Configuring Named Levels

Use the }HierarchyProperties control cube to configure named levels.

For more details about the }HierarchyProperties control cube, see the section about control cubes in TM1 Operations.

Procedure

  1. In TM1® Architect, click theView menu and select Display Control Objects.
  2. In the navigation pane, click to expand the Cubes node.
  3. Double-click the }HierarchyProperties control cube.

    The }HierarchyProperties control cube opens.

  4. Click the title dimension list to select the dimension for which you want to assign named levels.
  5. In the defaultMember cell, enter an existing element name to set as the default member for this dimension.

    The element name you enter here may filter the dimension when TM1 data is retrieved from an external application like IBM® Cognos® Report Studio.

    Enter the name of the top element in the dimension hierarchy so all the dimension elements are retrieved by default.

    For example, set World as the default member for the Region dimension.

  6. In the level000 to level020 cells, enter your own custom name for each hierarchy level that exists in the dimension.
    Note: Named levels are limited to a length of 255 single-byte characters. For details, see String Length Limit for Named Levels.
  7. After configuring named levels, you must do one of the following to apply the changes:

Results

Note: Changes to element names or dimension structure are not automatically detected by the named levels feature. If your dimension changes, you must first manually update the named level assignments in the }HierarchyProperties control cube and then either restart the TM1 server or run the RefreshMdxHierarchyTurboIntegrator function to update the MDX hierarchies in the TM1 server.