Custom Dimensions

In addition to the eight system-defined dimensions, Hyperion Financial Management provides four custom dimensions. You use the custom dimensions to store additional detail, such as products, measurement adjustments, or balance sheet movement. For example, you can have a custom dimension for products associated with your Sales account that you can use to track sales by product.

It is best to think of custom dimensions as another view of the accounts. For example, you may want to view your operating Expense by Function or Department. You may want to see Revenue by Product. In those cases you can put Function and Product in a Custom dimension. Then, by attaching the custom dimensions to the accounts, you create a valid intersection ...

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