Deleting custom Period dimension members

Hi,
We are in Planning 11.1.2.1. and we created custom period dimension members (while creating application). Now we would like to delete one of those members (whcih is at level0). Obviously we don't see an option of delete in planning web interface. One option is to recreate the application but is there any way we can delete this member in oracle database. If yes, it would be great if you can provide us the table details.
Thanks,
Siva

As John suggested it is not advisible, however you can delete in Essbase using Planning:
1. Edit custom dimsion
2. un-select all plan type
3. cube referesh
Hope this will help.

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I have a question.
There is a great need for such hierarchy of "Period" dimension:
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But how then create the rest levels of this hierarchy? (week, month, quarter)
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I am using V11.1.2.2 Hyperion Planning. I am currently getting an error:
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A Planning application's outline was restored from backup.
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Hi
i had a similar problem before. here is what i did
add the member again.
refresh
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refresh again.
this solves the relational repositories sync issue.
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These types of questions have been answered in the past by David Greenfield.
There are two ways to delete a dimension member through commands.
(1). OLAP dml command "REMOVE_DIMENSION_MEMBER" explained here: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/olap.112/e17122/dml_commands_2042.htm#OLADM2692
OR
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https://forums.oracle.com/message/9426946
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I want to have YearTotal above Jan-Dec, and Q1-Q4 as Dynamic Calcs with months shared below.
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Hello,
Your question gets into some advanced design topics fairly quickly and you may want to engage an experienced consultant to help you.
It sounds like your application is past the design stage and you are making what are design level changes which is a likely risk to your project delivery time frames.
Regarding the conversion of the dimension from sparse to dense -- there is no way to tag a dense dimension as an attribute.
Review Chapter 10 of the Database Admin Guide at http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17236_01/epm.1112/esb_dbag/frameset.htm?dattrib.html#dattrib524566
Pay special attention to the "Understanding the Rules for Base and Attribute Dimensions and Members".
In addition to loosing the attribute dimension please be aware of the implication to block size. Switching a sparse to a dense has a multiplicative effect on your block size; you should make all upper level members dynamic calc and then the number of level 0 members time your old block size will be your new block size.
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On the topic of calculation speed you can usually make re-write your calculations to make them dense. In your instance it may be a good idea to make your years dense to use that to facilitate creating dense calculations.
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Hi,
By default the Period dimension is composed by 19 stored members (12 months, 4 quarters, YearTotal, BegBalance and Period itself). Is it possible to delete the quarters so the block size of my application will become smaller and only have the YearTotal > Months hierarchy?
Thank you
Edited by: Icebergue on 4/Ago/2011 6:33
Edited by: Icebergue on 4/Ago/2011 6:33

you can create custom type period dim and create 12 Members under it. YOu cant modify an existing application but you can create a new application with custom period dim.
but still you will have begBalance and YearTotal.
BTW anytime you can change the storage property of Quarters to Dynamic Calc.
Cheers..!!!
Edited by: RahulS on Aug 4, 2011 7:26 PM

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Also check hp_admin guide page 104
Period Dimension Properties
Period, Parent, Alias: Default, Alias: T1, Data Storage, Two Pass
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