MDX Function Descendants

Hey,
I'm trying to use a mdx function on the business model using Evaluate_AGGR.
Any idea why this is not working?
EVALUATE_AGGR('Descendants( \[%1], 1, AFTER)', "ES_FIN_BGATE_BIRE"."BGATE".."Pnl"."Gen6,SITES" )
I've got the following error:
Syntax error in input MDX query on line 2 at token 'member' (HY000)
Generate code:
member \[Accounts].\[MS1] as 'Descendants( \[\[SITES].Generations(6)], 1, AFTER)', SOLVE_ORDER = 101
select
{ \[Accounts].\[MS1]
} on columns
from \[BLUEGATE.Pnl]
Thanks!

The "Descendants" function needs a dimension member specification. You can't simply put a dimension level (as OBIEE uses for referencing hierarchy generations of an outline).
This will work:EVALUATE('Intersect(Descendants([Deltas],1,SELF_AND_BEFORE),%1.dimension.members)', Scenario."Gen3,Scenario")This will work as long as you don't use any other columns (speaking OBIEE terms) from the specified dimension (in this case Scenario).EVALUATE('Intersect(Descendants(%1.dimension.CurrentMember,1,SELF_AND_BEFORE),%1.dimension.members)', Scenario."Gen3,Scenario")So as long as you manage to get a singular dimension member into the function you're ok. Think prompts / presentation variables. Lists of dimension members retrieved through dimension level specifications and filters will not work.
Cheers,
C.

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