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                                @ChrisHeathcote Thank you for your response.       My purpose is to inform downstream calculations.  I will use a workaround, similar to what you suggest                                  in your last pa           ragraph.               ... View more

Thank you for your response.   I am using line items (list format) to allow the users to create custom drivers in a budgeting/forecasting model.  For example, if my chart of accounts has three key dimensions: Account Department Analysis I can have the users choose members in line items (list format) for each dimension, and then refer to those items in a LOOKUP formula to return the driver value.   In this case, the user may want to pick intersections at various levels of the hierarchy.   I can work around the issue, it would just be a lot more fun and eloquent if I could select any member of the hierarchy in one place.   Thanks again.   Mike ... View more

Fellow Learners,   I come from the world of FP&A, mostly in hospitality, but somehow along the way I ended up building EPM functionality and processes for two different companies.   What brought you here:  I am an Hyperion Essbase and Planning guy who wants to reinvent himself as an Anaplanner What you hope to learn:  Enough skills to make me attractive enough to get an entry level job so I can get real world experience Where you are in the world: Orlando Favorite vacation destination: Right now - anywhere but sitting at home Favorite beverage: Cold bubbly water Mike Suter ... View more