Need Guideline in Workforce Planning

Hello All,
I am working on project, where I have to create data forms in workforce planning. I also am reading Oracle Hyperion workforce planning Administrator Guide. My question is can some one help or guide me to create my plan types?
I can create dimensions by Navigating > Administration > Dimensions > Add Dimensions
I can create Data Forms by Navigating > Administration > Managing Data Forms > Create
I have confusion about under given questions....
1- As I know there are pre-build data forms ..so how can we modify and use them for loading data? I can understand we can load data by DIM or Outline load Utility but how can we load data manually?
2- What is relationship between Dimension and Data Forms which I have mentioned up there? If I create Dimensions then we can work or Data Forms or is there any other philosophy?
3- How to increase rows, and columns in those data forms and what will be the Fields for HR?
I have been told to create two dimensions i.e. Employees and Positions. I can create those Dimensions as I mentioned above steps but what kind of parents and child i need to put and how can i load those dimensions in to Workforce Data Forms.
I hope to hear positive reply..
Thank you very much in Advance for helping me to understand this workforce.....I am really new in to workforce please help...
Thanks,

Hi Alp Burak,
Thanks for great guide line....I have already worked with essbase but i dont have enough exp. but i am more positive to learn every day new stuffs...and thanks for nice comments i will look through your suggested points then will get back to you....
But today i facing new error...if you any great views about then please pass to me
I have created new planning application at work since they asked me to develop workforce application for their business needs. I have created planning application and then I initialized to workforce.
Now as soon as I click on any of those Data Forms I am getting this error ( The data form Begin vs End is invalid. Check log for details. ) ...............> Moreover, I have checked error.log file too and it was saying that there is no any application.
I went back to Essbase system to create Essbase server and put same name as my application has then tried to REFRESH but as soon as i click on refreshed I have not get any message or any changes....other than that I went back to my workforce planning application even i am not able to see REFRESH button Visible....
Please guide me and let me know that where i am laging...and what should i have to do....since I have already ready Planning admin and workforce admin guide too but just do not get why i am getting this error...
I will appreciate you if you guide me from you precious time.....This my work project so hop to hear from you...
Thank you very much in advance...and prompt reply will be appreciated

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