Allowing duplicate members in outline or anything else?

Question

Essbase 9.3.1 + OBI EE 10g
I have such dimension in outline
Dim1
-Par1(+)
-Child1(+)
-Child2(+)
-Child3(+)
-Par2(~)
-Child1(+) (shared)
-Child2(+) (shared)
-Par3(~)
-Child2(+) (shared)
-Child3(+) (shared)
and also have dimension Period
Period
-Year1(+)
-mon1.Year1(+)
-mon2.Year1(+)
-mon12.Year1(+)
-Year2(+)
-mon1.Year2(+)
-mon2.Year2(+)
-mon12.Year2(+)
and have dimension Measures
Measures
-cost(~)
Problem:
"Child1", "Child2" and "Child3" are the children of the "Par1" for all of the "Years"
"Child1" is the child of the "Par2" for all of the "Years"
"Child3" is the child of the "Par3" for all of the "Years"
But "Child2" is the child of the "Par2" when the period="Year1"
and "Child2" is the child of the "Par3" when the period="Year2".
So when the combination is Year1->Par2.Child2->cost i want to see the real result and when the combination is Year2->Par2.Child2->cost i want to see #Missing or Zero(0).
But when i use shared members i always get decimal result even if i apply formula to cost(depending on value of the Period dim) because physically the is only one value for all of the shared members in database.
Instead of shared members to solve this problem I can add to children of "Dim1" the name of their parents(ex. "Child2(Par2)" and "Child2(Par3)") and then apply specific formulas to "cost". But business users dont want to see these addings and cut them in their reports.
So if i allow essbase to use duplicate members will it resolve my problem or there are another ways to do it?

Answer 1

Hi again.
Use this method (without allowing duplicate members) and unfortunately cant stay with it.
1. I always create aggregational views after importing the data into cube.
But now after arrgregation i cant open dim Country.(got the error "Cannot send data") in EAS and OBI. In essbase.cfg two parameters(NetDelay.. and NetRetry...) are equal 75000.
Made two tricks in windows registry - the same. Understood that it was because of one member of level 1(c99) which has 228 childen and each children has such formula
"IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="02",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="03",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="04",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="05",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="06",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="07",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="08",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="09",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="10",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="11",c732,MISSING))))))))))"
after filtering on all other members(even together) i got the result. But i dont understand why...Other 14 level-1 members also has children(max 178) and they queries normally.
More detailed dim Country
Country(Hierarchies Enabled)
-c00(stored)(+)(256 members)
--c100
--c103 
--c900
-c10(Dynamic)(~)(10 members)
--c100(c10)(+)(formula above)
--c300(c10)(+)(formula above)
-c20(Dynamic)(~)(178 members)
--c100(c20)(+)(formula above)
--c200(c20)(+)(formula above)
-c99(Dynamic)(~)(228 members)
--c100(c99)(+)(formula above)
--c200(c99)(+)(formula above)
If i dont make aggr views i got the result even with "c99" in different combination (but sometimes also got the error "cannot send data")
2. But the main trouble is obiee pivot table.
If i choose level-2 members of this dim with different measures and other dim members it shows the result.
But after i set function SUM(before, after etc) in pivot i get "no data found".
except stored member "c00" - with it i get my SUM.
If i add filer with ONE! year inside i get my SUM. If more than one or none - "no data found"
except stored member "c00" - with it i get my SUM.
So now i see only one way...The whole dim Country is Stored
In Measure "Cost" i add big formula like "IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="02" and IIF([Country].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="c100(c10)", c100...
for each member...and there will be a lot of measures (CostN...) course the formula is very huge...