Outline Editor provides a graphical view of outline dimensions and members, enabling you to define an Essbase database. Outline Editor is a window with tabs providing various types of portals through which you can view and change outline content, structure, and properties. If more than one outline is open, each outline is displayed in a separate Outline Editor window.
The Outline tab displays the dimensions and members of the outline in a hierarchical tree structure, enabling you to see relationships as you work with members. To help you work with outline dimensions and members, you can customize the information displayed and select the colors used. Outline Editor provides several different approaches for you to access and change outlines:
Right-click shortcut menus. Right-click an item on the tree to see a shortcut menu that lists actions you can take. Using this approach you can perform such tasks as adding and deleting dimensions and members, sorting members, accessing member information, and splitting the view into multiple panes. More info ...
Drag and drop. Select and move an item. More info ...
Menus on the Administration Services Console menu bar. Editing an outline adds the Outline menu to the menu bar. The menu is not context-sensitive. You can access menu items at any time in Outline Editor and can perform the following actions:
Define generations and levels
Define Dynamic Time Series members
Update the outline dynamically using a rules file
Expand and collapse the outline
Outline Editor toolbar. Click an Outline Editor toolbar button for immediate access to the functionality that it provides.
Keyboard shortcuts. Press a key or key combination to initiate the most common outline tasks.
You can split the Outline tab into multiple panes, enabling you to view different parts of the outline at the same time.
The Outline Properties tab also displays outline properties in a tree format. Viewing and changing property information is similar to working with Enterprise View. Open and close nodes that group related information and properties.
Click an underlined value to open a text box or a drop-down list box and change the value. Values shown without underlines are not editable.
Right-click an item on the tree to see a shortcut menu that lists actions you can take.
Other Outline Editor tabs provide informational lists, such as a list in response to a verify request or a find operation, or a list of modifications made to the outline.