The process level that is displayed for summary time periods corresponds to the process level for the last period in that interval. For example, if your fiscal year begins in July, the system displays the process level for September as the process level for Quarter 1. If you select multiple cells for Quarter 1 – for example, July, August, and September - and update the process level, the system displays an error message when it attempts to process Q1, because Q1 is not an input period. If you update the process level for the last period in the interval, September, the level is reflected for Q1.

The security access of upper level periods (Quarter 1 in this example) depends on the most restrictive security right of the lower periods (July, August and September). If, for example, a Review Level 1 user does not have access to all child periods, (in this case, July and August), the system does not display the information of the parent period (Quarter 1).

If the process management status for July and August is Published before the September process starts, the Review Level 1 user would have read-only access rights to July and August, and therefore read-only access rights to Quarter 1.