Details for Members with Null Descriptions Report

This dialog box dialog box displays all hierarchy level members for which the description column value is null. Use this dialog box to do the following:

• View the source data for the level

• Select a method for correcting the data

• View the SQL statement that returns the data

• Export the SQL statement for the selected correction method

• Refresh the data from the database table

The dialog box displays the database table to which the level is mapped. It also displays the results of a SQL query that selects the following values.

• Level member

• Description of the member

Find: Finds a row that has the specified characters. Enter one or more characters in the field. Click Go to find the first row that contains the characters. Click Go again to find the next matching row.

Show Detail SQL: Shows the SQL query that returns the results displayed.

: Refreshes the data from the database table.

If data correction methods are available, the Data Correction Method controls become active.

Data Correction Method:

• Set Null Descriptions to Member: This option sets the description for the member to the name of the member plus an optional prefix and suffix. It updates all rows where the description is null.

  • Prefix: A string to add before the member name.

  • Suffix: A string to add before the member name. The default value is a space, a hyphen, a space, and the name of the dimension.

  
  

  Note: This method is not available when the data type of the member column is inconsistent with the data type of the description column.

  
  

The SQL statement for the correction method appears below the option.

Export: Exports the SQL for the data correction method to SQL Developer Worksheet or to the clipboard.

• To Worksheet: Exports the SQL for the data correction method to SQL Developer Worksheet.

• To Clipboard: Exports the SQL for the data correction method to the clipboard.