Member Alias

Hello,
I am trying to build ASO/BSO hierarchies across 11 cubes using rules file and there is this first child member of Entity dimension whose alias is not getting loaded. All other member aliases are getting loaded.
Any pointers here please?
Thanks!

Don't want to flog a dead horse, but are the aliases definitely set the same for the 'original' instance and the 'shared' instances in your data source?
Essbase will let you set a different alias for shared instances of the same member (the name itself has to be the same, obviously) so if your 'original' instance's alias is a duplicate and your shared instances' aliases are not then the results could be as you describe.

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Hey Anthony!
I believe you misunderstood, though maybe I'm not good at describing the situation! :P
Ok. Let me try again. See, Anthony, on the excel sheet that I'm trying to sort of replicate, I have accounts(if you will) that aggregate to a total, yes?
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Thanks for the reply John.
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CM,
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See table 256 in the Database Administrator's Guide: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17236_01/epm.1112/esb_dbag/esb_restricted_names.html#esb_restricted_names1063037
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Hello everybody:
I know there are functions to operate with members, strings, member names, ... so that you are able to convert from a string to a member (@MEMBER) and conversely.
But, is there any way to use a member value to select another member?. For example, if in the account dimension I have a member "parent" with value '100'. Could I save in the member '100' a value, using the '100' saved value in "parent" to select that member. So if its value is '200', I should save in member '200'.
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Javier

Hello CM:
I apologize for the description :(.
There are three indicators: "InitDate", "EndDate" and "Parent". There is another dimension with three members: "1", "2" and "3" with these data:
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"1" "Missing" 20120101 20120301
"2" "Missing" 20120201 20120228
"3" 1 "Missing" "Missing"
My intention is that "InitDate" and "EndDate" for "3" were values taken from member "1" based on "Parent" value for "3".
So my question was related to create this formula:
"ID" (
IF ("Parent" <> #Missing)
"InitDate" (current member) = "InitDate"->@??????("Parent");
"EndDate" (current member) = "EndDate"->@??????("Parent");
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The problem is that I do not know how to recover a cell value (data) and use it for creating a member name. I think that functions like @NAME, @MEMBER, @ALIAS ... are based on using atributtes, strings, @CURRMBR functions and others, but not for values stored in that members.
I hope this helps you to understand better what I mean.
Thank you
Regards,
Javier
Edited by: Javi M on 25-May-2012 02:17

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if(@ismbr(YearTotal));
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I thought to query the SQL repository and got some help from this dodgy blog:
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from               hsp_object     hspo
INNER JOIN          HSP_ACCOUNT     hspa     on hspo.object_id = hspa.ACCOUNT_ID
where               1=1
and               hspo.OBJECT_TYPE = '32' --Account dimension
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TIME_BALANCE
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