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1. Required Dimensions for Single and Multi Currency
Applications in Hyperion Planning
Dimensions are the basic foundation of a oracle hyperion planning application and
dimensions are together are referred to as an outline. Every planning application has a set of
standard dimensions. Single Currency Planning Application having six dimensions and Multi
Currency Planning Application having eight dimensions.
Required Dimensions for Single Currency Application*
Period
Year
Scenario
Version
Entity
Account
Other Dimensions
Alias
Smart Lists
Multicurrency Applications Require Two Additional Dimensions
Period
Year
Scenario
Version
Entity
Account
Currency
HSP Rates
Planning application stores the data in an Essbase.
Account Dimension
This is standard dimension in hyperion planning application. In this dimension all the
measures such as profit, loss, expenses, IT expense, rent expense, HR expense and so on form
the Account dimension members.
The Account dimension specifies the data to be collected from budget planners. Can establish
accounts for all budgeted items to the necessary level of detail.

2. Period and Year Dimensions
These two are also standard dimensions and these both represent time. Specify a time period
and year for each value. Base time periods, such as months, are automatically rolled up to
summary time periods, such as quarters and total year and has information of different
calendar distribution of weeks like a 445, 454, 454, or even.
As administrators, specify base time periods and distribution of weeks in the Period
dimension when creates application views. Use the year dimension to add years to the
calendar. Year dimension members can not be renamed once they are created.
Scenario Dimension
Scenario dimension represent the broadest categories of data planning application and it's
describes the type of data that a plan includes, such as budget, actual, or forecast, as well as
the time span that the plan covers.
Should define the time span for every Scenario Dimension Member and time span includes
starting year, ending year, starting period and ending period.
Actual
Budget
Forecast
Version Dimension
Two types of members can be created in the Version Dimension, they are as follows,
Standard bottom up
Standard target
Bottom up facilitates bottom up budgeting/forecasting and target version facilitates top down
budgeting. Version allows for flexibility and iterative planning cycles. For example, your
application could have two versions, Working and Final, for each scenario.
Also can use versions to model possible outcomes based on different assumptions about
interest rates, growth rates, and so on. For iterative planning, version dimension is the key.
Entity Dimension
This is key dimension that defines business organization hierarchy, workflow, and Entity
responsibilities in an organization.
Entity dimension shows the flow of Planning information through organization. Can establish
an entity for each group or responsibility centre that submits a budget plan. This dimension
typically includes geographic regions, departments, or divisions, depending on your
requirements.
HSP_Rates Dimension

3. This is a Multi Currency Planning Application. This dimension contains a member to store
exchange rate values for each currency. It also contains a member for input values and
currency overrides. This dimension can be divided into two types as follows,
Input members
Currency rate members
If an application has three currencies, would have three corresponding members as follows,
HSP_Rate_USD
HSP_Rate_EUR
HSP_Rate_INR
Alias and Smart Lists
In addition to the required Planning dimensions, you must set up an Alias dimension if you
want to assign aliases to dimensions such as Account or Entity. If you want to use Smart Lists
in your application, you must set up a Smart List dimension.
Currency Dimension
Plan in one or more currencies. The Currency dimension identifies the currency in which
values are displayed. In the Currency dimension, you set up the following categories:
Which currencies are used by applications and reporting
How currencies are displayed in reports and data forms
How currencies are translated into other currencies
When currency conversion occurs
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