Add a List of New Members

When you need to add new members to the Essbase outline, but the source data does not specify their ancestors, use one of the Add as dimension build methods: Add as sibling of matching string, Add as a sibling at the lowest level, or Add as child of.

Essbase provides the following dimension build methods for working with source data that does not specify parent members:

Add each new member as a sibling of the existing member whose text most closely matches its own.

See Add Members Based On String Matches.
Add each new member as a sibling of the lowest-level existing member.

See Add Members as Siblings of the Lowest Level.
Add all new members as children of a specified parent. See Adding Members to a Specified Parent.

After Essbase adds all new members to the outline, it may be necessary to move the new members into their correct positions using Outline Editor. Refer to Move and Compare Dimensions and Members.

Note:

Essbase does not support concurrent attribute association with the Add as build methods.