Field Types and Valid Build Methods

Table 41 lists field types and valid build methods.

Table 41. Field Types and Valid Build Methods

Field Type[1]

What the Field Contains

Valid Build Methods

Alias

An alias

Note:

The alias value will not be assigned to the new member if Member update dimension build is set to Remove unspecified and the data source for a new member contains the alias value of a removed member.

Generation, level, and parent-child references

See Rules for Assigning Field Types.

Property

A member property.

See Table 40, Member Property Codes.

 

Formula

A formula

 

Currency name

(Block storage outlines only) A currency name

 

Currency category

(Block storage outlines only) A currency category

 

UDA

A UDA

 

Attribute parent

In an attribute dimension, the name of the parent member of the attribute member in the following field

 

The name of a specific attribute dimension

A member of the specified attribute dimension. This member is associated with a specified generation or level of the selected base dimension.

 

Generation

The name of a member in the specified generation

Generation references

Duplicate generation

The name of a member with a shared member as a child

 

Duplicate generation alias

The alias for the shared member

 

Level

The name of a member in a level

Level references

Duplicate level

The name of a member with a shared member as a child

 

Duplicate level alias

The alias for the shared member

 

Parent

The name of a parent

Parent-child reference

Child

The name of a child

 

1 Field types whose names begin with duplicate (such as duplicate generation and duplicate level alias), are not related to duplicate member names described in Creating and Working With Duplicate Member Outlines.