Understand PDC Workspace
In the Portfolio Data Center, the workspace is the area where portfolio data is displayed and edited. Each workspace has an associated ribbon with action buttons that allows you to view and manage data. Workspaces are grouped into top two-levels: Portfolio Desk and Setup
The following table lists the two top-level menus available in the workspace.
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Workspace | Description |
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Portfolio Desk | This top-level workspace is the Analyst Activity Center. It includes a summary pane to view the entities. It includes the following workspace:
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Setup | This top-level workspace is the workflow component configuration area. It includes the following workspaces:
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Across the top of Portfolio Data Center window are the application title bar, the Eagle navigator button, and the ribbon. To the left of the workspace, running vertically is the left navigation. Running horizontally at the bottom of the window are the workspace tabs, notification bar, process status, and application version details.
In the middle of all these elements is the workspace area. In PDC, the workspace is divided into three sections; the Search Detail pane, the Entity Summary pane, and the Exceptions pane.
For additional information on managing workspace searches, navigating in Eagle, and using the ribbon, see Getting Started with Eagle.
Understand the Ribbon
The ribbon provides you with a set of tools organized under tabs. By default, the Portfolio Data Center opens with Summary workspace with Home tab enabled.Â
Tabs and options become active in the context of activity on the screen. Icons on the ribbon are dimmed when the function is not operational.
Home TabÂ
The following table describes the common options that are found under the Home tab.
Group | Option | Action |
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Manage  | Create New | Creates a new entity by offering you a selection of enabled policies to choose from. |
Edit | Edits entity detail information. | |
Duplicate | Duplicates an entity. | |
View | Displays entity detail information. | |
Actions  | Submit Build | Enables you to submit an Entity Build for processing. Entity builds are used to build dynamic and/or custom composites and indices used for downstream reporting and performance. |
Release Exception | Releases an exception. | |
Authorize | Authorizes an exception. | |
Bulk Update | Allows you to do bulk updates for Field Overrides, Release Exceptions, Authorizations, Benchmark Assignments, and Peer Groups Assignments. | |
Overrides | Released Exceptions | Lists all the released exceptions (from the Actions/Release Exception button) and enables you to modify them. |
Data Overrides | Lists all manual changes (overrides) associated with an entity and enables you to modify the changes. | |
Audit | Audit | Lists manual changes made to entities. |
Reports | Reports | Generates operational reports that you can print and export. |
Notes | Attach/Comment | Attaches comments and documents to entities for a specific date or date range. |
Distribution | Export | Exports the data displayed in the workspace to an Excel or CSV file. |
Prints the data displayed in the workspace. | ||
Clipboard | Cut | Allows you to remove a selected item from the workspace. |
Copy | Allows you to select an item in the workspace and copy it to the clipboard. | |
Paste | Allows you to paste an item you copied into the workspace. | |
Tools  | Search | Allows you to search, view recent entities searches and save search criteria for reuse. |
Find | Enables you to find data in the workspace. | |
Compare | Allows you to compare multiple entities side-by-side (including field attributes & benchmark assignments). You can also save the compare criteria for reuse. | |
Refresh | Refresh Screen | Refreshes the results in the workspace. |
Grid Tab
Data is displayed in an Eagle workspace in a table of rows and columns called as grid. You can customize how data is presented in each workspace by using the Grid tab.
The following table describes the common options that are found under the Grid tab.
Group | Option | Action |
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Columns | Columns | Hides and enables columns in the grid. |
Freeze Columns | Allows you to pin the first column or the selected column fixed to the grid while scrolling through the remaining data columns. | |
Unfreeze Panes | Unlocks all columns, enabling you to scroll through the data. | |
Fit to | Enables you to resize the column width to fit the size of the header or the data. | |
Grouping | Group by | Groups the grid by a column. |
Ungroup | Ungroups all columns. | |
Show Group by Pane | Allows you to view groups by pane. | |
Expand All | Allows you to expand all rows in the grid. | |
Collapse All | Allows you to collapse all rows in the grid. | |
Sort and Filter | Ascending | Allows you to sort data in ascending order. |
Descending | Allows you to sort data in descending order. | |
Custom | Allows you to create multiple custom sorts for the grid. | |
Custom Filter | Allows you to create custom filters for the grid. | |
Clear Filters | Allows you to create custom filters for the grid. | |
View | Show | Displays row numbers and vertical gridlines. |
Find | Find | Allows you to find data in the workspace. |
Refresh | Refresh | Refreshes the results in the workspace. |
Settings | Restore Defaults | Clears custom settings that were applied to the grid. |
The Portfolio Desk Workspace
The Portfolio Desk workspace is the main work area in Portfolio Data Center where you view or modify data. You use the Summary workspace to filter, search, and display summary views of entities of any type. You can review the following data:
Outstanding exceptions
Pending authorizations
Processing status
Release level
You also can perform the following tasks:
Attach documents and comments
Audit manual overrides/changes
Create new entities
Edit overrides
Generate reports
The Portfolio Desk workspace is divided into two sections:
Search Detail paneÂ
Summary workspace
Search Detail Pane
The Search Detail pane of the Portfolio Desk enables you to define search criteria for viewing entities. The View By list enables you to determine the type of information to display in the Summary workspace. To specify which type of information to display, select one of the following options:
Option | Description |
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All | Displays all the available entities information in the Entities pane and all the exceptions that are available in the Exceptions pane as of a given date.
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Exceptions | Displays the exclusive list of exceptions by error message. In this case, the Exception pane appears first. You can use this control to determine the outstanding exceptions as of a given date. When you select (highlight) an exception in the Upper grid, the system displays the corresponding entities having those exceptions in the Entity pane. |
By default, the Search Detail pane is displayed in collapsed view mode. Click the chevron  at the far right corner of the title bar to expand the section. The Search Detail pane allows you to perform the following actions:
To create a new search criteria
To rerun the last search criteria
To run any saved searches
To enable an option that would prevent the Search grid from auto-closing after executing a search criteria.
Summary Workspace
The Summary workspace lists the entity information based on the search criteria. The Summary workspace is divided into two sections:
Entity pane
Exception pane
Entity Pane
The Entity pane details the entity information in grid format. You can add additional columns to create a custom view. This is achieved using the System Settings configuration in the Setup workspace. You can temporarily reorder the grid columns using drag and drop. You can also group the grid, by dragging and dropping a column into the grouping area.
You can change the default column order using the Column button in Grid tab.Â
The following table lists the default fields that are displayed in the Entity grid.
Column | Description |
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Effective Date | Specifies the most recent effective date of the entity |
Entity ID | Specifies the unique internal identifier of the entity. |
Engine Status | Specifies the status of the engine processing for history records. |
Rules Entity Name | Specifies the name of the entity. |
Entity Type | Specifies the type of entity. |
Release Level | Specifies the status (or) fit-for-purpose level of the entity. Portfolio Data Center derives the release level, which varies according to the number and type of validations that have passed or failed. You also can configure the number of release levels. The field displays among the following values:
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Account Policy | Specifies the policy that governs the entity. |
Needs Authorization | Indicates whether the entity has pending authorizations for release. |
Has Rejections | Indicates the authorization status of the entity, i.e., whether the entity has any rejected authorizations |
Entity Inception Date | Specifies the date the entity was created in the marketplace. Eagle's Performance solution uses this information. You cannot edit this field after you create the entity. |
Entity Base Currency | Specifies the base currency for the entity. |
Entity Fiscal End Date | Specifies the last date of the entity's fiscal year, which the system uses as the ending date range when adding accounting periods. |
Sector Type | Specifies the sector to which the entity belongs to. This is only applicable in the case of Mutual funds. |
Entity Update User | Specifies the name of the user who has created/last updated it. |
Entity Update Date | Specifies the created/last modified date of the entity. |
The 'i' before the field name indicates that the field is an internal field.
Exceptions Pane
The lower section of the Summary workspace displays the entities that the PDC engine has processed and which contains failed validations and pending authorizations. When you highlight a particular entity in the Entity pane, the system displays the exceptions associated with the selected entity in the Exceptions pane. In the title bar, the total number of exception records that are available for the entity is displayed.
The following table lists the default fields that are displayed in the Exception grid.
Column | Description |
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Field | Displays the name of the field for which failed validations/pending authorizations has occurred. |
Code | Displays the error code of the validation. |
Effective Date | Specifies the effective date for which the error has occurred. |
Status | Provides the status of the exception. |
Severity | Indicates the severity level of the exception:
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Error | Displays the validation error description. |
Business Description | Displays the business description provided for the error. |
Resolution | Provides the solution to the error. |
Assigned To | Provides the name of the Business group to which the exception/authorization is assigned to. |