By default the BFC Application Database time range is set from year 2012 to year 2015.
How to ...
> to forward extend the time range please select from the drop down list the year requested
> to backward extend the time range please click on the "Clear database &..." button and act as indicated
> to add any further time dimension as Fiscal Year or Quarter, please check the related check-box
> Changing Language settings alters time entities description only (e.g. from January to Januar)
> Extending backward the database , it empties the all the Infocubes time dimensioned. Any data , already loaded, must be re-loaded from the scratch.
> Adding additional Time Entities doesn't not have any impact on the Application : Infocube granularity is unaltered (by month).
For a complete description of the database time range please refer to official documentation.
Entities and Infocubes
An entity is basically a collector of items : each item is identified through its code and description.
> Code Width : adapt it accordingly with your specs
> Desc Width : adapt it accordingly with your specs
> Max Item nr : adapt it accordingly with your specs
> Altering any of the properties above, empties the entity itself. Any data must be re-loaded from the scratch .
> Altering any of the properties above could cause issue in some ASCII data-reading at Fixed Length Width : we suggest to quickly assess them.
> Sort by and Display Options are by default parameters only . Altering them has no impact on the Application. A different setting can be anyway defined at Report Layout level.
We do not suggest to change the database name: if you do, you have to re-link all the Capsules Screens to the new Database.
For a complete description of the database entities and relationship properties and settings please refer to next sections.