Member Selector

The member selector is a dialog box in which you select or exclude members that belong to a dimension hierarchy. By selecting members in the member selector for a specific dimension, you can restrict the display of data, for example, in a report table.

To access the member selector, click on the name of a dimension shown in a report.

Function

Navigation

To select one or more dimension members

Select the checkbox next to the specific dimension members.

To select children or descendants of a dimension member

In the Options menu for a dimension member in the member selector, choose Select Children or Select Descendants.
To exclude members from selected members list

In the Options menu for a dimension member, choose Exclude descendants and me, then both the member and all its descendants will be removed from the selected members list.

To search for members

Choose Search Membersand enter the name or ID of the member. When searching by ID, make sure you choose either ID or ID and Description in the Display Column.

To display dimension members in a hierarchy or list format

Choose Display and select either Hierarchy or List.

Example

You have the Calendar Year dimension added in a report. You can filter the dimension members that are displayed in the report table using the member selector. Selecting only 2009 and 2010 restricts the display of data in the report to information relevant for these dimension members.