Creating Node Sets

Best Practice

It's a best practice to create a new node set when you want to:

• Point to a different hierarchy set for a hierarchy.
• Point to different node types for a list.
• Display viewpoints with different top nodes.

For more information, see Working with Node Sets.

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Considerations

• For unbound list based node sets:
  • All unbound node sets except those in Users applications: You can add Normal, Legacy GL, or Lookup class node types. All of the node types must be of the same class.
  • Unbound node sets in Users applications only: You can add both User and User Rollup class node types, but no other node type classes.
• For bound or partially bound list based node sets: You can add only Normal class node types.
• For lookup dimensions: You can add Legacy GL or Lookup class node types only. All of the node types must be of the same class.

To create a node set:

1. From Node Sets, click Create.

2. Select the application dimension, define the name and description for the node set, and then click Create.

   An inspector for the node set opens.

3. Select General, and from Source Type select whether you want the node set to display as a hierarchy or a list. If you select hierarchy, then you'll also need to select the Hierarchy Set to use.

4. Click Save.

5. Do one of the following:

   • If you are using a list, select Definition, click Edit, click Manage, and then select the node types to include in the node set. Click Save

     Note:

     See Considerations, above, for the class of node types that you can select. For specialty node type classes, the class is displayed after the node type name in the node type selector.

   • If you are using a hierarchy, node types are already assigned based on the hierarchy set that you selected.

6. Optional: From Definition, click the name of a node type to edit properties for the node type.