Maintain member data in a dimension before using it in application

HI
I hve created a dimension , I have not filled member sheet. When I am trying to use it in Appication. It is throwing error. is it manadatory to maintain member data in dimension member sheet before using it in application. Why?

Hi bennet
Thanks for your reply. My question is why should we maintain at least one member in dimension member sheet to create and process that dimension. If we do so will it not get wrong entries when getting data from BI object to BPC dimension.
Mahi

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have you thought about adding a dynamic statement inside the MDX script? You could define the default member like this:
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www.softpro.hr

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