Saving Outlines
When you save changes to an outline, the outline is restructured. For example, if you change a member name from Market to Region, the data stored in Market is moved to Region. Each time that you save an outline, the outline is verified to ensure that it is correct.
Saving an Outline with Added Standard Dimensions
If you add one or more new standard (nonattribute) dimensions, any data that existed previously in the database must be mapped to a member of each new dimension before the outline can be saved. For example, adding a dimension called Channel to the Sample.Basic outline implies that all previous data in Sample.Basic is associated with a particular channel or the sum of all channels.
Saving an Outline with One or More Deleted Standard Dimensions
If you delete one or more standard (nonattribute) dimensions, the data associated with only one member of each deleted dimension must be retained and associated with a member of one of the other dimensions. For example, removing a dimension called Market from the outline implies that all of the data that remains in the database after the restructure operation is associated with a single, specified member of the Market dimension.
If you delete an attribute dimension, Essbase deletes the associations to its base dimension. See Working with Attributes.