6.5.3 Oracle Essbase - Dimension Context Mappings

Once an Essbase connection is saved, the Mapping panel will automatically get focus.  The Mapping panel is used to map document concepts such as entity identifier, currency and reference date to the Essbase dimensions nominated in the Essbase Dimension COntet form when creating the connection:

1. Entity
2. Year
3. Period
4. Value

If a dimension has not been nominated to any of these document contexts, its mapping table can be ignored.

When mapping data objects in the report it is optional to provide a member from any of these 4 dimensions.  If no value is provided, the value used by the Essbase adaptor will be determined based on the 4 mapping tables.   By not providing an explicit value for any of these dimensions during mapping, it is easy to extract data for any entity, for any period in any currency without having to modify individual mappings.

Entity

The entity mapping panel is used to map the document's entity identifier used when creating the report - which will be the identifier used to identify the reporting entity with the regulator - to the Essbase Entity code.

The left column contains the document's identifier and the right column (which will default to be the same as the left column) must be edited to represent the Essbase entity code.

Year

The year mapping panel is used to map the year from the document's reference date to the year member of the Essbase database.  

The left column contains the document's reference date's year and the right column (which will default to be the same as the left column) must be edited to represent the Essbase year. 

Period

The period mapping panel is used to map the calendar month from the document's reference date to the period member of in the Essbase database.  

The left column contains the document's reference date's calendar month and the right column (which will default to [Year]) must be edited to represent the Essbase period such as Q1, Q2 etc. 

Value

The value mapping panel is used to map the currency from each data object to a member in the Essbase database.  

The left column contains the 3 digit currency code and the right column (which will default to <Entity Curr Total> ) must be the appropriate value in the Essbase database.