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The values in the Periods table identify the periods that can be selected from the period POV.
Each FDM period is associated with a target system period. If the FDM period changes, where
data is loaded in the target system changes.
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Period—Date value that is stored in the database during the trial-balance load process and
that becomes part of a key that identifies a set of trial-balance records
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Prior Date Key—Prior fiscal period key that is used during export to determine whether a
$0.00 entry must be made (to prevent ghosting) in Hyperion Enterprise versions 4.3 or
earlier (the entry must be made if YTD values were loaded into a periodic category)
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Text Description—Text-based description of the date key (the format of the text description
is controlled by the Date Format Mask system configuration. The format defaults to months
but can be changed to enable loading of more than twelve periods)
The “Allows custom description in period” option enables administrators to create custom
period descriptions that override the default values. Text override option restrictions apply to
Text Description Override (value cannot resolve to a date) and Period Key Date Format Mask
(option must be set to MM-DD-YYYY).
The options identify the target period to which data is loaded and represent months, quarters,
years, or days, respectively:
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Target (M)
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Target (Q)
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Target (Y)
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Target (D)
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To indicate that the change is pending,
is displayed left of the row.
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The change-pending icon is removed.
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To delete periods from tables:
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is displayed left of the row, indicating that a deletion is pending.
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