Chapter 4 Building Multidimensional Diagrams

Creating a hierarchy

You create a hierarchy from the dimension property sheet. To display the dimension property sheet:

• Double-click the dimension symbol
• Right-click the dimension node in the Browser and select Properties

At creation, a hierarchy has a default name including a number, this number is assigned by default in the order of creation of objects.

You can also create a hierarchy from the list of dimension attributes: click the Attributes tab in the dimension property sheet, select one or more attributes to include into the hierarchy and click the Create Hierarchy tool.

To create a hierarchy:

1. Select the Hierarchies tab in the dimension property sheet.
2. Click a blank line in the list.
   
   or
   
   Click the Add a Row tool.
   
   An arrow appears at the beginning of the line.
3. Type a name and a code.
   
4. Click OK.

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