SQL for Essbase

I'm an Essbase developer trying to create some sql code as a pass through transformation for a metaoutline build.
An example is probably the best way to describe what I'm trying to do:
Let's say I have a non-recursive table that I use to build out an OLAP dimension. There are five columns used for the dimension build. The lowest level we'll call 'town.' I want all the towns' data to roll up to their parents, but only some of the towns to actually show up in the cube.
So, let's say I have five towns: Hicksville, Brentwood, Smithtown, Buhla, and Concord. They each have a value of 100 in the cube for a certain slice of data. I want all 500 to roll up to the parent, but only have Brentwood and Smithtown show up.
I hope this makes any sense.

I actually tried to find this for the OP in the forum search area and didn't get it. The other group that I know exists but have never found in a search is the SQL Developer forum. (It's under "Database" rather than "Developer Tools"). It seems "odd" that searching is difficult from a forum list around products of a database company.
For instance, why isn't essbase listed when you click the "more" in the database section?
That area needs work Oracle!

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Message was edited by:
cth
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cth

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