In dimensions with large member sets, users can define selections by using the Dimension Browser right-click menu. Right-clicking member names enables selection by familial relationship and data-source-specific options.
Table 13. Dimension Browser Right-Click Menu
Icon | Command | Description |
|---|---|---|
Select Member | Selects the currently member | |
| Also Select Children | Selects the current member and its children |
| Also Select Descendants | Selects the current member and its descendants |
| Select Parent | Selects the parent of the current member |
| Also Select Ancestors | Selects the current member and its ancestors |
| Also Select Siblings | Selects the current member and members on its level and of its parent. |
| Select Dim Bottom | Selects lowest-level members |
| Select Dim Top | Selects the highest ancestor |
| Also Select Level | Selects the current member and all members on its level |
| Also Select Generation | Selects the current member and all members of its generation |
| Also Select Previous | Displays the Previous Selection dialog box, typically used to select previous members at the current level |
| Also Select Subset | Displays the Subset dialog box, used to select an Analytic Services member subset. |
No Icon | Substitution Variables | Displays the Substitution Variables dialog box, used to set a substitution variable as the dimension selection |
No Icon | User Defined Fields | When Financial Management is used as a data source, displays the User Defined Fields dialog box, in which you can specify one of three pre-defined attribute values, select members featuring the specified attribute values, and compose compound selection statements with AND and OR |
No Icon | Dynamic Time Series | Displays the Analytic Services Dynamic Time Series menu (for example: History To Date, Quarter To Date) |
No Icon | Search | Displays the Search dialog box, in which you use search criteria to locate members of large dimensions (adds found members to the Selection list) |
No Icon | Find In Tree | Locates members in large dimensions; expands the dimension hierarchy but does not add found members to the Selection list |
