Shared Members - OHDRM

What is shared member? What are uses of shared member? What are
features and limitations of shared member?
• The data associated with the member comes from base member with the same name. The shared member stores a pointer to data contained in the other member and the data is only stored once.
• Shared members are typically used to calculate the same member
across multiple parents.
• Using shared members lets you use members repeatedly throughout a dimension. Essbase stores the data value only once, but it displays in multiple locations. This offers considerable space saving as well as processing efficiency.

Features:
• You can have an unlimited number of shared members with the
same name.
• You can assign aliases to shared members.

Limitations:
• The shared members must be in the same dimension.
• You should not create an outline where shared members are
located before actual members in a dimension.