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, Category, and Currency dimensions.

A dimension contains a set of predefined properties based on its type. You can add new properties by choosing Edit Structure, if desired.

You can assign dimension formulas that calculate and store information based on member values.

Adding members to dimensions

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

The maximum length for a member name is 32 characters. However, this limit only applies to newly created dimensions.

Note

If you make changes to any rules in the dimension, such as adding a new formula, you must validate and save those rules, and process the dimension.

You can also add members to dimensions in bulk using packages and process chains within Data Manager. For more information, see the application help for SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office available on the SAP Help Portal.

Caution

You cannot rename dimension member IDs.