This cube dimension represents a time dimension supporting start date and is based on the IFS Applications dimension DIM_BI_TIME. All cubes that refers to this dimension will have the attributes and hierarchies as described below.
NOTE that currenct year and month are defined by the date when the transfer was done to the data warehouse.
| Attribute | Hierarchy | Description |
| Start Date | NO | Key. The date converted to string according to the format 'YYYY-MM-DD' |
| Start Month | NO | Represents the name of the month with respect to Start Date. |
| Start Month No | NO | Represents the month of the year with respect to Start Date. |
| Start Month Short | NO | Represents the short name of the month (MMM) of the year with respect to Start Date. |
| Start Quarter | NO | Represents the quarter of the year with respect to Start Date. |
| Start Week No | NO | Represents the ISO week number with respect to Start Date. |
| Start Weekday | NO | Represents the name of the day with respect to Start Date. |
| Start Weekday No | NO | Represents the number of a day in a the week with respect to Start Date. |
| Start Year | NO | Represents the year with respect to Start Date. |
| Start Year Month | NO | Represents a combination of YEAR and MONTH_OF_YEAR in the format "YYYYMM" |
| Currency Month Flag | NO | Represents a flag that is set to 1 if the date represents the current month. Else the value is 0. |
| Currenct Year Flag | NO | Represents a flag that is set to 1 if the date represents the current year. Else the value is 0. |
| Last 12 Months Flag | NO | Represents a flag that is set to 1 if the date represents one of the last completed 12 months. Else the value is 0. If transfer date is 15 Nov 2012, then last 12 months means the range Nov 2011 until Oct 2012. |
| Last 24 Months Flag | NO | Represents a flag that is set to 1 if the date represents one of the last completed 24 months. Else the value is 0. If transfer date is 15 Nov 2012, then last 24 months means the range Nov 2010 until Oct 2012. |
| StartDateMSHy | YES | Hierarchy defined as "Start Year" -> "Start Quarter" -> "Start Month" |
| StartDateMFHy | YES | Hierarchy defined as "Start Year" -> "Start Quarter" -> "Start Month" -> "Start Date" |
| StartDateWSHy | YES | Hierarchy defined as "Start Year" -> "Start Week No" |
| StartDateWFHy | YES | Hierarchy defined as "Start Year" -> "Start Week No" -> "Start Date" |
| Cube Name |
| MANUFACTURING |
| BI Access View | BI Component | Recommended Source Type |
| DIM_BI_TIME_BI | BISEDI | On Line |
| ETL Step | File Name of SSIS Package | Table Name |
| E - Stage | 1.1.013 Load IFSAppl_DIM_BI_TIME_BI.dtsx | IFSAppl_DIM_BI_TIME_BI |
| T - DW | 2.1.013 Load Dw_DIM_TIME.dtsx | Dw_DIM_TIME |
| L - DM | 3.1.013 Load Dm_DIM_TIME.dtsx | Dm_DIM_TIME |