Essbase - Create Multiple Hierarchy for a Dimesnion

Question

Hi,
We are having a TIME Dimesnion. We have a hierarchy as follows: Month --> QTR --> HY --> Year --> All Years. As per the customer requirement we need to manitain more than one hierachy as follows:
* Hierarchy 1 (based on Calendar Year)
* Hierarchy 2 (based on Fiscal Year)
Calendar Year:
Month (Jan, Feb, Mar) --> Q1, Month (Apr, May, Jun) --> Q2, Month (Jul, Aug, Sep) --> Q3, Month (Oct, Nov, Dec) --> Q4
Fiscal Year (as per Indian laws)
Month (Apr, May, Jun) --> Q1, Month (Jul, Aug, Sep) --> Q2, Month (Oct, Nov, Dec) --> Q3, Month (Jan, Feb, Mar) --> Q4
Data is loaded @ the Month Level & aggregated based on the Hierarchy. Hence the report can be viewed based on the Hierarchy.
My question is how to manage multiple hierarchy in Essbase Dimension. Any help on this would be gratly appreciated
Essbase v9.3 using Admin Console. Data loaded using RUL Files

Answer 1

Hi,
If this is a BSO cube
You can create the Time hierarchy as (please insert Half years, if you need, I have skipped it for simplicity)
Time
Calendar Years
2009
Q12009
     Jan2009
     Feb2009
     Mar2009
     Q22009
     Apr2009
     May2009
     Jun2009
     Q32009
     Jul2009
     Aug2009
     Sep2009
     Q42009
     Oct2009
     Nov2009
     Dec2009
2008(similar to 2009)
2007(similar to 2009)
Fiscal Years (All the level 0 members in under this member are Shared members, all the Non-Shared(original) members must exist under Calendar Years)
FY2009
Q1FY2009
     AprFY2009(Shared)
     MayFY2009(Shared)
     JunFY2009(Shared)
     Q2FY2009
     JulFY2009(Shared)
     AugFY2009(Shared)
     SepFY2009(Shared)
     Q3FY2009
     OctFY2009(Shared)
     NovFY2009(Shared)
     DecFY2009(Shared)
     Q4FY2009
     JanFY2010(Shared)
     FebFY2010(Shared)
     MarFY2010(Shared)
FY2008(similar to FY2009)
FY2007(similar to FY2009)
If this is an ASO cube, follow the same design, enable multiple hierarchies at the Time dimension properties.
Hope this helps.
- Ethan.
Edited by: user10827650 on Nov 23, 2009 10:04 AM