Shared Members in Load Rules

Hello,I am trying to build a dimension build load rule.How do you create shared members within a dimension? Does it have to be through a parent-child load rule? What if you have a subset of a dimension, (eg duplicate hierarchy) with more then two levels, ie parent child? How do you create shared memebers then?Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks.

I'm a newbie in dim build using load rule too. I'd a bunch of products that had to be in 2 roll-up structures, apparently as shared members in one of them. It took little effort to build the first roll-up using a generation build method. Just when I thought it was gonna be a slam dunk, I couldn't create the second roll-up. I kept trying different load options but it just wouldn't work. I noticed the "Do Not Share" check box was always disabled. So I clicked on the different build method buttons. I noticed that the box become enable when I selected the parent/child method. I tried and it turned out to work fine. So, for the little knowledge I have, it seems you must use the parent/child rule to create shared members.

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Can't you create a column where you can specify the desired order and build accordingly. I don't think you can achieve that using a load rule. Allow moves works only if the members are under a different parent. In your case it is the same parent.
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Is there anyway to move shared members with load rules?
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it does not quite work like that.
create a text file with the same format as a file that is used to build the dimension.
For example, Say the dimension is product and you are using a level build. Assume the first column is the level zero member of product.
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Set the dimension settings to remove unspecified members. When you run this rule with this test data file, it will delete ALL of the members of product and add the member "Delete_me" as a child of Product.
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You might find this useful: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12825_01/epm.111/esb_dbag/dotdimb.htm
Especially the Building Shared Members by Using a Rules File section: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12825_01/epm.111/esb_dbag/dotdimb.htm#dotdimb1061244
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Here is an example in the simplest form.
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Load rule to update alternate hierarchy with shared members more than once

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You can check here if you are satisfying the conditions for creating shared members under the Hierarchy (refer to Alternate Hierarchies). Plz note that rules for shared members are different in ASO world.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17236_01/epm.1112/esb_dbag/frameset.htm?acrtapdb.html
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hi John,
Here i'm building the dimension through generation build method.
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Edited by: user@99 on 25-May-2010 15:37

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How to build Shared members in the outline using load rule file.
I tried but it is not working correctly.

Hi,
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Essbase automatically makes the second one shared.
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http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E10530_01/doc/epm.931/esb_dbag.pdf
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