Parent (PEL)

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This function returns the parent of a specified member.

Member_Expression.Parent

Parameters

  • Member_Expression
    A valid PerformancePoint Expression Language (PEL) expression that returns a member

Return value

The Parent function returns the parent member of the specified member.

Remarks

The PEL compiler can always generate SQL code for this function.

This function is defined as Member_Expression**.Ancestor(1)**. For additional information about the function, see Ancestor (PEL).

PEL cannot be used to reference user-created member views in non-time dimensions. To write a business rule that references a member view in a non-time dimension, use a native Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) implementation.

See Also

Reference

Ancestor (PEL)
SQL generation for PEL functions

Other Resources

PEL reference
Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) Reference on MSDN