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Drillingusingcustomhierarchies
Youmayfindthatthedefaultorderinwhichdimensionobjectsarearranged
inhierarchiesisnotoptimalforyouranalysisneeds,orthatyouneedtodrill
onahierarchythathasobjectsfromdifferentclasses.
Youcaneditahierarchybychangingtheorderofthedimensionsitcontains,
byaddingdimensionstoit,andremovingdimensionsfromit.Youcanalso
renameahierarchy,andevendeleteit.
Youcanalsocreateyourownhierarchiesusingdimensionsavailableinthe
reportorbyusinguserobjects.Therearetwotypesofcustomhierarchies:
• Pre-definedcustomhierarchiesthataresetupbytheuniversedesigner
andwhichcanbere-usedinotherdocuments.
• Hierarchiesyoucreateyourselfandwhicharesavedonlyinthedocument
youcreatedthemin.
Editinghierarchies
Thechangesyoumaketoahierarchythatwascreatedbyauniversedesigner
affectyourworkindrillmodeonly.Forexample,ifyoudeleteahierarchy,
youcannolongeruseitindrillmode.However,thehierarchyremains
unchangedintheuniversesoyoucanstillusethehierarchytodefinescope
ofanalysiswhenbuildingaqueryontheuniverse.Theuniversedesigneris
theonlypersonwhocaneditordeletehierarchiesattheuniverselevel.
Toeditahierarchyfordrillmode
1. ClickHierarchiesontheAnalysismenu.
TheHierarchyEditoropens.
2. IntheAvailableHierarchiesbox,clickthe+signtoviewthecontentsof
thehierarchyfolder.
3. IntheAvailableDimensionsbox,clickthe+signtotheleftofthefolder
toviewthelistofdimensions.
4. Maketherequiredchanges
5. clickOKtoclosetheHierarchyEditor.
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