- User Guide
- Business Rules Administration
- Reference Data
- Dimension Management
- Members
- Creating Member Definitions
5.1.4.3.2 Creating Member Definitions
You can add new Member Definitions from the Member Summary page.
To create a member definition :
- To create a member definition, click the Add in the Member Summary page, to access the Add Member Definition page.
- Enter the following Member Details :
- Dimension- Select the dimension to be associated with the new Member.
- Alphanumeric Code- The alphanumeric
Code to be assigned to the new Member Definition.
You can enter up to 100 characters and enter only Underscore (“_”) as a special character.
- Numeric Code- The numeric code to be
assigned to the new member definition. You can enter the value between 0
and 999,999,999 manually or click Generate, to
auto-generate a unique code.
If you enter the value manually, it is assigned after validation.
- Name- The unique member definition
name.
You can enter up to 100 characters. All characters are allowed except " & ' and " ' ".
- Description- A brief description
about the member definition.
You can enter up to 100 characters. All characters are allowed except " & ' and " ' ".
- Is Leaf- Check this option if the
member is a leaf of another member. By default, it is set to
Yes.
- Yes- The member can be used as a leaf node in any hierarchy and child cannot be added to this node.
- No-The member is not set as a
leaf and can have child nodes.
Note:
If a member is set as a non-leaf and is associated with child nodes, it cannot be set as a leaf again.
- Enabled- This field is set to
Yes by default. You can modify the
Enabled status, after creating the member. To
edit a member, refer Editing Member Definition
Details.
Note:
You can change the option to No only when the particular member is not used in any hierarchy. The disabled members will not be displayed in Hierarchy Rules, or utilities which are based on Hierarchies, such as Hierarchy Filters and Hierarchical Assumption Browsers used in applications.
- (Optional). Click Copy Attribute Assignment, to attach
an existing attribute to this new member definition.You can also set the attribute values for a new member definition, manually. Enter/select the attribute values in the Member Attributes pane. All the attributes associated with the selected dimension are displayed in the Member Attributes pane.
- Locate the Attribute to be copied and click Move and select Copy, located under Actions.
- Click Save, to create the new Member definition and view
it the Member Summary.Click Save and Add New, to create the new member definition and proceed with adding another definition.