Creating a Clear Data Slice Job

This Job type executes a clear data slice action within Hyperion FM.

CLEAR_DATA_SLICE Job

  • Login Data
  • The RA Hyperion FM Agent Connection Object object.

  • Application
  • The Hyperion FM application to log into.

  • POV
  • The point of view (POV) which contains at least Scenario, Year, Period, Entity and Value.

    Format: S#<SCENARIO>.Y#<YEAR>.P#<PERIOD>.E#<ENTITY>.V#<VALUE>

  • Clear Entity currency data
  • When checked, entity currency data is cleared.
    Default: Unchecked

  • Clear Rates and system data
  • When checked, rates and system data are cleared.
    Default: Unchecked

  • Enable Detailed logging
  • When checked, detailed logging is enabled.
    Default: Unchecked

Job Status

The status of the Job is "ENDED_OK - ended normally" if the clear data slice action throws no exception. Otherwise it is "ENDED_NOT_OK".

Job Output

If clear data slice finished successfully then "Execution of ClearDataSliceAction succeeded" appears in the report. Otherwise an error message is posted to the report.

In the report you can also see the parameters passed along to the Hyperion FM API call which were entered in the Automic Web Interface.

Log messages from Hyperion Financial Data Management Enterprise Edition can only be correctly translated/displayed in the Job reports if they are either Latin-9 or UTF-16 encoded.

Click in the Reports field to select the log file of the clear data slice process. The file name is "Log" followed by the RunID of the Job.

The report type of the HFM log in the Automation Engine is "W1".