Selecting Hierarchies

Use

You select hierarchies at the following stages in the query definition:

When selecting a variable hierarchy or a fixed hierarchy for a hierarchy node (seeRestricting Characteristics: Hierarchies).
When selecting a display hierarchy for a characteristic (seeProperties of the Characteristic.

You can only use this function if hierarchies have been created for the characteristic that you want to restrict.

More information:Hierarchies.

You are in the Select Hierarchy dialog box. You have the following options:

Select Fixed Hierarchies

Select Variable Hierarchies

A hierarchy is variable if at least one of its elements (name, version, key date) is variable.

Select Hierarchy Variables.
Choose . The input help for selecting the variable hierarchy appears.
Select the required hierarchy and choose OK.

Note

You can also define a new variable and change or delete an existing one. These functions are always available to the right of Hierarchy Variable.
Make the required settings for the version and key date.
Choose OK.

Note

Note that the version and key date fields can only be filled if the characteristic has version-dependent or time-dependent hierarchies.

For more information about the hierarchy properties (version-dependent and time-dependent) that you can set on this dialog, seeHierarchy Properties