Copy and Paste Members Within and Between Outlines

In the outline editor, you can copy and paste members within a non-unique outline, between two different outlines, shown on different tabs, or from a source to a target outline when using outline compare.

Copy and paste members within a non-unique outline:

To successfully copy and paste members within a non-unique outline, you must follow the rules for non-unique outlines. See About Duplicate Member Names.

In the outline editor, open a non-unique outline.
Right-click a member and select Copy.
In another location, where allowed according to the rules for non-unique outlines, right click a member and select Paste and then As child or As sibling.

Copy and paste a member from another outline shown on a different browser tab:

Open an outline.
Open a second outline on another tab. This outline can be from the same Essbase server or a different Essbase server.
Right-click a member from one of the outlines and select Copy.
Right-click a member from the other outline in a valid location and select Paste and then As child or As sibling.

Copy and paste a member from a compared outline:

Open an outline.
In the outline toolbar, click the To compare outlines icon.
In the Compare Outlines dialog box, open another outline, either on the same Essbase server or a different Essbase server. See Compare Outlines.
In the upper right-hand corner of the outline editor, click Edit outline .
In the source outline (the second outline you opened, the non-writeable one), expand a dimension and select a member.
Right-click and select Copy.
In the target outline, select a member in a valid location to add the member and right-click.
Select Paste and then As child or As sibling.