Essbase API - Account Dimension - Account Type

Hello all,
I'm connecting to a cube that has an account dimension and I need to extract the account hierarchy for a given member name. What I did to get the member information is:
mbrSel = cube.openMemberSelection(null);
mbrSe.executeQuety("<OutputType Binary <SelectMbrInfo(MemberName, MemberAlias, ParentMemberName )"
, "@IDESCENDENTS (\"" + s_member + "\", 0)");
Now what I'm trying to get from this query is the account type(or the account aggregator). Is this information queryable?
Many thanks!
Rafael

In BPC, "Account" can be interpretted fairly generic. Yes each application requires an account dimension and each account dimension member must be assigned a valid account type (Asset, Liab, Equity, Rev, Cost) property. But that is the extent of the restrictions. So in is not uncommon to see the account dimension be used to represent the vendor, the customer, the material, or a key figure. That last option may be necessary if you want to track "statistical key figures" or various types of quantities in your application. Just be sure to utilize the right account type attribute assignment to result in the correct sign handling and accumulation logic for your data.
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