Limit members in user POV of FR report

Hi ,
We have a FR report ..which has some dimensions in user POV....for dimension: Product in the report only specific products are relevant....................we want to hide all irrelevant product members in user POV....
out of 100 products we want to show only 10 products in user POV ...how can we achieve it..
Limitation of the members in User POV should apply to all users.

Hi,
if you want to restrict the member then you'll have to define filters in Essbase.
Planning creates filters in Essbase as READ filters, so when you report from Essbase cube they'll see the entire hierarchy.
So if you want to limit it then you'll have to setup an external mechanism where you can change the READ filter to METAREAD filter.
Refer this link for filters
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E12825_01/epm.111/esb_dbag/frameset.htm?dsefilt.htm
Hoe this will help
Regards
SST.....

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