Dimension Build - Change Member Names

Does anybody know if there is a way to revise outline member names through a load rule without affecting (losing) the data associated with those members? I have a .txt file with the current parent names, child names, aliases, properties, formulas, attributes and UDAs for the Products dimension. I would like to revise all of the level 0 member names without having to do so manually in the outline. Any help would be appreciated.

You can do this a couple of different ways.You can go into the outline itself through app manager, and witht he FILE drop down, update the outline at that point using your load rule.You could also automate this function with an esscomand script preforming and incremental dimension build (INCBUILDDIM).Randy Rehmer, Cincinnati Bell

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How to change member names in mass

Hi,
Does anyone know if it is possible to change about 100 member names all at once in Essbase instead of doing this manually?
Thank you!

Good idea, Sunil, and I've done this in the past. You don't even necessarily need to do that 'dummy parent' stuff if you have a source file from which you can build the entire dimension again with the 'remove unspecified' option.
I've also used Glenn's approach.
What you really must think about in either situation is whether any of the new names match existing member names. That definitely complicates things.
Honestly, if you don't already have the code written, for a strictly one-off 100 member change it would probably be faster to suck it up and work through them in EAS. But where's the fun in that, right?

Change member names in batch without the need to reload data

Hi,I have several cubes on which the member names of one of the dimensions need to be changed. There are over 6000 members for that dimension. I used a rules file to change the member names and the previous data has to be reloaded (previous 13 months' data!). Is there a way to change the member names without the need to reload data?ThanksJane

I'm not sure if this would solve your problem, but if it doesn't cause a problem to leave the existing names in place, you could just build a new alias table. By assinging new aliases, you would not have to reload all your data.Regards,

Change member names in Outline

I have in the outline:Dept dimension with a member Marketing and Account Dimension member name Mkt. When I changed the member name in Dept dimension to Total Marketing and Account Dimenstion to Marketing I lost all the data.Any suggestions to update the outline?Thanks,Jenny

It's been my observation that Essbase thinks you deleted one member and created another. Data (especially level zero data) is generally tied to member names, not outline position.If you are renaming an upper level member, it may or may not disappear. You can recreate your data by forcing a calc.If you are renaming a level zero member, you have to do it in two steps. First create the new member and save the outline. Second, run a calc that only sets NewMember = OldMember. Third, delete the old member.Good Luck,Tim

Changing member names

Hi,I have an existing outline and I want to change some member names. The outline has data in it. I was wondering if it is possible via a script or a rules file to rename some members without it affecting the data.Thanks in advance.

A load rule will only add new members or add new members removing members it does not recognize (Using remove unspecified), but will not do a rename. You could do it using the API. One word or warning if you have two members A and B and change B to C and A to B what will happen is the data from A will disappear, A will now contain B's data and C will not have any data. You would have to do this in two stepsChange B to C then Save the database then change A to B and save the database. Please let me know if you have any other questionsGlenn [email protected] Solutions Inc.

Cannot change member name

I am using smartview 11.1.1.3 on office 2007. Every time when I change a member by typing it over, after refresh, it goes back to the original member name. I have to use member selection button to change to a new member. I also can not change data and submit the change in smartview. I am an admin for all the apps.
I have another machine with smartview 11.1.1.3 on office 2003. I can do all the above on that machine.So no security issue. Any idea?
Thanks

Is it possible that you copied and pasted the member Name or Alias? SmartView may not be able to recognize a hidden character in the member name or alias.

Change image property changes member name

Hello. I know that surely this is answered already. But can
you tell me why if I change the image or picture property of a cast
member it also changes the member's name? The thing is that I take
the images from a valentina database and I put the on a list. Then
I assign the image to a "joker" cast member. But as soon as I
cahnge the cast member image it also changes the name of it and I
can't refer to it anymore
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I get sdome images to a lingo list with getImage valentina
function. then I do
member("joker").image = imagelist[1]
and the name of the member changes to the filename of the
image in imagelist[1].
If I do the same with picture property there is no problem
and the image pereserves its name. So I guess I will use the
picture property ans getPicture function
johnAq's approach also works. I also agree that there is a
mistake to my code(lingo specific) , maybe references or something
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Dimension Build File - Member Property Codes

I am building a Dimension Build File.
What is the code to create a Shared Member?
I know the following codes:
Code
N Never Share
O Label Only
S Stored
V Dynamic Calc and Store
X Dynamic Calc
Or is there a different way to specify a member as a Shared Member in the dimension build file?
Thanks,
Dave

There is no property for a shared member. If you are using a parent/child build method it will automatically load shared members unless you specify don't share. To do a load as a level or generation build, you have to have the file in a particular order and use the dimension build tab of field properties. There is a section in the admin guide that shows you how to do it.
But for using level builds it would be something like
Lev 0, Product Lev 1, product Lev 2, Product Lev 1, product
100-20 100 Products Diet Colas
Notice how the second lev1 defines the alternate rollup and it would cause a shared member to be created

Duplicate member names allowed dimension build

I have turned on allow duplicate members in a current ASO essbase cube to test how much rework this will require to allow duplicate aliases. After I switched the property on, I was recieving errors when attempting to associate an attribute to a dimension through a dimension build rule. I realized that I needed to use qualified member names in the load file. Here is an example of the file in Parent Child AttributeValue format
[Domestic-PD].[Test_Comm-PD]     [Test_Comm-PD].[0001-PD]      [Test_Attr-MD].[Test1-MD]
So I want to associate the attribue Test1-MD to product 0001-PD below.
Domestic-PD
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What ends up happening is something like this
Domestic-PD
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It attaches the attribute to the correct product but then adds an additional member. I don't want it to add the additional member. Any idea on what is happening?
Thanks for any help!

It ended up working in a different format. I changed the data file to like below. I also started over, recopying the outline, turning duplicate members on, so it is possible that there was just something off with the outline earlier.
Test_Comm-PD     0001-PD      [Test_Attr-MD].[Test1-MD]
It probably will have issues if there is a duplicate member but luckily I only will have duplicate aliases.

How to use Dimension Build to change member property?

Hello,
I have researched online on how to do this and I think i have an understanding but I cannot get it to work. My dimension build rules file is of type Parent Child. The fields are Parent, Child, Alias. I am looking to add a Property field to change the consolidation property to - for one member. I have checked off all the options required and tried several different ways but always come with the following error on that line.
\\Record #95 - Child Member - with no parent (3331)
P&L - ACC OPERATING Operating Expenses -
order is:
Parent Child Alias Property
What i want to do is assign the - subtraction for consolidation on the OPERATING member. Can this be done with the Parent Child type dimension build? Could this be achieved automatically in another way?
Thanks
Alex

Hey guys, thanks for the tips. The source file is tab delimited. I made sure there was a tab between Operating Expenses and the - for subtractions. The lines look like so.
REV_PROJ PS100001 - ACC PS100001 - ACC_PS-M9 Revenue Settlement
REV_PROJ SC100000 - ACC SC100000 - ACC_SCS Revenue Settlement
P&L - ACC OPERATING Operating Expenses -
OPERATING LABOR Labour
LABOR PAYROLL Payroll related
I know they don't show the tab but it's there. I have the field set to Property for Account_Desc (Dimension im updating in the outline) with a value of 0. I have also checked off "Delete when the field is empty" as to not change the consolidation on the other lines. i guess i need to figure out why it's treating the final "-" as a member and not as a part of the same line holding it's property. Is there a EOL delimiter i should be setting?
thanks again

Dimension Name = Member Name?

For an ASO cube in Essbase, can a member name be the same as the Dimension name? As per my understanding, the hierarchy name in Essbase Studio becomes the dimension name (I understand this can be overwritten in Model Properties). But I also want a member to be exactly the same as the my dimension name. Is this possible using Studio?
The duplicate member support flag causes can error while building the outline. I'm not sure if this is the setting I want to use.

The business reason for doing this is to work around the limitation of not being able to drill-through on Gen1 members (for cubes build via Studio). For 6/14 dimensions most of our users leave the dimension at the highest level (or Gen1). While drilling via EIS worked great, when the cubes are built from Studio, DT is supported only for Gen2 and above members. That's why I wanted to move the hierarchy down one level (or make Gen1 -> Gen2, make Gen2 -> Gen3, etc). Since I don't want to ask my users to change their gazillion spreadsheets, I wanted to keep my Gen1 and Gen2 member names the same, meaning the dimension name and the Gen2 member name would have to be the same....

How to Import Member Aliases during Dimension build.

HI All ,
I have to build dimensions in Essbase using load rule files. I can create dimensions and its respected members.
But problem is that i also want to assign aliases with member names in Essbase hierarchy.
so How i can assign aliases (In source .csv file) also along with dimension members to update aliases in hierarchy of Essbase.
your suggestions are very precious for me .
Thank you.

Hi,
in the source file itself you can have a column for Alias names.
You can use any build type either genref or levref or parent-child.
the below DBAG link will guide you for adding alias names using Rules file.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12825_01/epm.111/esb_dbag/dotdimb.htm
- Krish

Duplicate member Name in same dimension in a Cube

Hi,
Can someone please let me know whether we can have same member name in a dimension for building a cube?
For Example:
I have one dimension Dim1 (Hierarchy) ,
Level2     Level1     Leaf     Leaf Code
L13 -      L11 -      L1 -      10
L13 -      L11 -      L2 -      11
L13 -      L12 -      L3 -      12
L13 -     L12 -      L4 -      13
L14 -      L11 -      L5 -      14
In this hierarchy, L11 is a member name in Level1 used under L13 and L14. Does Essbase cube support this?
I have one more dimension(Dim2) with four values like ('A','L','O','S').
I want build a cabe using these two dimension and expose that cube in OBIEE. And in OBIEE answer, I want to put a filter on 'Dim2' that means it will be a list of ('A','L','O','S'). Based on this selection I want select another dimension like for 'A' what is the value for L11 and for 'L' what is the value for L11?
Can someone please put some light on this?
Regards,
SS

user10275812 wrote:
Hi,
Can someone please let me know whether we can have same member name in a dimension for building a cube?
For Example:
I have one dimension Dim1 (Hierarchy) ,
Level2     Level1     Leaf     Leaf Code
L13 -      L11 -      L1 -      10
L13 -      L11 -      L2 -      11
L13 -      L12 -      L3 -      12
L13 -     L12 -      L4 -      13
L14 -      L11 -      L5 -      14
In this hierarchy, L11 is a member name in Level1 used under L13 and L14. Does Essbase cube support this?
Yes this is possible. You will have to enable the option for outline to allow duplicate members.
-Nra

Dimension build rule file (Sort member)

I am loading sorted data for one of the dimension. But its is not coming in sorted fashion in outline. New member which i am adding is always coming in The end.Even though that member is in sorted format in the file.
I am using generation method . I am putting member for only generation 2 and its alias.I tried using ascending option but it is giving me error
Can any body help me with this

As Glenn said, the build only builds new members. In order to have FULL control over the order of a resultant dimension's order, you need to blank out the dimension first and then build via the load rule. As Glenn mentioned, you can do "incremental dimension building". You can do this directly in EAS in an interactive manner by using outline/update outline in pull downs. Just do not save the outline until all your changes are done. You can also accomplish incremental builds via Esscmd or via MaxL, but I'll assume for right now you are still testing. The advantages of the incremental changes is that you can do a number of changes before Essbase commits to doing a restructure, which is time consuming, not to mention confusing if you are "deleting" (however temporary) the entire dimension's hierarchy.
Regarding setting ascending order
1) in the load rule's Dimension Build Settings prompt
2) Select Dimension Build Settings tab
3) highlight the dimension you are changing
4) select Ascending for sort order
This should work...I've never had it error out. However, I will say that it sorts the entire dimension...not just the siblings of a new member. Your upper level members will move as well. Because of this, the ascending sort in a load rule is undesirable. Give it a try. If you don't like the results, just don't save the outline.
Kevin

Changing a member name in Essbase

In my ASO cube - I need to change both a level 0 and parent member name in EAS. Is it as easy as edit member properties and typing in the new name? Does the existing data follow? Also, does going from lower case to upper case create a similar change in the outline?
Thanks,
Paul

Hi Paul
In my ASO cube - I need to change both a level 0 and parent member name in EAS. Is it as easy as edit member properties and typing in the new name? Does the existing data follow? Also, does going from lower case to upper case create a similar change in the outline?you can also use rule file to change the alias name if you are trying to change the alias name in bulk, but if you have to do for few members then goto edit member properties and change the alias it will be an easy process,
change of alias name doesnot harm your datayes going from Lower Case to Upper Case create similar change to outline
Thanks,
Avneet Singh

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