CAFE - not enough space for context dimensions

[vladkon]

Hi All,
We are implementing CAFE interface for our users and came across some difficulty that I am unable to solve. We have some cubes with 20+ dimensions. When having most of the dimensions in context area in crosstab, there is not enough space for all of them. You can drag them to this area but some of them are invisible, and so users are unable to access them. Has anyone came across such situation or has any idea how to solve it?

[mvaspal]

I know it does not answer your exact question but as a workaround you could try setting the Default Member property for every dimension. This way you do not need to drop those dimensions into the context filter that you do not use for the analysis. It is quite rare that a user applies filters on 20 dimensions at the same time - but maybe I do not use such tools too much as an end user.

[vladkon]

Thank you for the idea. It is not an ideal solution, but makes a situation much more manageable. Do you know of the way for a user can see what is defined a default member for the dimension from CAFE?

[mvaspal]

Maybe with an alternative hierarchy, having "Default MEmeber" as root member and then the default member itself as the only component. but otherwise no, no easy way of doing this.

I would rather communicate that it is always the first root member or smth similar and then all users will know what is the default

[silw]

Hm, you can simply drag inside Context area (not dimension label) right-left to access what you want.

[jim wood]

Hm, you can simply drag inside Context area (not dimension label) right-left to access what you want.

Agreed but unless a user knows that function is there (most won't guess) then the original issue remains. Training would fix it obviously, but even still it's a bit of a pain, especially for those of us used to the cube viewer.