The Select Top Members feature is similar to the Add to App View feature. Adding members to the application, as described in Adding Members to Applications, pushes only the members you want into the application from the Shared Library. Whereas selecting top members pushes the entire dimension into the application, then you can exclude members by picking one or more "top" members. For example, if you have an Entity dimension with a geographical hierarchy with all geographies and you want an application to contain only a country–specific structure. For the shared dimension in the application you can select a country such as Germany, as a top–level member. Similarly you can select other top members from a functional hierarchy. When you select a top member you can also specify if you want just the member, with children, or all the descendants.
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A top member does not need to be at the highest level. You can select a child member as a top member and then if you add children in the Shared Library, or change them, it is reflected in the application. |
To select a top member:-
In an application, right-click a shared dimension and choose Select Top Members.
The Member Selector dialog box is displayed.
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Select a member on the left, then click
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Tip:
To change your selections, right-click a shared dimension and choose Select Top Members again.