Copy and Paste Members Within and Between Outlines

In the outline editor, you can copy and paste members within a non-unique outline, between two different outlines, shown on different tabs, or from a source to a target outline when using outline compare.

Copy and paste members within a non-unique outline:

To successfully copy and paste members within a non-unique outline, you must follow the rules for non-unique outlines. See About Duplicate Member Names.

1. In the outline editor, open a non-unique outline.
2. Right-click a member and select Copy.
3. In another location, where allowed according to the rules for non-unique outlines, right click a member and select Paste and then As child or As sibling.

Copy and paste a member from another outline shown on a different browser tab:

1. Open an outline.
2. Open a second outline on another tab. This outline can be from the same Essbase server or a different Essbase server.
3. Right-click a member from one of the outlines and select Copy.
4. Right-click a member from the other outline in a valid location and select Paste and then As child or As sibling.

Copy and paste a member from a compared outline:

1. Open an outline.
2. In the outline toolbar, click the To compare outlines icon.
   
   
   
   
3. In the Compare Outlines dialog box, open another outline, either on the same Essbase server or a different Essbase server. See Compare Outlines.
4. In the upper right-hand corner of the outline editor, click Edit outline .
5. In the source outline (the second outline you opened, the non-writeable one), expand a dimension and select a member.
6. Right-click and select Copy.
7. In the target outline, select a member in a valid location to add the member and right-click.
8. Select Paste and then As child or As sibling.