Uniquely Identifying Members Through the Rules File

To ensure that duplicate member outline hierarchies are built correctly, use qualified member names in the data source or use the rules file to construct qualified member names from fields in the data source.

In most situations, the reference method and arrangement of fields provide enough information for Essbase to map data source columns to members in a duplicate member outline. The dimension build rules file for duplicate member is similar to the rules file for unique member outlines.

The following operations require more complex rules files for qualified member names: