Time grid settings

A time grid attribute contains one or more sheets, in which each sheet contain a time line. On each sheet, a grid is displayed with its time line as column headings and a common set of row titles.
Table 1. Time grid settings
Setting Fields Description
General Name Type a name for the time grid attribute.
Alias Type a name as an alias. This name is used as a prefix when creating attributes to retrieve the investment analysis results.
Description Type a description. The text in this field is displayed in a hover help when the mouse pointer hovers over the attribute title. The text is also displayed when the attribute is being edited.
Administrator Notes Optional. In this field, enter information about the attribute that might be useful to other administrators. For example, This attribute must not be editable in any view. This text is displayed on the setup page for the attribute when you configure access levels for views or add global attributes to modules.
Allow Investment Analysis Select this field to enable the option to analyze investment and financials.
Link aggregation Incoming Links Settings Configure to aggregate a time grid attribute using an incoming links attribute. The source time grid must have a link attribute in the same module, and the target must have an incoming links attribute.
Show extra sheet Select to display the aggregated sheets and also the sheets of that time grid. Clear to display only the aggregated sheets.
General Time Grid Settings Sheets Add time grid sheets. For each sheet, specify the name, time scale, scenario type, start date, and end date.
  • Name: Enter a name for the sheet.
  • Time Interval: Select the time interval: Month, Quarter, Year.
  • Date Attribute:: Select this check box if date attributes are created for the start and end dates.
  • Start Date: Specify the start date. If the Date attribute is selected, select the date attribute that was created for the start date.
  • End Date: Specify the end date. If the Date attribute is selected, select the date attribute that was created for the end date.
  • Scenario Type: Select the scenario type for the sheet: High, Likely, Low, Actual.
  • Include in overview: Select to include the sheet in the overview.
Add Sheet Push button to add a time grid sheet.
Rows Add rows to the sheets. For each row, specify the name, type, and unit.
  • Cost: Select if the row indicates a cost.
  • Benefit: Select if the row indicates a benefit.
  • Summary: Select this check box to make the row a heading that displays the sum of the values in the cells that belong to the heading. Summary rows are locked for editing.
  • Heading: Select this check box to group the cells that are below the heading.
  • Locked: Select this check box to lock a row from editing.
  • Include in overview: Select to include the row in the overview.
Add Row Push button to add a time grid row.
Display in attribute list Display type Select the display type: Default, Stream, Chart, Table.
Time Interval Select the time interval: Month, Quarter, Year.
Change Log Settings Log changes Optional. Select this check box to record changes to the attribute.
Copy Default Display Settings To All Elements Push button to copy the default display settings to all elements. This will override the Display Type, Display Time Interval and Include in overview fields in the time grid settings for each element.
Copy Default Sheet Time Span To All Elements Push button to copy the time span of the default sheet to all elements in the module.
Copy Default Value To All Elements Push button to copy the default values of the attribute to all the elements in the module.

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