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Datacolumn Settings

Datacolumn settings are divided into datacolumn generation settings, headers, hierarchy year settings, dimension settings, other datacolumn settings, and datafield settings. The following tables and topics describe the elements, attributes, and possible values in more detail.

Datacolumn generation settings

Element

Attributes

Possible values

<datacolumns>

 

 

      <generates>

 

 

reportsheet

dynamic, static

            <settings>

 

 

fittopages

true, false (default)

pagebreakblocks

true, false (default)

removeemptyblocks

true, false (default)

            <generateitem>

 

 

dimensiontype

dim[nn], codim00, account, datatype, finyr, finper, documentseries

generatetype

next, input, selected, branch, all

level

 

hierarchy

Hierarchy ID, variable %DIMnn HIERARCHY%

sourcedatatype

Data type code, Variable %DATA TYPE CODE%, Empty or not defined

sourceyear

Year code, Variable %YEAR CODE%, Empty or not defined

generateorder

parentfirst (default), childfirst

                    <settings>

 

 

showselectedunit

no, first, last

                    <udid>

 

 

For details about elements, attributes, and possible values, see Datacolumn Generation Sub-Elements.

Datacolumn header settings

Element

Attributes

Possible values

<datacolumns>

-

-

      <headers>

-

-

            <header>

-

-

For details about elements, attributes, and possible values, see Datacolumn Header Sub-Elements.

Datacolumn hierarchy settings

Element

Attributes

Possible values

<datacolumns>

-

-

      <settings>

-

-

            <hierarchyyears>

-

-

                    <hierarchyyear>

-

Any year udid found in the database, %USERFINYEAR%, %YEAR CODE% (and %YEAR CODE-n%)

For details about elements, attributes, and possible values, see Datacolumn Hierarchy Year Sub-Elements.

Datacolumn dimension settings

Element

Attributes

Possible values

<datacolumns>

 

 

      <datacolumn>

 

 

id

 

            <account_statement>

 

true, false (default)

            <headers>

 

 

                    <header>

 

 

language

Languages used in the system, %COLDIMnn CODE%

            <dimensions>

 

 

                    <dimension>

 

 

type

datatype, account, finyr, finper, document, documentseries, position, dim00 ... dim09, codim00, oid, inputtype

Not in use: datatypever, coaccount

                          <hierarchy>

 

Hierarchy ID, %DIMnn HIERARCHY%

                          <level>

 

 

                          <dimensionudids>

 

 

                                  <dimensionudid>

 

ID for the option, %parent_n%, manualentry, autocalculation, calculated, NCI, reconciliation

For details about elements, attributes, and possible values, see Datacolumns Dimension Sub-Elements.

Other datacolumn settings

Element

Attributes

Possible values

<datacolumns>

 


      <datacolumn>

 


id


            <settings>

 


                    <save>

 

yes, no, saveonly (not in use)

                    <scaling>

 


                    <currency>

 

Identifier of the currency,%USERCURRENCY%

                    <periodizing>

 

sum, pattern, periodizable

            <generalcolumnsettings>

 


            <selector>

.


type

none, dim[nn], account, documentseries, document, datafield, finyr, finper, datatype

generatetype

branch, all, input, selected, none

hierarchy

%DIMnn HIERARCHY%, ID of a specific hierarchy

sourcedatatype

%DATA TYPE CODE%/%USERDATATYPE%, empty value or missing attribute, ID of a specific data type

sourceyear

%YEAR CODE%/%USERFINYEAR%, empty value or missing attribute,  ID of a specific financial year

                    <udid>

 


For details about elements, attributes, and possible values, see Other Datacolumn Sub-Elements.

Datafield settings

Element

Attributes

Possible values

<datacolumns>

 

 

      <datacolumn>

 

 

id

 

            <datafield>

 

 

datasource

report, input, celldrilldown, tr

type

numeric, extra, formulas, comment, trlink, invdata

presentationtype

formulas

                    <invdata>

 

 

field

amount, margin, taxpcent0, taxpcent

                    <extra>

 

 

field

 

                    <formulas>

 

 

                          <formula>

 

 

type

all

                    <numeric>

 

 

amount

unit, group

period

periodical, cumulative, %PERIOD REPRESENTATION%

For details about elements, attributes, and possible values, see Datafield Sub-Elements.

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