The General tab provides the most basic information about an allocation step.
Name
You cannot change the name after creating the step.
ID
The full logical name.
This information appears on the property sheet after the step has been created; it does not appear on the initial dialog box.
Short Label
A short descriptive name for display, usually in mixed case.
Long Label
A long descriptive name for display, usually in mixed case.
Description
Additional descriptive text, which can include mixed case and spaces.
Cube
The cube for the measure that this step will allocate. The source, target, base, and weight measures must be defined in this cube.
Source Measure
The measure or calculated measure whose data values will be allocated down the hierarchy.
Target Measure
The measure that will store the allocated values. The target measure and the source measure can be the same.
Important: If the target is the same as the source measure, then the allocated values may overwrite some of the original data values. Because the allocation is automatically saved, you cannot revert to the original data.
Base Measure
The measure or calculated measure that describes which cells will be the targets of an allocation and what the proportion of allocation each target cell will receive. The base measure can be the same as the source and the target measures.
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