An actual member and its shared members in the source outline are propagated to the target outline if at least one actual or shared member is defined in the partition area. As illustrated in Figure 60, Shared Members and Outline Synchronization, the partition definition is @IDESC(“Diet”). The parent 100 and its children (100-10, 100-20, 100-30) are not defined in the partition area. The parent Diet and its children (100-10, 100-20, 100-30) are defined in the partition area. The children of Diet are shared members of the actual members.
If you make a change to an actual member in the undefined partition area, such as adding an alias to the 100-10 actual member, that change is propagated to the target outline because it is associated with a shared member in the defined partition area.
The reverse is also true. If a shared member is not in the partition area and its actual member is, a change to the shared member in the undefined area is propagated to the target outline.
Any change made to a member that does not have at least one actual member (or shared member) in the defined partition area is not propagated to the target outline. For example, in Figure 60, Shared Members and Outline Synchronization, a change to the parent 100 is not propagated to the target outline because it is in the undefined partition area and does not have an associated shared member in the defined partition area.
If a shared member is included in the partition area, it is recommended to include its parent. In the above example, the parent Diet is included in the outline because its children are shared members and in the defined partition area.
Implied shared members are treated the same as shared members during outline synchronization. Actual members and their implied shared members in the source outline are propagated to the target outline if at least one actual or implied shared member is defined in the partition definition.
Using the partition definition as @CHILD(“A”) in the example in Figure 61, Implied Shared Members and Outline Synchronization, A1 and A2 are in the defined partition area, and A11, A21, and A22 are in the undefined partition area. Although A11 (implied shared member) is in the undefined partition area, a change to A11 is propagated to the target outline because its parent, A1, is in the defined partition area. The change to the children A21 and A22 is not propagated to the target outline because these members are not defined in the partition area and are not associated with a member that is in the defined partition area.
The reverse is true again. If A1 is not defined in the partition area and its implied shared member is, any change to A1 is propagated to the target outline.