Sharing members allows alternate hierarchical structures within the Dimension Library. Base members must exist before creating shared members. You can create multiple shared members for a member.
The second instance of any member is tagged as a shared member, with “Shared” in parentheses.
In the following example, the entity Washington is a member of the UnitedStates hierarchy and a member of the Management-Gates hierarchy.
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When only parent members are shared, the Dimension Library displays the shared parent and its children, though only the parent is created as a shared member. The Application Library displays only the shared parent members (not the children) for Essbase, Planning, and Profitability and Cost Management applications; for Financial Management applications, children are displayed under the shared parent. |
You can create shared members in two ways:
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Copy and paste the shared member as a child or sibling. See Creating Shared Members by Copying and Pasting.
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Insert the shared member using the member selector, which enables you to select members from a different portion of the dimension without losing your position in the Shared Library tree view. See Creating Shared Members Using the Member Selector.
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You can modify global properties for shared instances of members. For information on global and relationship properties, see Modifying Properties. |