Thank you for the response and explanations, Ian!
Yes, we are using Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services.
I will let my business partners know that if they select members from different levels, their Parents will automatically be selected and displayed in the crosstab. There is no way around this, and BI4.1 will not have an option to change this designed behavior, correct?
I will also let them know that in BI4.1 there is an environment behavior setting to have Parent Totals display the aggregated amount of all children members (not just the filtered children).
Cheers,
Michael