When you associate a member of an attribute dimension with a member of a base dimension, follow these rules:
You cannot associate multiple members from the same attribute dimension with the same base dimension member. For example, the Bottle and Can package types cannot both be associated with the product 100-30.
You can associate members from different attribute dimensions with the same member of a base dimension. For example, a decaffeinated cola product (100-30) sold in 16-ounce bottles has three attributes: Caffeinated:False; Ounces:16; and Pkg Type:Bottle.
After attributes are associated with base dimension members, if you cut or copy and paste base dimension members to another outline location, the attribute associations are lost.
Essbase does not require that each member of a base dimension be associated with a member of an attribute dimension.
All base dimension members associated with members of a particular attribute dimension must be at the same level.
For example, in Figure 42, Association of Attributes with the Same Level Members of the Market Dimension, all Market dimension members that have Population attributes are at level 0. You cannot associate East, which is a level 1 member, with a Population attribute, because the other members of the Market dimension that have Population attributes are level 0 members.
The level 0 members of attribute dimensions are the only members that you can associate with base dimension members.
For example, in the Population attribute dimension, you can associate only level 0 members such as 3000000, 6000000, and 9000000, with members of the Market dimension. You cannot associate a level 1 member such as Small.
The name of the level 0 member of an attribute dimension is the attribute value. The only members of attribute dimensions that have attribute values are level 0 members.
You can use the higher-level members of attribute dimensions to select and group data. For example, you can use Small, the level 1 member of the Population attribute dimension, to retrieve sales in both the 3000000 and 6000000 population categories.