Overriding Default Column Groupings

You can override the default column grouping that Essbase selects for reports with the <SYM and <ASYM commands. <SYM and <ASYM affect the member selection commands that follow them in a report.

  1. Use the <SYM command when the selection of column members meets the requirements of the rule for asymmetry, but you want to produce a symmetric report. The <SYM command always produces a symmetric report, creating all combinations of each column dimension.

  2. Turn off the symmetric format and restore the rules for asymmetric reports with the <ASYM command.