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titleWhat is Fiscal Hierarchy ?

Fiscal Hierarchy allows you to create reports with time members based on your Fiscal Year.

A fiscal year (or financial year, or sometimes budget year) is a period used for calculating annual ("yearly") financial statements in businesses and other organizations all over the world. In many jurisdictions, regulatory laws regarding accounting and taxation require such reports once per twelve months, but do not require that the period reported on constitutes a calendar year (that is, 1 January to 31 December). Fiscal years vary between businesses and countries. The "fiscal year" may also refer to the year used for income tax reporting.

In flex.bi the fiscal year/quarter/month/day is located in the time dimension. Before you can use the fiscal years/quarters/months/days to display the data in the corresponding time interval you must first set up a fiscal hierarchy. To create or edit a fiscal hierarchy follow these instructions:

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