Duplicate Members across Levels Report

This report shows the number of members that exist in more than one level in a hierarchy.

Note:

While most reports run very quickly even on large dimensions, the Duplicate Members across Levels report might take a considerable amount of time to run on large dimensions because it compares members in every level with members of every other level. A large table with many levels takes considerably longer to test as compared to a small table with few levels. If your dimension table is very large, then considering running individual reports as needed rather than running all reports.

To prevent this report from running when you run the All Members Report, you can disable this report by right-clicking Duplicate Members across Levels Report in the navigation tree and selecting Disable Duplicate Members across Levels Report.

Actions

Lists the hierarchy levels. Select a level to activate the Show SQL and Details buttons.

Click Show SQL to display the SQL statement that generated the result for the selected level.

Click Details to display the Details for Duplicate Members at Level Level Name (depth) in Hierarchy dialog box.

The columns that the table can contain are the following:

Status: Indicates whether the level has a problem. A check mark in a green circle indicates that no problem exists. An exclamation point in a yellow triangle indicates a warning. An X in a red circle indicates an error condition.
Dimension Name: The name of the dimension.
Hierarchy Name: The name of the hierarchy of the dimension.
Level Name: The name of the level of the hierarchy.
Depth: The depth of the level in the hierarchy. Level 1 is the top-most level.
Duplicate Members across Levels: The number of duplicate members across levels in the dimension.

Tip:

Click the down arrow to select the columns to display in the table.

The columns of the messages table are the following:

Severity: Indicates whether the message is an error condition or a warning.
Dimension: The name of the dimension to which the message applies.
Message: The text of the message, including a message code. Each message begins with a message code.

The Duplicate Members across Levels report can contain the following message.

DV-0005

This message indicates that a dimension member exists at more than one level within a hierarchy. For example, the member 'New York' might exist at both the city and state levels of a geography dimension.

This condition is common in geographic hierarchies and in dimension tables that use surrogate keys, for example, items 1 - n, brands 1 - n, categories 1 - n, and so on. When this condition exists, either use the Generate Surrogate Keys in the Analytic Workspace option for the dimension or make members unique across levels in the dimension tables. For example, you could change the city member 'New York' to 'New York, New York'. You can specify the Generate Surrogate Keys in the Analytic Workspace option on the Storage tab when creating or editing a dimension)