Standard Key Date in Planning Functions 

Definition

The standard key date is a key date that is used in the entire planning model. It can be set for every real-time enabled InfoCube in the characteristic relationships.

Use

The following options are available to set a key date.

●     Unspecified (default value is the system date if all of the participating InfoCubes have the key date = unspecified).

●     Fixed Date

●     From Variable

All objects that depend on the key date, such as the filter or hierarchies that are used in the filter or in the from and to values of the copy and distribution functions can be set to the standard key date.

If a planning function is executed, the system calculates the standard key date as follows.

●     If the aggregation level was created directly on a real-time enabled InfoCube, the standard key date is the same key date that is set in the characteristic relationships on this InfoCube.

●     If the aggregation level was created on a MultiProvider, all participating real-time enabled InfoCubes below the MultiProvider are checked. If all of these have the setting unspecified, the standard key date is the current system date. If one of the real-time enabled InfoCubes has another setting for its key date, the first one that returns a certain value wins. Variables are analyzed upon return.

All time-dependent objects continue to provide the option of using your own key date in your concrete application.

This can be useful in the following case: you want to use a specific hierarchy that is to be read with another key date than the master data attributes.

Integration

You make the key date setting for planning in the Planning Modeler in the InfoProvider area on the Settings tab page.