Searching for Members Using the Member Selector

You have two options to search for members in the member selector.

  • Members tab—You can enter the member name or partial member name in the Find a Member text box and then click the Search button. Then, you can use the Next and Previous buttons to navigate to the next or previous occurrence. You can also click the Advanced Search button to search by Name, Alias, or Property.

  • Search tab—You can use the Search tab to enter the member name or partial member name and view a list of members that are returned in the search.

You can use wildcard characters, such as * or %, when searching for members. For example, if you are searching for a customer dimension, you can enter Ba** to search for customer names that start with Ba.

  To search for members using the Members tab:

  1. In the member selector Find a member text box, enter the member name or partial member name with wildcard characters.

  2. Click Find button..

    The member is automatically selected in the list of members in the left pane.

  3. Click the Next or Previous buttons to navigate through the members until you find the member you want to select.

  4. Optional: Click Advanced Search button in the Find a member area. Perform these tasks:

    1. Select Name, Alias, or Property.

    2. Enter a value.

      Tip:

      You can use wildcard characters to enter a value in the Find Member dialog box.

    3. Click OK.

      The member is selected in the list of members in the left pane.

    4. Click the Next or Previous buttons to navigate through the members until you find the member you want to select.

  5. When you find the member, click the Select button to move to member to the selections area.

  6. Click OK.

  To search for members using the Search tab:

  1. In the member selector select the Search tab.

  2. Find text box, enter the member name or partial member name with wildcard characters, and then click Find button..

    The member is automatically selected in the Results list.

  3. Optional: Click Advanced Search button. Perform these tasks:

    1. Select Name, Alias, or Property.

    2. Enter a value.

      Tip:

      You can use wildcard characters to enter a value in the Find Member dialog box.

    3. Click OK.

  4. When you find the member, click the Select button to move to member to the selections area.

  5. Click OK.