Ascendants (MDX)

Returns the set of the ascendants of a specified member, including the member itself.

Syntax

Ascendants(Member_Expression)

Arguments

• Member_Expression
  A valid Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) expression that returns a member.

Remarks

The Ascendants function performs a post-order traversal of the hierarchy for the specified member, and then returns all ascendant members related to the member, including itself, in a set. This is in contrast to the Ancestor function, which returns a specific ascendant member, or ancestor, at a specific level.

Examples

The following example returns the count of reseller orders for the [Sales Territory].[Northwest] member and all the ascendants of that member from the Adventure Works cube. The Ascendants function constructs the set that includes the [Sales Territory].[Northwest] member and its ascendants for the ROWS axis.

SELECT
   Measures.[Reseller Order Count] ON COLUMNS,
   Order(
      Ascendants(
         [Sales Territory].[Northwest]
      ),
      DESC
   ) ON ROWS
FROM
   [Adventure Works]

See Also

Reference

MDX Function Reference (MDX)

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance

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