IsAncestor (PEL)

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This function determines whether a specified member is an ancestor of another specified member.

IsAncestor(Member_Expression1, Member_Expression2 )

Parameters

  • Member_Expression1
    A valid PerformancePoint Expression Language (PEL) expression that returns a member.
  • Member_Expression2
    A valid PEL expression that returns a member.

Return Value

The IsAncestor function returns TRUE if the first member specified is an ancestor of the second member specified. Otherwise, the function returns FALSE.

The PEL compiler can generate SQL code for this function when the function is part of an absolute reference. The compiler cannot generate SQL code when the function is part of a relative reference.

See Also

Reference

Ancestor (PEL)
SQL generation for PEL functions

Other Resources

PEL reference