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CHAPTER 12

Understanding the Relationship of Analytic

Types to Analytic Models

This chapter discusses:

• Purpose of analytic type definitions.

• Relationship of record attributes to data caching behavior.

Purpose of Analytic Type Definitions

You create analytic type definitions for use with PeopleSoft Optimization Framework and PeopleSoft Analytic

Calculation Engine. In PeopleSoft Optimization Framework, you create analytic type definitions to group

optimization records, o ptimization transactions, and optimization plug-ins together as one entity.

See Enterprise PeopleTools 8.49 PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Optimization Framework, “Designing Analytic

Type Definitions,” Creating Analytic Type Definitions.

In PeopleSoft Analytic Calculation Engine, you create analytic type definitions to group records and an

analytic model together as one entity. You follow the same procedure to create analytic type definitions for

both PeopleSoft Optimization Framework and PeopleSoft Analytic Calculation Engine.

When creating a new analytic model definition, you create the analytic type definition in this developmental

sequence:

1. Create and save an analytic model definition.

See C

hapter 4, “Creating Analytic Model Definitions,” Understandi ng the Analytic Model Definition

Creation Process, page 27.

2. Create an analytic type definition and define records.

See C

hapter 12, “Understanding the Relationship of Analytic Types to Analytic Models,” E xample:

Working with an Analytic Type and an Analytic Model, page 202 and Enterprise PeopleTools 8.49

PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Application Designer, “Creating Record Definitions”.

3. Associate the analytic model to the analytic type.

See Enterprise PeopleTools 8.49 PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Optimization Framework,“Designing

Analytic Type Definitions,” Creating Analytic Type Definitions.

4. In the cube collection properties, map a main record in the analytic type to the cube collection.

You can also map an aggregate record in the analytic type to the cube collection.

See C

hapter 7, “Creating C ube Collections,” Mapping a Cube Colle ction to Main and Aggregate

Records, page 58.