Essbase Member Name Rename

Hi,
I rename or flip the names of two members of my sparse dimension.
Two Step + 2
2S Est + (8)
2S Non Est + (287)
User ask me to flip the names change 2S Est member name to 2S Non Est and 2S Non Est to 2S Est. After doing this total of these members always wrong, I just flip the names and it gives me the total of original members even after change the names.
If I run my calc script of Budget it just double the total of all members.
Please help me on this issue
Thank you,
T.Khan

IF you flip two member names in the outline, Essbase thinks you just moved them to a new location. In order to actually flip them requires a two step process . First rename bothe members to something different. save the outline, then second name them to what you want them to be and save the outline again.
So if you have members Bob and Bill and want to switch them, name Bob bob_1 and Bill Bill_1 save the outline, then name bob_1 to Bill and Bill_1 to Bob and save the outline again

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