Dimension Member Management

You manage dimension members by adding and modifying members within a particular dimension.

You add members to dimensions based on your business needs. For example, if your company opens a new office, the financial information of that office must be part of the Entity and Category dimensions.

Features

A dimension contains a set of predefined properties based on its type. You can add new properties by using the BW modeling tools, if desired.

Managing Dimension Members

You can add, delete, and modify members in dimensions within an environment in the Administration section. Under the Modeling section, choose Start of the navigation path Dimensions End of the navigation path , select a dimension, and then choose Edit Members.

Time-dependent Property and Text

You can maintain the time-dependent property and text when time dependency is activated in the BW backend, as follows:

A time-dependent property and text are identified with a clock icon in their column header.
When there is at least one time-dependent property or text, a key date field appears in the menu of the maintenance screen. The current calendar date is used as the default date when member maintenance initially loads. You can choose a different key date to toggle a different property value or text across time.
By default, a changed value for a time-dependent property and text updates to the current time range (in which the key date lies) when saving.
By selecting the checkbox in the column From <key date>, a changed value for a time-dependent property and text is applied to a new time range starting from the selected key date

Compounding Dimensions

You can maintain the member of a compounding dimension after it has been activated in the BW backend. When you add a new member for a compounding dimension, you can select an existing member for superior dimensions from the value's help.

Maintaining the Member of a Property Dimension

You can maintain the member of a dimension property when the property itself has master data. To maintain a member for the dimension, view the dimension structure and click directly in the property ID.

Caution

You cannot rename dimension member IDs.

Maintaining Members and Properties of Local Dimensions

You can add a new member that does not exist in a global dimension and maintain its properties.
You can overwrite property values for members inherited from a global dimension.
You cannot delete members inherited from a global dimension.
Time-dependent property and text compounding are not supported.