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Parent (standard MDX)

Returns the parent of the specified member.

Parameters

Name Type Cardinality Default value
  member-expression  one   

Return

member

Description

The parent function returns the parent of the specified member. If the member is a root member, that is member with no parent, it will return a null entity.

It is equivalent to Ancestor(member,1).

See Also

Ancestor Children

Examples

member.Parent
member.Parent - Root

Special Examples (errors, null, ...)

NULL.Parent
tuple.Parent
level.Parent
memberSet.Parent
tupleSet.Parent
string.Parent

XMLA Properties

Find here the value of the XMLA properties when not specified otherwise.

icCube OLAP version: 2.5.1 13-May-2012 02:21:10 GMT