Properties

The following table shows a summary of user interface equivalents for properties.

Properties

UI equivalent

ActivityMeasure

Measure property sheet, Rollup tab, Activity Measure box (when measure type is Category Count)

Access: Read/Write

Aggregate

Special Category property sheet, Relative Time tab, Basic Approach box

Access: Read/Write

AllocationMeasure

Dimension, Level, or Category property sheet, Allocation tab

Access: Read

AllocationType

Dimension, Level, or Category property sheet, Allocation tab

Access: Read

AllowCurrencyConversion

Measure property sheet, General tab, Allow Currency Conversion check box

Access: Read/Write

AllowDrillThrough

Object property sheet, Drill Through tab, Allow Drill Through For This Measure check box

Access: Read/Write

AlternateQueryPath

PowerCube property sheet, General tab, Source File box

Access: Read/Write

Apex

Diagram menu, Apex command (when a category in a view is selected)

Access: Read/Write

Application

Transformer user interface

Access: Read

AssociationRole

Dimension property sheet, General tab, External Rollup Column box (when the Contains Externally Rolled Up Measure Values check box is selected in the General tab of the Data Source property sheet)

Level property sheet, Source tab

Measure property sheet, Type tab (when Type option is set to Column)

Currency Table property sheet, Base Table Columns box (when Use An External Currency Data Source check box is selected)

Access: Read/Write

Associations

Dimension property sheet, General tab, External Rollup Column box (when the Contains Externally Rolled Up Measure Values check box is selected in the General tab of the Data Source property sheet)

Level property sheet, Source tab

Measure property sheet, Type tab (when Type set to Column)

Currency Table property sheet, Base Table Columns box (when Use An External Currency Data Source check box is selected)

Access: Read

AssociationType

Dimension property sheet, General tab, External Rollup Column box (when the Contains Externally Rolled Up Measure Values check box is selected in the General tab of the Data Source property sheet)

Level property sheet, Source tab

Measure property sheet, Type tab (when Type set to Column)

Currency Table property sheet, Base Table Columns box (when Use An External Currency Data Source check box is selected)

Access: Read/Write

BlankSubstitute

Level property sheet, General tab, Blank Substitution box

Access: Read/Write

BlockParentTotals

PowerCube property sheet, Processing tab, Block totals for parents with excluded children check box

Access: Read/Write

CacheCrossTabs

PowerCube property sheet, Processing tab, Enable Crosstab Caching check box

Access: Read/Write

CalculationDefinitions

Dimension property sheet, Calculation tab

Access: Read

CanAllocate

Dimension, Level, Category property sheets (when Allocation tab is visible)

Access: Read

CanAllocateByMeasure

Object property sheet, Allocation tab, Select a Measure box

Access: Read

CanAllocateMeasure

Dimension, Level, Category property sheets, Allocation tab

Access: Read

Categories

Dimension diagram, category viewer

Access: Read

Category

Dimension diagram, category viewer

Access: Read/Write

CategoryCount

Edit menu, Show Counts command

Access: Read

CategoryCountLevel

Measure property sheet, Type tab, Dimension box and Level box (when Category Count button is selected)

Access: Read/Write

CategorySets

Dimension Category Calculation dialog box (accessed through Dimension property sheet, Calculation tab)

Access: Read

CharacterType

Data Source property sheet, Source tab, Character Set box

Access: Read/Write

ChildCategories

dimension diagram, category viewer

Access: Read

ChildCubes

PowerCubes list

Access: Read

ChildCustomViews

Custom Views list and Categories Viewer, Custom View tab

Code

Category property sheet, General tab, Category Code box

Access: Read/Write

Columns

Data Sources list

Access: Read

ColumnsLoaded

Data Sources list

Access: Read

Consolidate

PowerCube property sheet, General tab, Consolidate box

Access: Read/Write

Context

Level property sheet, Order By tab, Drill-Down list

Access: Read/Write

ContextLevel

Special Category property sheet, Relative Time tab, Context Period box

Access: Read/Write

ContextOffset

Special Category property sheet, Relative Time tab, Context Offset box

Access: Read/Write

ConvergenceLevel

In the dimension map, the level at which two or more alternate drill-down paths meet

Access: Read

Count

None

Access: Read

CountryCode

Currency property sheet, Country Code role, or Currency Record dialog box, Country Code box

Access: Read/Write

CubeCreation

PowerCube property sheet, Processing tab, Cube Creation box, one of: Enabled, Disabled

Access: Read/Write

Cubes

PowerCubes list

Access: Read

CubeStamp

None

CurrencyDecimals

Currency property sheet, Currency Record dialog box, Decimals box

Access: Read/Write

CurrencyFormatOverride

Currency property sheet, Currency Record dialog box, Override the Country Code check box

Access: Read/Write

CurrencyIsEMU

Currency property sheet, Currency Record dialog box, Member of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) check box

Access: Read/Write

CurrencyIsEuro

None

Access: Read/Write

CurrencyRates

Currency Table property sheet

Access: Read

CurrencyRecord

Currency property sheet, Currency Record dialog box

Access: Read

CurrencyRecords

Currency Table property sheet

Access: Read

CurrencySymbol

Currency property sheet, Currency Record dialog box, Currency Symbol box

Access: Read/Write

CurrencyTable

File menu, Currency Table command, Currency Table property sheet

Access: Read

CurrencyTables

File menu, Currency Table command, Currency Table property sheet

Access: Read

CurrencyTableType

Currency Table property sheet, Base Table or Euro Table

Access: Read/Write

CurrentModel

Help menu, About <model file name> command, File Name

Access: Read

CustomViews

CustomViews list and Categories Viewer, Custom View tab

DataCharacterSet

Preferences property sheet, General tab, Data Character Set box

Access: Read/Write

DataClass

Object property sheet, General tab, Data Class box

Access: Read/Write

DataRange

New Data Source wizard or New Model wizard, Table or Range box

Data Source property sheet, Source tab, Table or Range box

Access: Read/Write

DataSourcePath

Preferences property sheet, Directories tab, Data Source box

Access: Read/Write

DataSources

Data Sources list

Access: Read

DataTemporaryFilesPath

Preferences property sheet, Directories tab, Data Temporary Files (Dir1;Dir2) box

Access: Read/Write

DateDegreeofDetail

Column property sheet, Time tab, Degree of Detail box

Access: Read/Write

DateDegreeofDetailLevelName

Column property sheet, General tab, Degree of Detail box (when the Contains Externally Rolled Up Measure Values check box is selected in the General tab of the Data Source property sheet)

Access: Read/Write

DateFormat

Level property sheet (Date), Time tab, Date Format box

Access: Read/Write

DateFunction

Level property sheet (Date), Time tab, Date Function box

Access: Read/Write

DateInputFormat

Column property sheet, Time tab, Date Input Format box

Access: Read/Write

DateLevel

Currency Table property sheet, Currency Record dialog box, Date Level box

Access: Read/Write

DateWizard

Tools menu, Date Wizard command

Access: Read

DecimalPoint

Data Source property sheet (flat file data source type), General tab, Decimal Separator box

Access: Read/Write

Decimals

Column Object: None

Access: Read

DefaultDateFormat

Preferences property sheet, General tab, Default Date Format box

Access: Read/Write

Description

Object property sheet, Description tab

Access: Read/Write

DesiredPartitionSize

PowerCube property sheet, Auto-Partition tab, Desired Partition Size box

Access: Read/Write

DetachDataSource

Preferences property sheet, Files tab, Detach the Data Source after Generating Categories check box

Access: Read/Write

DetailLevel

PowerCube property sheet (Cube Group), Cube Group tab, Lowest Detail of Categories in the Level box

Access: Read/Write

DimensionInclude

Dimension diagram, left pane, User Class tab

Access: Read/Write

DimensionLevels

Dimension Map

Access: Read

DimensionName

Date Wizard

Access: Write

Dimensions

Dimension Map

Access: Read

DimensionView

Dimension diagram, User Class tab

Access: Read

DimensionViewType

PowerCube property sheet, Dimensions tab (when you right-click a dimension)

Access: Read/Write

DrillCode

Drill Category property sheet, Category Code box

Access: Read/Write

DrillDowns

Dimension Map

Access: Read

DrillInclusion

Drill Category property sheet, General tab, Inclusion box

Access: Read/Write

DrillThroughTargets

PowerCube property sheet, Drill Through tab, Custom Reports box

Access: Read

DuplicateRollup

Measure property sheet, Rollup tab, Duplicates Rollup box

Access: Read/Write

DuplicateWeight

Measure property sheet, Rollup tab, Duplicate Weight box

Access: Read/Write

EarliestDate

Date Wizard

Dimension property sheet (Date), Time tab, Earliest Date box

Run menu, Generate Date Categories command, Starting box

Access: Write (Date Wizard) Read/Write (DateDimension)

EMUEntryDate

Currency Table property sheet, Currency Record dialog box, Entry Date in the EMU (YYYYMMDD) box

Access: Read/Write

EnableMessageLogging

Preferences property sheet, Logging tab, Enable Message Logging check box

Access: Read/Write

EnableTimePeriod

Date Wizard

Access: Write

EstimatedRows

PowerCube property sheet, Auto-Partition tab, Estimated Number of Consolidated Records box

Access: Read/Write

ExcludeAutoPartition

Dimension property sheet, General tab, Exclude the Dimension from Auto-Partitioning check box

Access: Read/Write

ExpressionText

Column property sheet, General tab, Calculated option, Calculation button, Column Calculation box

Dimension property sheet, Calculation tab, Add button, Calculation button, Dimension Category Calculation box

Measure property sheet, Type tab, Calculated option, Calculation button, Measure Calculation box

Access: Read/Write

External

Data Source property sheet, General tab, Contains Externally Rolled Up Measure Values check box

Access: Read/Write

FieldSeparator

Data Source property sheet (flat file data source type), Source tab, Field Delimiter box

Access: Read/Write

FileName

Windows Explorer

Access: Read/Write

Format

Object property sheet, Format tab

Access: Read/Write

FormatDecimals

Measure property sheet, Format tab, Decimal Places box

Access: Read/Write

FullName

Windows Explorer

Access: Read

GenerateCategories

Data Source property sheet, General tab, Generate Categories check box

Access: Read/Write

GenerateDateCategories

Level property sheet (Date), Time tab, Generate All Categories in the Period check box (enabled when set to trGenerateDatesAll)

Access: Read/Write

GeneratePowerCube

Data Source property sheet, General tab, PowerCube Creation check box

Access: Read/Write

GenerateTimePeriod

Run menu, Generate Date Categories (when a time dimension is selected)

Access: Read/Write

Group

Calculation Definition box, Group Calculated Categories Together check box

Access: Read/Write

GroupLevel

PowerCube property sheet, Cube Group tab, Level box

Access: Read/Write

HasSubdimension

In the dimension map, a level that contains a subdimension has an ellipsis (...) next to its name

Access: Read

Inclusion

Object property sheet, General tab, Inclusion box

Access: Read/Write

IncrementalUpdate

PowerCube property sheet, Processing tab, This Cube is Incrementally Updated check box

Access: Read/Write

InputScale

Column property sheet, General tab, Input Scale box

Access: Read/Write

IsAnyColumnMismatched

Tools menu, Check Columns command

Access: Read

IsBad

File menu, View Suspended Models command

Access: Read

IsExpressionValid

OK button for

Dimension property sheet, Calculation tab, Add or Modify button, Dimension Category Calculation dialog box

Column property sheet, General tab, Calculation button, Column Calculation dialog box (when Column Type is set to Calculated)

Measure property sheet, Type tab, Calculation button, Measure Calculation dialog box (when Measure Type is set to Calculated)

Access: Read

IsManual

In the dimension map, manual levels appear with a hand icon

Access: Read

IsolationLevel

Data Source property sheet, Source tab, Isolation Level box (when the data source is an IQD)

New Model wizard

Access: Read/Write

IsPrimary

Object property sheet, General tab, Primary Drill Category check box

Access: Read/Write (DateDrillDown and DrillDown) Read (Category)

KeyName

Category property sheet, General tab, Source Value box

Access: Read/Write

Label

Object property sheet, General tab, <object> Label box

Access: Read/Write

LastUseDate

Object property sheet, General tab, Last Used On box

Access: Read

LatestDate

Date Wizard

Date Dimension property sheet, Time tab, Latest Date box

Run menu, Generate Date Categories command, Ending box

Access: Write (DateWizard) Read/Write (DateDimension)

LevelDrillDowns

Dimension Map, view of alternate drill-down paths

Access: Read

Levels

Dimension Map, view of levels in a dimension

Access: Read

LocalPath

Data Source property sheet, Source tab, Local Data File box

Access: Read/Write

LogErrorLevel

Preferences property sheet, Logging tab, one of four options: Severe Errors, Errors and Above, Warnings and Above, or Informational and Above

Access: Read/Write

LogFileAppend

Preferences property sheet, Logging tab, Append Logging Information check box

Access: Read/Write

LogFileName

Preferences property sheet, Logging tab, Log File Name box

Access: Read/Write

LogFilesPath

Preferences property sheet, Directories tab, Log Files box

Access: Read/Write

Lunar

none (use the Level property sheet, Time tab, Date Function box to determine the value)

Access: Read/Write

ManualCurrentPeriod

Dimension property sheet, Time tab, Automatically Set the Current® Time Period check box

Access: Read/Write

MaximizeSpeed

Data Source property sheet, General Tab, Uniqueness Verification box

Access: Read/Write

MaxNumPartLevels

PowerCube property sheet, Auto-Partition tab, Maximum Number of Passes box

Access: Read/Write

MaxTransactionNumber

Preferences property sheet, General tab, Maximum Number of Transactions per Commit box

Access: Read/Write

MDCFile

PowerCube property sheet, Output tab, PowerCube File Name box

Access: Read/Write

MeasureInclude

PowerCube property sheet, Measures tab

Access: Read/Write

MeasureName

PowerCube property sheet, General tab, Measure Name box

Access: Read/Write

Measures

Measures list

Access: Read

MeasureType

Measure property sheet, Type tab, one of Column, Calculated, or Category Count

Access: Read

MissingValue

Measure property sheet, General tab, Missing Value box

Access: Read/Write

ModelName

File menu, View Suspended Models command, Select Suspended Model box

Access: Read/Write

ModelsPath

Preferences property sheet, Directories tab, Models box

Access: Read/Write

ModelTemporaryFilesPath

Preferences property sheet, Directories tab, Model Temporary Files box

Access: Read/Write

ModelType

Windows Explorer

Access: Read

MonthType

Date Wizard

Level property sheet (Date), Time tab, Date Function box

Access: Write

Name

Object property sheet, <object> Name box Object property sheet, <object> Label box

Access: Read/Write Read (Application, Name, Report)

NewCatsLocked

Object property sheet, General tab, Prohibit Automatic Creation of New Categories check box

Access: Read/Write

Optimize

PowerCube property sheet, Processing tab, Optimization box

Access: Read/Write

OrderByDescending

Level property sheet, Order By tab, Sort Order box

Access: Read/Write

OrderByStorageType

Level property sheet, Order By tab, Sort As box

Access: Read/Write

Origin

None

Access: Read

OriginalName

Object property sheet, General tab, Original Name box

Access: Read

Orphanage

Category property sheet, Orphanage check box

Access: Read/Write

OutputScale

Measure property sheet, General tab, Output Scale box

Access: Read/Write

Parent

Any hierarchical view in Transformer

Access: Read

ParentCategories

Dimension diagram, category viewer

Access: Read

Partition

Object property sheet, General tab, Partition Number box

Access: Read/Write

Password

PowerCube property sheet, Output tab, Password box

Signon property sheet, General tab, Password box

Access: Write

Path

Windows Explorer

Access: Read

PopulateByDataSource

None

Access: Read/Write

Position

Column property sheet, General tab, Position box

Access: Read/Write

PowerCubesPath

Preferences property sheet, Directories tab, PowerCubes box

Access: Read/Write

Precision

Measure property sheet, Format tab, Precision box

Access: Read/Write

QualifiedName

Dimension map

Access: Read

QuarterType

Date Wizard

Level property sheet (Date), Time tab, Date Function box

Access: Write

QyPath

Preferences property sheet, Directories tab, Model Temporary Files box

Access: Read

Rate

Currency Table property sheet

Access: Read/Write

RefreshDescription

Level property sheet, Source tab, Description Refresh check box

Access: Read/Write

RefreshLabel

Level property sheet, Source tab, Label Refresh check box

Access: Read/Write

RefreshShortName

Level property sheet, Source tab, Tag Refresh check box

Access: Read/Write

RegularRollup

Measure property sheet, Rollup tab

Access: Read/Write

RegularWeight

Measure property sheet, Rollup tab, Regular Weight box

Access: Read/Write

ReverseSign

Object property sheet, General tab, Reverse the Sign check box

Access: Read/Write

Rollup

Special Category property sheet, General tab, Category Rollup check box

Access: Read/Write

RollupTiming

Measure property sheet, Rollup tab, Regular Timing box (for a calculated measure)

Access: Read/Write

RowsAsSample

Preferences property sheet, AutoDesign tab, Number of Rows Used as a Sample box

Access: Read/Write

RowsChecked

Preferences property sheet, AutoDesign tab, Number of Rows Checked box

Access: Read/Write

RunningPeriods

Special Category property sheet, Relative Time tab, Number of Periods box (when Relative Time is set to Custom and Basic Approach is set to a running total)

Access: Read/Write

Server

PowerCube property sheet, Processing tab, Processed box

Access: Read/Write

ServerModelPath

Model property sheet, Server tab, Model Path box

Access: Read/Write

ServerPath

Data Source property sheet, Source tab, Server Data File box (when Data Source Location is set to Server)

Access: Read/Write

ServerQuery

Data Source property sheet, Source tab, Data Source Location box

Access: Read/Write

ServicesBuildNumber

About box

Access: Read

ServicesVersionText

About box

Access: Read

SetsCurrentPeriod

Data Sources property sheet, General tab, Sets the Current Period check box

Access: Read/Write

ShortName

Object property sheet, General tab, Short Name box

Access: Read/Write

Signon

PowerCube property sheet, Output tab, Signon box (when database type is set to a value other than Local)

Access: Read/Write

Signons

Signons list

Access: Read

Size

Column property sheet, General tab, Size box

Access: Read/Write

Size (Model)

Windows Explorer

Access: Read

SortComparisonRule

Preferences property sheet, General tab, Sort Comparison Rules box

Access: Read/Write

SourceType

Data Source property sheet, Source tab, Source Type box

Access: Read/Write

SpecialCategoryCount

Dimension map (second figure in brackets under the dimension name)

Access: Read

SQLExpression

Data Source property sheet, SQL View tab

Access: Read

Status

PowerCube property sheet, Processing tab, Status box

Access: Read

StorageType

Measure property sheet, General tab, Storage Type box

Access: Read/Write

SummaryLevel

PowerCube property sheet, Cube Group tab, Summarize All External Categories in the Level box

Access: Read/Write

SuspendedModels

File menu, View Suspended Models command, Select Suspended Model box

Access: Read

TargetLevel

Special Category property sheet, Relative Time tab, Target Period box (when Relative Time is set to Custom)

Access: Read/Write

TargetOffset

Special Category property sheet, Relative Time tab, Target Offset box (when Relative Time is set to Custom)

Access: Read/Write

ThousandPoint

Data Source property sheet, General tab, 1000 Separator box (for flat file data sources)

Access: Read/Write

Time

Windows Explorer

Access: Read

TimeArrayColumn

Column property sheet, Column Name box

Access: Read/Write

TimeArrayStartMonth

Column property sheet, Array tab, Start Month box

Access: Read/Write

TimeArrayType

Column property sheet, Array tab, Array Type box

Access: Read/Write

TimeRank

Level property sheet (Date), Time tab, Time Level Ranking box

Access: Read/Write

TimeStateRollup

Measure property sheet, Rollup tab, Time State Rollup box

Access: Read/Write

TimeStateWeight

Measure property sheet, Rollup tab, Time State Weight box

Access: Read/Write

ToDateLevel

Special Category property sheet, Relative Time tab, To-date Period box (when Relative Time is set to Custom)

Access: Read/Write

Type

None

Access: Read

Unique

Level property sheet, Source tab, Unique check box

Access: Read/Write

UniqueMove

Level property sheet, Source tab, Move check box

Access: Read/Write

UserID

Signon property sheet, General tab, User ID box

Access: Read/Write

Version

Help menu, About IBM® Cognos® PowerPlay® Transformer command, About Transformer box

Access: Read

Views

dimension diagram, Dimension tab or User Class tab

Access: Read

ViewStatus

Diagram menu, one of; Exclude, Cloak, Suppress, Summarize or Apex command (when a category in a view is selected)

Access: Read/Write

ViewType

PowerCube property sheet, Dimensions tab (right-click a selection)

Access: Read/Write

WeekAdd

Date Wizard

Drill Category property sheet (Date), Time tab, Add an Extra Week box

Access: Write (DateWizard) Read/Write (DateDrillDown)

WeekSpan

Date Wizard

Drill Category property sheet (Date), Time tab, Partial Weeks box

Access: Write (DateWizard) Read/Write (DateDrillDown)

WeekStart

Drill Category property sheet (Date), Time tab, Week Begins On box

Access: Read/Write

WeekStartDay

Date Wizard

Access: Write

WorkingDay

Date Wizard

Dimension property sheet (Date), Time tab, Days in Week box

Access: Write (DateWizard) Read/Write (DateDimension)

WorkingDays

Date Wizard

Dimension property sheet (Date), Time tab, Days in Week box

Access: Write (DateWizard) Read/Write (DateDimension)

YearStartDay

Date Wizard

Drill Category property sheet (Date), Time tab, Year Begins box

Access: Write (DateWizard) Read/Write (DateDrillDown)

YearType

Date Wizard

Level property sheet (Date), Time tab, Date Function box

Access: Write