Understanding Implied Sharing

The shared member property defines a shared data relationship explicitly. Some members are shared even if you do not explicitly set them as shared. These members are implied shared members.

Essbase assumes (or implies) a shared member relationship in the following situations:

If you do not want a member to be shared implicitly, mark the parent as Never Share so that the data is duplicated instead. See Understanding Shared Members for an explanation of how shared members work.