POV specifies a symmetric region in the database that describes the context in which allocations are performed. The POV can consist of only level 0 members. The dimensions defined in the POV cannot be used in other parameters, except for the basis and the basis time span.
The allocation is repeated for every combination of members in the POV set. The number of POV combinations is the product of the number of members from dimensions with multiple members. (Dimensions with only one member are not used to calculate the number of combinations.)
For example, assume that the POV consists of two dimensions (CostCenter and Project), and allocations are to be made to two cost centers (CostCenter1 and CostCenter2) and three projects (Project1, Project2, and Project3). The number of POV combinations is six:
Project1,CostCenter1 Project1,CostCenter2 Project2,CostCenter1 Project2,CostCenter2 Project3,CostCenter1 Project3,CostCenter2
The allocation is repeated six times by successively setting the allocation context to each combination.
Values considered as the basis for the allocation are dependent on the POV combination. See Setting the Basis.
Note: | If time periods are specified in the POV, you cannot use the amount time span and the target time span options. See Setting the Amount and Setting the Target, respectively. |