Time balance properties provide instructions to Essbase about how to calculate data in the accounts dimension. By default, a parent in the time dimension is calculated based on the consolidation and formulas of its children. Setting a time balance property causes parents to roll up in a different way. To use time balance properties, you must have a dimension tagged as accounts and a dimension tagged as time. Time balance properties can be applied only to a stored time dimension.
If you set a time balance property, you must also set the skip property to tell Essbase what to do when it encounters missing values or values of 0.
To set time balance properties for an accounts member:
Open the outline in edit mode.
The Outline tab is displayed.
Right-click the member and select Edit member properties.
In Member Properties, select the Information tab.
If the Time balance property is Average, First, or Last, from Skip option, select a skip property.
Click OK.
Outline Editor verifies that the time balance property is applied only to a stored time dimension.
“Setting Time Balance Properties” in the Oracle Essbase Database Administrator's Guide
“Setting Skip Properties” in the Oracle Essbase Database Administrator's Guide