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title: "Modeling Your Data"
description: "Lucanet xP&A offers various elements to model your data so it can be used in your model."
source_url: https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/xp-a---extended-planning-and-analysis/modeling-your-data
language: en
last_updated: 2023-08-16
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# Modeling Your Data

## Overview

xP&A offers various elements to model your data so it can be used in your model. This section contains information on:

- [Variables](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/xp-a---extended-planning-and-analysis/modeling-your-data/create-edit-variables.md): the building blocks of your models
- [Formulas](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/xp-a---extended-planning-and-analysis/modeling-your-data/create-andedit-formulas.md): enable you to work with numbers, ranges, and other variables
- [Time](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/xp-a---extended-planning-and-analysis/modeling-your-data/working-with-time.md): different time settings can be applied at formula level and at the level of each single model.
- [Dimensions](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/xp-a---extended-planning-and-analysis/modeling-your-data/using-dimensions.md): xP&As most powerful concept - useful when you have a concept that's broken down into different dimensions.