Leave it to Doctor Venkat to sum this one up so nicely:
http://www.rittmanmead.com/2009/07/13/oracle-bi-ee-10-1-3-4-1-multi-hierarchy-reporting-shared-parents-and-shared-childs-fragmentation/
http://www.rittmanmead.com/2009/07/13/oracle-bi-ee-10-1-3-4-1-multi-hierarchy-reporting-shared-parents-and-shared-childs-fragmentation/