FPSBASE.CAL_PLAN_MONTHS

START_PLAN_MONTH

DATE

This is the plan month not the calendar month. Start of the plan month must be the start of a plan week and each plan week must be within a single plan month.

CORRESPONDING_START_WORK_MONTH

DATE

N

This is the start of the work month which most closely corresponds with this plan month. We prefer that plan and work calendars are identical so this would be equal to start_plan_month but if they are off we need to be able to match them as close as possible using this field.

END_PLAN_MONTH

DATE

N

It is critical that this field equal the start_plan_month of the next plan month.

PLAN_MONTH

VARCHAR2(9)

N

Name of plan month must be unique and can be in any format as long as it is display friendly since this is what we show everywhere. We prefer that other tables should reference start_plan_month rather than plan_month in case we want to change the naming convention for the plan_month.

PLAN_MONTH_DISPLAY

VARCHAR2(13)

N

Particularly at sites which use a fiscal year starting in July we might want to show a longer month in certain places that includes the fiscal month and calendar month for clarity.