Sometimes you want shared members to roll up into parents that are at different generations in the outline. For example, in Figure 95, Sample Outline: Members Shared at Different Generations, the shared members roll up into parents at generation 2 (Diet) and at generation 3 (TBC and Grandma’s). This outline assumes that TBC (The Beverage Company) buys some beverages from outside vendors: it buys 200-20 (Diet Root Beer) from a vendor named Grandma’s.
Sharing members at different generations can be accomplished using level or parent-child references. See:
Sample data source and rules files are provided for each build method. The result for each build method is shown in Figure 95, Sample Outline: Members Shared at Different Generations.