Dimensions

A dimension is a classification used to organize, sort, and report on company information.

Standard dimensions such as Location and Department are provided by the system, or you can create user-defined dimensions (UDDs) with Platform Services. A UDD is simply a custom object that is enabled as a user defined GL dimension. Dimensions are available on reports and transaction entry pages.

A relationship between dimensions lets you populate a dimension value in a transaction based on the value of another dimension. Consider the following example, which shows the relationships for three UDDs.

relationships between UDDs

Given that the relationship from PARTNER to PARTNER_TYPE is to one, the system can be set up to auto-fill the value for PARTNER_TYPE when a specific partner is chosen on a transaction entry page. For example, choosing the Sarderra Partner on a transaction entry page can result in the prepopulated value of Full Service for Partner Type. In addition, since PARTNER_TYPE has a to-one relationship to LINE_OF_BUSINESS, providing the Full Service Partner Type can prepopulate the Line of Business field. Note that such fields can be set up as read only, as is the case for Line of Business, or available to override, as is the case for Partner Type.

autofill UI example

List Dimensions

Lists all standard dimensions and UDDs in a company along with helpful integration information about the object.

getDimensions

<getDimensions/>

Parameters

No parameters

Response

The above function returns data structured like this:

<dimensions>
    <dimension>
        <objectName>DEPARTMENT</objectName>
        <objectLabel>Department</objectLabel>
        <termLabel>Department</termLabel>
        <userDefinedDimension>false</userDefinedDimension>
        <enabledInGL>true</enabledInGL>
    </dimension>
    <dimension>
        <objectName>LOCATION</objectName>
        <objectLabel>Location</objectLabel>
        <termLabel>Location</termLabel>
        <userDefinedDimension>false</userDefinedDimension>
        <enabledInGL>true</enabledInGL>
    </dimension>
    <!-- ... -->
    <dimension>
        <objectName>LINE_OF_BUSINESS</objectName>
        <objectLabel>Line of Business</objectLabel>
        <termLabel>Line of Business</termLabel>
        <userDefinedDimension>true</userDefinedDimension>
        <enabledInGL>true</enabledInGL>
    </dimension>
</dimensions>

Parameters

Name Type Description
objectName string Object integration name
objectLabel string Object label
termLabel string Terminology label, if renamed in company terminology
userDefinedDimension boolean This is true if the dimension is setup as a user defined dimension
enabledInGL boolean This is true if the dimension is enabled in the General Ledger module

List Dimension Relationships

Lists all standard dimensions and UDDs and provides information about their to-one and to-many relationships to other dimensions.

getDimensionRelationships

<getDimensionRelationships/>

Parameters

No parameters

Response

In this sample response, the LOCATION standard dimension has no relationships, but the UDDs do. For example, LINE_OF_BUSINESS has a one-to-many relationship to PARTNER_TYPE. Further down, you see that the PARTNER_TYPE has a many-to-one relationship back to LINE_OF_BUSINESS.

<relationship>
    <dimension>LOCATION</dimension>
    <object_id>5003</object_id>
    <autofillrelated>false</autofillrelated>
    <enableoverride>false</enableoverride>
</relationship>
...
<relationship>
    <dimension>LINE_OF_BUSINESS</dimension>
    <object_id>10002</object_id>
    <autofillrelated>true</autofillrelated>
    <enableoverride>true</enableoverride>
    <related>
        <dimension>PARTNER_TYPE</dimension>
        <object_id>10003</object_id>
        <relationship_id>10123</relationship_id>
        <source_side>One</source_side>
        <related_side>Many</related_side>
    </related>
</relationship>
<relationship>
    <dimension>PARTNER_TYPE</dimension>
    <object_id>10003</object_id>
    <autofillrelated>true</autofillrelated>
    <enableoverride>false</enableoverride>
    <related>
        <dimension>LINE_OF_BUSINESS</dimension>
        <object_id>10002</object_id>
        <relationship_id>10123</relationship_id>
        <source_side>Many</source_side>
        <related_side>One</related_side>
    </related>
    <related>
        <dimension>PARTNER</dimension>
        <object_id>10004</object_id>
        <relationship_id>10124</relationship_id>
        <source_side>One</source_side>
        <related_side>Many</related_side>
    </related>
</relationship>
<relationship>
    <dimension>PARTNER</dimension>
    <object_id>10004</object_id>
    <autofillrelated>true</autofillrelated>
    <enableoverride>true</enableoverride>
    <related>
        <dimension>PARTNER_TYPE</dimension>
        <object_id>10003</object_id>
        <relationship_id>10124</relationship_id>
        <source_side>Many</source_side>
        <related_side>One</related_side>
    </related>
</relationship>

relationship[0...n]

Parameters

Name Type Description
dimension string Name of the standard dimension or UDD
object_id string Dimension ID
autofillrelated string Indicates whether the values for related dimensions can be auto-filled
enableoverride string Indicates whether the auto-filled relationship values can be overriden
related related[0...n] Related dimensions

related[0...n]

Name Type Description
dimension string Name of the related standard dimension or UDD
object_id string Dimension ID
relationship_id string Relationship ID
source_side string Cardinality of the relationship from the source dimension
related_side string Cardinality of the relationship to the target (related) dimension

List Dimension Auto-fill Details

Provides information about auto-fill settings for to-one relationships between dimensions. (If the relationship is to-many, auto-fill is not available.)

getDimensionAutofillDetails

<getDimensionAutofillDetails/>

Parameters

No parameters

Response

This sample response shows that the PARTNER_TYPE dimension has a relationship to LINE_OF_BUSINESS where the value is auto-filled and cannot be overriden. The PARTNER dimension has a relationship to the PARTNER_TYPE dimension in which the relationship value is auto-filled but can be overriden.

<relationship>
    <dimension>LOCATION</dimension>
    <object_id>5003</object_id>
    <enableoverride>true</enableoverride>
</relationship>
<relationship>
    <dimension>LINE_OF_BUSINESS</dimension>
    <object_id>10002</object_id>
    <enableoverride>false</enableoverride>
</relationship>
<relationship>
    <dimension>PARTNER_TYPE</dimension>
    <object_id>10003</object_id>
    <enableoverride>false</enableoverride>
    <autofill>
        <dimension>LINE_OF_BUSINESS</dimension>
        <object_id>10002</object_id>
        <relationship_id>10123</relationship_id>
        <type>Many-to-One</type>
    </autofill>
</relationship>
<relationship>
    <dimension>PARTNER</dimension>
    <object_id>10004</object_id>
    <enableoverride>true</enableoverride>
    <autofill>
        <dimension>PARTNER_TYPE</dimension>
        <object_id>10003</object_id>
        <relationship_id>10124</relationship_id>
        <type>Many-to-One</type>
    </autofill>
</relationship>

relationship[0...n]

Parameters

Name Type Description
dimension string Name of the standard dimension or UDD
object_id string Dimension ID
enableoverride string Indicates whether auto-filled relationship values can be overriden for this dimension
autofill autofill[0...n] Dimension relationship with auto-fill enabled. Only to-one relationships can be auto-filled.

autofill[0...n]

Name Type Description
dimension string Name of the standard dimension or UDD for the related dimension
object_id string Dimension ID
relationship_id string Relationship ID
type string Cardinality of the relationship from the perspective of the source dimension.

List Dimension Restrictions

Provides information about dimensions with to-one restrictions.

getDimensionRestrictions

<getDimensionRestrictions/>

Parameters

No parameters

Response

The response shows the to-one restrictions for each dimension, for example:

...
<restriction>
    <dimension>PARTNER_TYPE</dimension>
    <object_id>10003</object_id>
    <restrictedby>
        <dimension>LINE_OF_BUSINESS</dimension>
        <object_id>10002</object_id>
        <relationship_id>10123</relationship_id>
    </restrictedby>
</restriction>
<restriction>
    <dimension>PARTNER</dimension>
    <object_id>10004</object_id>
    <restrictedby>
        <dimension>PARTNER_TYPE</dimension>
        <object_id>10003</object_id>
        <relationship_id>10124</relationship_id>
    </restrictedby>
</restriction>
...

List Dimension(s) Restricted Data

Lists the IDs of related dimensions that are the target(s) of to-many relationships from a single source dimension.

Note: To get to-one relationship values, list the dimension object and look for related fields (rfields) in the output. For more information, see the FAQ.

getDimensionRestrictedData

<getDimensionRestrictedData>
    <DimensionValue>
        <dimension>PARTNER_TYPE</dimension>
        <value>Full Service</value>
    </DimensionValue>
</getDimensionRestrictedData>

Parameters

Name Required Type Description
DimensionValue Required object Dimension value to list. Provide only 1.

DimensionValue

Name Required Type Description
dimension Required string Dimension to list
value Required string Value either Name/ID of dimension

Response

The sample response provides the IDs of the two related PARTNER records that are the targets of to-many relationships from the PARTNER_TYPE dimension. Nothing can be returned for the LINE_OF_BUSINESS dimension as it is the target of a to-one relationship from PARTNER_TYPE.

<RestrictedData>
    <dimension>PARTNER</dimension>
    <value>10008</value>
    <value>10009</value>
</RestrictedData>

RestrictedData[0...n]

Parameters

Name Type Description
dimension string Name of the related standard dimension or UDD that is the target of a to-many relationship
value value[0...n] IDs for the related dimension values that are the targets of to-many relationships

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