The build method has to be choose to perform a dimension build.
The build method that you select :
that Essbase uses to :
dimensions, members, and aliases in the outline.
Generation reference build method modify the properties of existing dimensions and members.
It's a Top-down data. Each record specifies the parent’s name, the child’s name, the children of that child, and so on.
Example:
Year, Quarter, Month
Field type information: The generation number for each field.
Level reference build method is aimed to :
It's a Bottom-up data. Each record specifies the name of the member, the name of its parent, the name of its parent’s parent, and so forth.
Example
Month, Quarter, Year
Field Type Information: The level number for each field.
A parent-child_reference build method is aimed to :
It's a Parent followed by its child type of data. Each record specifies the name of the parent and the name of the new child member, in that order, although they can specify other information as well.
Example :
Cola, Diet Cola
Field Type Information: Whether a field is parent or child. The field number is 0.
Each data source lists new members; the data source does not specify where in the outline the members belong. Essbase provides algorithms that determine where to add these members.
| Build Method | Example | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add as child of the specified parent |
| Add all members as children of an existing parent (possibly a “dummy” parent) | |
| Add as sibling at the lowest level |
| Add all members at the end of the dimension | |
| Add as sibling to a member with a matching string |
| Add each new member to the dimension that contains similar members | |