Functions Available Through Member Selection and the Formula Bar

The functions listed in Table 6-1 can be selected from the Functions tab in the Select Member dialog box, and they can be entered dynamically in the formula bar.

Table 6-1 Functions Available Through Member Selection and the Formula Bar

Function Parameters Needed Description
AllMembers All Members in Hierarchy dimension Members of the specified dimension
Ancestors Ancestors of member (Inclusive) Members at all levels above the specified member
Base Base members of Hierarchy dimension The base or level 0 members of a hierarchy. Base Member function is only available for Oracle Hyperion Financial Management, and is not supported for Oracle Essbase and Oracle Hyperion Planning. For Essbase and Planning, use BottomOfHierarchy AND Descendants functions.
BottomOfHierarchy Bottom of Hierarchy dimension All Level 0 members
TopOfHierarchy Top of Hierarchy dimension Top-level member of hierarchy
Children Children of member (Inclusive) Members one level below the specified parent
Descendants Descendants of member (Inclusive) Members at all levels below the specified parent
Parent Parent of member (Inclusive) Member one level above the specified member
Siblings Siblings of member (Inclusive) Members with the same parent as the specified member
Member member The specified member
Members N/A Members of the current dimension
OfSameGeneration Same generation as member Members of the same dimension and generation as the specified member
OnSameLevelAs Same level as member Members from the same dimension and on the same level as the specified member

Note: In Planning, OnSameLevelAs only works with level 0 members.

SameLevelAs N/A Members of the same level
SystemMemberList System-defined Member List Lev(n),dimension Members in a specified system-defined member list
UserDefined1 All members where user defined is selected attribute Financial Management only. All entities and custom dimensions can be used with the following exceptions: View, ICP, Year, Period, Scenario. The members of selected attribute
UserDefined2 All members where user defined is selected attribute Financial Management only. All entities and custom dimensions can be used with the following exceptions: View, ICP, Year, Period, Scenario. The members of selected attribute
UserDefined3 All members where user defined is selected attribute Financial Management only. All entities and custom dimensions can be used with the following exceptions: View, ICP, Year, Period, Scenario. The members of selected attribute