1. Administering Financial Consolidation and Close
  2. Working with Dimensions
  3. Working with Members
  4. Creating Shared Members

Creating Shared Members

You create shared members the same way as other members, with these differences:

  • The base member cannot be the parent of the shared member.

  • You cannot add a shared member as a sibling to the base member.

  • You must give the shared member the same name as its base member. It can have a different description.

  • You must select Shared as the Data Storage for the shared member.

Note:

  • Period dimension members cannot have shared members.

  • You should not create shared members for the FCCS_No Data Source member.

Shared members must be added after the non-shared member. For example, in the following Account dimension, Cash and Cash Equivalents are under FCCS_Current Assets as a non-shared member, and under FCCS_Total Cash as a shared member. Note that the non-shared member is first in the hierarchy and the shared member is second.

Example of Shared Members in Hierarchy