Run an association
When you run an association, Planning Business Modeler copies fact data from the source model to the destination model, and uses the dimension and member mappings that you specified.
Note
To run an association, every source and destination dimension must be either mapped or scoped. In addition, the source model and the destination model must be deployed.
You can decide to run an association directly, or run an association by scheduling a job.
You must be a member of the Data Administrator role to run an association. For more information, see Security and roles.
The following procedure provides steps for running an association.
To run an association directly in the Association workspace
In the Workspace Browser pane, select Associations, and then click the name of the association that you want to open and run.
To run an association, the association must be checked in to the model. If necessary, click Check In from the Association Tasks pane.
In the Association Tasks pane, click Available Actions. The Available Actions for <association name> dialog box appears**.**
In the Select action list, select Execute.
For each parameter in the Parameters list, select the parameter name and then select a Value from the drop-down list.
The following table describes the values that you can select for the parameters in this list.
Name Value Existing Data
Select Append to add new data, Scoped Replacement to refresh existing data, or Full Replacement to replace existing data with new data.
Validate
Select True to indicate that Planning Business Modeler should validate data integrity, False to indicate no validation
Refresh Model Data
Select True to indicate that Planning Business Modeler should refresh the data in the model site, False to indicate no refresh
Click OK to run the association.
A Messages dialog box appears and displays the errors, messages, and warnings that occur during the time the association runs.
To run an association in a Data Movement job
To run an association as part of a data movement job, follow the steps in Schedule a job and select the Data Movement Job template.
The following table shows the job properties that you must set to run a data movement job.
Job property Description Source Model Site
Specifies the site that contains the source model site. The values that you can select for Source Model and Target Model Site will vary based on the site you select here.
Source Model
Specifies the source model from which data will be moved.
Target Model Site
Specifies the site that contains the destination model site.
Target Model
Specifies the destination model to which data will be moved. The values that you can select for association are based on the model that you select here.
Association
Specifies the name of the association between the source and target models.
Existing Data
Select Append to add new data, Scoped Replacement to refresh existing data, or Full Replacement to replace existing data with new data.
Validate
Select True to indicate that Planning Business Modeler should validate data integrity, False to indicate no validation
Refresh Model Data
Select True to indicate that Planning Business Modeler should refresh the data in the model site, False to indicate no refresh