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Name

Controls the default column heading.

Comments

Not displayed on the report.

Precision

Decimal precision of the field. Can be overridden by each user of the report.

Effect

Action performed on the value retrieved from the database. 

Smoothing

For Attribution effects, provides backwards compatibility to prior releases. Replaced by Performance Attribution fields.
For Contribution effects, you can set this option to a value of Carino-1992 to apply smoothing when you link this Performance Analysis field over multiple periods.

Frequency

Periodicity of the returns extracted.

Use Preliminary or Final

Set to Final to only display a multi-period return based on this field if all of the observations are in Final status.

Fields

PERFORM database field that is retrieved.

Use Entity

Select the entity to use for the field. You can select:

• Profile Portfolio, the default value, which is the entity for which the report is running.
• The primary comparison benchmark, or another option to make it a benchmark field.
• Other Entities to select from a list of entities. If you select one, the entity is always used for this column, instead of referring to the fund's benchmark from the report profile.
  If you select a value other than Profile Portfolio, the remaining fields in this section become available.

Use Fund Fiscal Year

If you are defining a benchmark field, you can select this check box to link from the fund's fiscal year end date.

Use Fund Inception Date

If you are defining a benchmark field, you can select this check box to link from the fund's inception date.

Use Fund Termination Date

If you are defining a benchmark field, you can select this check box to use the related fund's termination date as a stop date for a linking period when that termination date occurs after the start date but occurs prior to the end date of the link period.
If you select this option for inception-to-date fields or fields greater than one year, the annualization day count also uses the termination date rather than the period end date for the field.