Orphanage Property

Applies To

Category Object

Discussion

Use an orphanage with a dimension known to generate orphan categories.

An orphanage is a category created in a manual level. After an orphanage is created, any subsequently generated categories that do not have a position defined in the model become children of the orphanage. By using an orphanage, you keep new data separate until you can connect it to the appropriate category.

To create an orphanage, add a level to the Levels collection associated with that dimension. If you want the orphanage to collect new category values for the entire dimension, use the Move method to move it to the first position in the collection.

Use the Add (Categories) method to add a category to the Categories collection. Ensure that the Add method parameters specify the type of object (trCategory) and the manual level to which the category belongs. Finally, set the Orphanage property to True.

Default: False

Type

Boolean

Access

Read/Write