How do you build a BOM hier in Essbase?

Question

I'm trying to use ODI to build a Bill of Material dimension in Essbase outline, but my question is more
of a Essbase outline design problem than an ODI problem. Since John and others here are top notch, I
was hoping they have experience with my problem and give suggesitons. I have over 9 years of essbase experience but have not seen this problem before.
I want to build this BillofMaterial dimension in outline (please ingnore dots in the picture - I had to use them as I don't know how to keep spaces in my diagram)
Top
|_ product1
.. |_ part1
.. |_ part22
Top
|_ product1
.. |_ part1
.. |_ part22
|_ product2
.. |_ part1
.. |_ part22
|_ product3
.. |_ part2
.... |_ part1
.... |_part22
Data is loaded into Quantity this way:
Product1 uses 1 of part1 and product2 uses 2 of part1
(e.g. one PC model has 1 cpu while another has 2 cpu )
Product3 uses 2 quantity of part2, each of which uses 3 quantities of part 1
Problem is that, part1 is “shared” which means they cannot have different quantities stored.
A possible solution is to build the BOM hierarchy to level 1. We create another dimension called PARTS to store the level 0 items. However, to overcome “SHARED” member issue, we tag on the parent’s name to the front of the child’s name as shown below
Bom................................................PARTS................Qty
.|_.product1
............|_..product1...........................part1.................qty.=1
............|_..product1...........................part22...............qty=11
.|_.product.2
............|_..product2...........................part1.................qty.=2
............|_..product2...........................part22...............qty=22
|_product3
...........|_.product3_part2
............................|_.product3_part2.....part1..................qty=3
............................|_.product3_part2.....part22..................qty=33
Edited by: user630481 on Sep 7, 2009 10:03 PM
Edited by: user630481 on Sep 7, 2009 10:04 PM
Edited by: user630481 on Sep 7, 2009 10:05 PM

Answer 1

I'm trying to use ODI to build a Bill of Material dimension in Essbase outline, but my question is more
of a Essbase outline design problem than an ODI problem. Since John and others here are top notch, I
was hoping they have experience with my problem and give suggesitons. I have over 9 years of essbase experience but have not seen this problem before.
I want to build this BillofMaterial dimension in outline (please ingnore dots in the picture - I had to use them as I don't know how to keep spaces in my diagram)
Top
|_ product1
.. |_ part1
.. |_ part22
Top
|_ product1
.. |_ part1
.. |_ part22
|_ product2
.. |_ part1
.. |_ part22
|_ product3
.. |_ part2
.... |_ part1
.... |_part22
Data is loaded into Quantity this way:
Product1 uses 1 of part1 and product2 uses 2 of part1
(e.g. one PC model has 1 cpu while another has 2 cpu )
Product3 uses 2 quantity of part2, each of which uses 3 quantities of part 1
Problem is that, part1 is “shared” which means they cannot have different quantities stored.
A possible solution is to build the BOM hierarchy to level 1. We create another dimension called PARTS to store the level 0 items. However, to overcome “SHARED” member issue, we tag on the parent’s name to the front of the child’s name as shown below
Bom................................................PARTS................Qty
.|_.product1
............|_..product1...........................part1.................qty.=1
............|_..product1...........................part22...............qty=11
.|_.product.2
............|_..product2...........................part1.................qty.=2
............|_..product2...........................part22...............qty=22
|_product3
...........|_.product3_part2
............................|_.product3_part2.....part1..................qty=3
............................|_.product3_part2.....part22..................qty=33
Edited by: user630481 on Sep 7, 2009 10:03 PM
Edited by: user630481 on Sep 7, 2009 10:04 PM
Edited by: user630481 on Sep 7, 2009 10:05 PM