and use extra attributes on analysis codes.

It allows you to store additional information directly on an analysis code, where the analysis code represents a particular static data item.

Analysis codes with extension fields can be used to define non-existent data items in SunSystems. For example you can define analysis codes based on locations and location details.

Alternatively, extended analysis can be used to define supplementary properties for the static data items of which the existing fields provided are not sufficient, or do not meet requirements on the static data record.

Analysis dimensions enable analysis codes from existing analysis tables to be populated by linking analysis dimensions to equivalent analysis tables. However, these analysis codes hold limited information other than Code, Name, Status, Lookup Code and Data Access Group Code.

Extension fields are therefore used to enable you to include other data fields, as well as analysis information of static data items on analysis codes populated from analysis table codes.

There are two types of Extension Fields, Standard Extension Fields and Custom Extension Fields.

Standard extension fields are attached to analysis dimensions. The analysis dimensions must have a selected Analysis Table Id and the Linked option checked. They are selected from a list which cannot be amended and the field values are always up to date with the equivalent fields of the static data item once the dimension is linked to an analysis table.

Custom extension fields are user defined extension fields that can be created should the current standard extension fields not suit your requirements.