BIDateDimensionManager Class [AX 2012]

The BIDateDimensionManager class is a support class that is used to manage SQL ServerAnalysis Services date dimensions.

Syntax

class BIDateDimensionManager

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Methods

	Method	Description
	cancelTimeOut	Cancels a previous method call to the setTimeOut method. (Inherited from Object.)
	equal	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current one. (Inherited from Object.)
	getTimeOutTimerHandle	Returns the timer handle for the object. (Inherited from Object.)
	handle	Retrieves the handle of the class of the object. (Inherited from Object.)
	new	Initializes a new instance of the Object class. (Inherited from Object.)
	notify	Releases the hold on an object that has called the wait method on this object. (Inherited from Object.)
	notifyAll	Releases a lock on the object that was issued by the wait method on this object. (Inherited from Object.)
	objectOnServer	Determines whether the object is on a server. (Inherited from Object.)
	owner	Returns the instance that owns the object. (Inherited from Object.)
	setTimeOut	Sets up the scheduled execution of a specified method. (Inherited from Object.)
	toString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	usageCount	Returns the current number of references, that is, the value of the reference counter, that the object has. (Inherited from Object.)
	wait	Pauses a process. (Inherited from Object.)
	xml	Returns an XML string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	::addDefaultDateDimensionRecord	Validates that at least one record exists in the BIDateDimensions table.
	::addMinAndMaxDates	Inserts the minimum date and the maximum date values for a date dimension.
	::biDotNetCulture2DotNetCultureInfo
	::constructDefaultHierarchyList	Constructs a comma-seperated string that defines the default hierarchy of a date dimension.
	::date2ClrDateTime
	::deleteCalendarRecord	Deletes a date dimension from a BIDateDimension table.
	::deleteDateDimensionData
	::getDateDimensions	Returns a set that contains the names of the existing date dimensions.
	::getDefaultCalendarHierarchies	Retrieves the specified BIDateHierarchy record with a new or existing hierarchy for a date dimension in the BIDateDimension table.
	::getDefaultHierarchies	Gets a set that contains all the available default hierarchies of a date dimension.
	::getEndDate	Gets the default date to use as the end date for a dimension.
	::getLabel	Gets the label for the date dimension that has the given name.
	::getLongDateString
	::getStartDate	Gets the default date to use as the start date for a dimension.
	::getUniqueDateDimensionName	Gets a unique date dimension name.
	::getUniqueHierarchyName	Gets a unique date dimension hierarchy name.
	::getUniqueLabel	Gets a unique label for a date dimension.
	::iterateHierarchyRecords	Serializes all the hierarchy records in this table.
	::languageId2DotNetCulture
	::monthNumberToName
	::populateDateDimension
	::populateDateDimensions	Populates data for the framework date dimensions.
	::populateDateDimensionTranslations
	::populateDateDimensionValues
	::populateTranslationsForLanguageId
	::saveCalendarRecord	Saves new calendar details to the BIDateDimension table and its hierarchies to the BIDateHierarchy table.
	::serializeBIDateDimensions	Serializes the BIDateDimension table data that can be consumed by the CubeManager class.
	::serializeBIDateHierarchy	Serializes the BIDateHierarchy table data so that it can be consumed by the CubeManager class.
	::startDateBasedonWeek	Determines the start day of the period, depending on the start day of the week that is selected by user in the calendar builder form.
	::tenDaysOfMonthToString

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Remarks

This is a framework class. Customizing this class may cause problems with future upgrades to the software.

Inheritance Hierarchy

Object Class
  BIDateDimensionManager Class