Enterprise PeopleTools 8.50 PeopleBook: Analytic Calculation Engine

Analytic Calculation Engine Preface

This chapter provides an overview of the Analytic Calculation Engine and lists common elements.

Understanding Analytic Calculation Engine

This PeopleBook is written for application developers working with PeopleSoft applications and provides a foundation for developing and administering analytic models, which calculate and send data to PeopleSoft applications for the purposes of multidimensional reporting, analysis, and data entry.

PeopleBooks and the Online PeopleSoft Library

A companion PeopleBook called PeopleBooks and the Online PeopleSoft Library contains general information, including:

Understanding the PeopleSoft online library and related documentation.
How to send PeopleSoft documentation comments and suggestions to Oracle.
How to access hosted PeopleBooks, downloadable HTML PeopleBooks, and downloadable PDF PeopleBooks as well as documentation updates.
Understanding PeopleBook structure.
Typographical conventions and visual cues used in PeopleBooks.
ISO country codes and currency codes.
PeopleBooks that are common across multiple applications.
Common elements used in PeopleBooks.
Navigating the PeopleBooks interface and searching the PeopleSoft online library.
Displaying and printing screen shots and graphics in PeopleBooks.
How to manage the PeopleSoft online library including full-text searching and configuring a reverse proxy server.
Understanding documentation integration and how to integrate customized documentation into the library.
Glossary of useful PeopleSoft terms that are used in PeopleBooks.

Common Elements Used in This PeopleBook

	Click the New Cube Collection icon to create a new cube collection.
	Click the New Cube icon to create a new data cube.
	Click the Attach Cubes icon to add existing data cubes to the selected cube collection.
	Click the New Dimension icon to create a new dimension.
	Click the Attach Dimension icon to attach one or more dimensions to the selected data cube.
	Click the Detach Dimension icon to detach one or more dimensions from the selected data cube.
	Click the Validate Model icon to validate the analytic model.
	Click the Find Part icon to find all of the locations of the selected part in the analytic model.
	Click the Causes and Effects Tool icon to browse through the cube collections and data cubes of your analytic model to view the causes, effects, and inputs of data cubes.
	Click the Direct Causes icon to display the direct causes of the selected data cube.
	Click the Direct Effects icon to display the direct effects of the selected data cube.
	Click the Accept Changes icon to accept the changes you made to the rule.
	Click the Cancel Changes icon to cancel the changes you made to the rule.