Parent
The MDX Parent() function for Essbase returns a member's parent.
Syntax
member.Parent [(hierarchy) ]or
Parent ( member [, hierarchy ] )Parameters
Example 1
{Parent ([100-10])}returns [100], which is the parent of 100-10.
Example 2
The following MDX query uses Filter to find the months in which Sales for [Product].[100] are higher than 8,570. The Parent function is used with Generate to create a set consisting of the parents (quarters) of the high-sales months:
WITH SET [High-Sales Months] as 
' 
 Filter( 
 [Year].Levels(0).members, 
 [Measures].[Sales] > 8570 
 ) 
' 
SELECT 
   {[Measures].[Sales]} 
ON COLUMNS, 
   Generate([High-Sales Months], { Parent([Year].CurrentMember) })
ON ROWS 
FROM 
  sample.basic 
WHERE 
 ([Product].[100]) This query returns the grid:
Table 4-121 Output Grid from MDX Example
| (axis) | Sales | 
|---|---|
| Qtr2 | 27187 | 
| Qtr3 | 28544 | 
| Qtr4 | 25355 |