Derivations

You can set up derivations to work with dimensions.

A derivation is a value a dimension should derive when the dimension is chosen (such as all employees with New York listed as state will derive US as country). You can also indicate whether the derived value should overwrite any existing values.

The derived value can come from other dimensions, or from jobs, activities, employees, vendors, customers, or the user. Derived dimensions are values that you setup to be linked behind the scenes in Maconomy. You can specify values that you want to derive from each job, activity, and so on, in the Derived Dimensions island in the window in which the information tab is created and maintained, such as the Jobs workspace. If a dimension value is derived, it is not necessary to enter a value manually in the field, as the derived value is transferred automatically.