hierarchy.parentByIndex

Returns the name of one of the immediate parents of an element in a hierarchy.

hierarchy.parentByIndex(dimension, hierarchy, element, index)

Parameters

• dimension - The dimension in which the selected hierarchy exists.
• hierarchy - The identifier of the hierarchy to search.
• element - The identifier of the parent element.
• index - A Zero-based index of the parent to return.

Example

let parent = hierarchy.parentByIndex("Account", "Management Profit and Loss", "EBIT", 0);

TIP

The parent variable will be the name of the first parent of the element EBIT in the Management Profit and Loss Hierarchy.