Error manually adding an element to a dimension

[dan.kelleher]

I’m having an issue where I cannot add an element to a dimension despite the element not existing in the dimension, or as an alias of an element of an existing element.

The error message is:

Component already exists in the consolidaiton xxx

where xxx is the element I am inserting the new element as a child of.

The version of TM1 the client is using is TM1 8.4

Thanks,

Dan

[stephen waters]

Dan,
Can you insert it as a parentless element and then move it to parent xxx?

[paulsimon]

I still think that the most likely reason is an alias. Are your aliases by any chance calculated by rules? Could that explain it?

I would try opening the Attribute Editor rather than the }ElementAttributes cube, and look for any red text that might indicate a duplicate alias problem - it might be the consolidation that has the duplicate alias rather than the element you are trying to add.

Regards

Paul Simon