The Current Workspace Settings

Current Workspace settings allow you to define workspace-level settings for Monarch Data Prep Studio.

Conversion

These settings affect how information from text-based data sources is interpreted and converted to either the numeric or date/time format for the current workspace. You can specify a decimal separator (for converting text to numeric) and a date format, first year of century, and date/time extraction pattern (shown when the Show advanced options box is ticked) (for converting text to date/time). Ticking the Apply to existing tables check box applies all settings to all open tables. If the check box is not ticked, only tables that will be opened after you close the dialog will reflect your conversion settings.

Display

These settings allow you to specify the default format when data are displayed in tables for the current workspace. The Default Locale parameter sets the language to be used by the application, and the Default Date Format parameter specifies the default format of date/time columns.

Note that while most data sources, such as delimited text, excel, XML/JSON, etc., will correctly use the default column format settings to display the data, Monarch files will not use the default column format settings of the workspace since the column formats are applied in Monarch Classic and attached to the model when exported. Files opened in Report Design (such as Text and PDF Reports) also do not take into account the default column format settings since each field created in Report Design allows the column formats to be set within Report Design. These column formats take precedence over the default column format settings of the workspace.

Time Intervals

This setting allows you to set the characteristics of a fiscal year, fiscal weeks, and fiscal periods for the current workspace.

Fiscal Year Settings

Field	Description
Month-based	Specifies that the fiscal year consists of 12 calendar months.
First month of the fiscal year	Selects the month of which the first day begins the new fiscal year.
Week 1 starts on January 1	Specifies that the first week of the fiscal year begins on January 1.
Each week starts on a specified weekday	Defines the start of a fiscal week and the week number of a partial week.
Week-based	Specifies that the fiscal year consists of 52 or 53 whole weeks. You can specify the first day of each fiscal week, a reference month and day, and a rule for year start or end. Select to divide the year into four 13-week quarters, then pick one of the following: The week distribution pattern is 4-4-5 - Select to specify that each quarter is divided into a period with a pattern of 4 weeks, 4 weeks, 5 weeks. The week distribution pattern is 4-5-4 - Select to specify that each quarter is divided into a period with a pattern of 4 weeks, 5 weeks, 4 weeks. The week distribution pattern is 5-4-4 - Select to specify that each quarter is divided into a period with a pattern of 5 weeks, 4 weeks, 4 weeks.
The year is divided into four 13-week quarters	Divides the year into four 13-week quarters and allows you to choose a week distribution pattern and quarter and period in which to place the 53rd week if necessary.
The year is divided into thirteen 4-week periods.	Divides the year into thirteen 4-week periods and allows you to choose a period in which to place the 53rd week if necessary.

Calendar Week Settings

Field

Description

Week 1 starts on January 1.

Specifies that the first full week of the year starts on the first day of the week on or after January 1.

Each week starts on a specified weekday

Specifies that the week begins on a specific weekday and allows you to set a week number for a partial week.

Formatting Settings

Field	Description
Interval	Lists the names of the time intervals available.
Formatting Mask	Displays the formatting mask applied to the adjacent interval. To edit the formatting mask, double-click on the desired time interval, or select an interval and press the Edit Formatting Mask button .
Sample Value	Shows the effect of the formatting masks on today’s date. To change the date that the sample value is based on, adjust the sample date calendar control accordingly. This control is located on the right-hand side of the dialog immediately below the table containing the time intervals.
Description	Displays a description of each time interval.

Ticking the Apply to existing tables check box applies all settings to all open tables in your current workspace as well as newly created workspace. If the check box is not ticked, only tables in the current workspace will reflect your conversion settings.

Runtime parameters

Allows you to define and set values for runtime parameters that can be used by all tables in the current workspace.

Refer to Working with Runtime Parameters for details on defining and using runtime parameters.