Finding first child in a calculation script

Hi all,
in my calculation script i would like to find the first child for allocation, i searched in essbase technical reference but no way there is no function that can help me to find it, i give you an example of structure:
May09
--------W090518
--------W090519
--------W090520
--------W090521
--------W090522
jun09
--------W090623
--------W090624
--------W090625
--------W090626
--------W090627
Do you have any suggestion?
thank you in advance.

I've typically had tou use a uda and in my calscript fixed on them. I believe someone created a Jave Custom Function to do something similar. This is one of those things that is much easier inMDX than in calc scripts.

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