Parent child dim build error??

Hi,
I'm loading members using parent child refernce method. My requirement is to load only level 0 members of already existed membesr from the outline.If data file has any new parent ,Essbase should kick out the new parent but should not load to the outline. Do we have any property for this in rule file or anywhere in EAS?
Im using EAS 11.1.1.3

To echo Glenn, you could use other approaches to pull dimensionality out of Essbase -- Applied OLAP's Outline Extractor, MaxL's export outline, etc.. get that output into a table, and then write SQL to do the tests. There's nothing in a Load Rule that will do what you want. ODI is fine as well (I am a fan of the tool) but it isn't the only approach and at the end of the day, you will be writing SQL in ODI to do this test.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour

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Parent child dim build??

Hi,
In parent child reference method can we build dimension order like child-parent-properties....? coz my source file is coming in child-parent-properties format.
How I can achieve this??
Thanks

Yes, you can build the dimension using the Parent-Child technique as per your source.
In the dataprep editor, select the field1 (which is Child as per the source file) and select the option "Move" so that it will be field2 and Parent member will be in field1

Parent/Child requests in error

Hi,
I am actually working on a custom interface where I will have to pause the parent request when the child requests are running.
APPS.FND_SUBMIT.submit_program (
application => r_stage_program.application_short_name
, program     => r_stage_program.concurrent_program_name
, stage => r_stage_program.stage_name
, argument1   => l_arguments(1)
, argument2   => l_arguments(2)
, argument3   => l_arguments(3)
APPS.FND_CONC_GLOBAL.set_req_globals( conc_status => 'PAUSED'
, request_data => l_user_request_set_name );
When I am using these codes in the custom package, it says No Active Manager and the parent request is terminating in Error.
Questions:
Is there a child concurrent manager that should be activated to avoid the “No Manager” warning?
Is there another example where the PAUSED request is used ?
I got the example below from Oracle. The problem is that it is terminating in “Error” for the parent request and it is indicating “Inactive” / “No Manager” for the child requests.
* This is sample PL/SQL concurrent program submits 10
* sub-requests. The sub-requests are submitted one at a
* time. Each time a sub-request is submitted, the parent
* exits to the Running/Paused state, so that it does not
* consume any resources while waiting for the child
* request, to complete. When the child completes the
* parent is restarted.
create or replace procedure parent (errbuf out varchar2,
retcode   out number) is
   i number;
   req_data varchar2(10);
   r number;
begin
   -- Read the value from REQUEST_DATA. If this is the
   -- first run of the program, then this value will be
   -- null.
   -- Otherwise, this will be the value that we passed to
   -- SET_REQ_GLOBALS on the previous run.
   req_data := fnd_conc_global.request_data;
   -- If this is the first run, we'll set i = 1.
   -- Otherwise, we'll set i = request_data + 1, and we'll
   -- exit if we're done.
   if (req_data is not null) then
i := to_number(req_data);
i := i + 1;
if (i < 11 ) then
errbuf := 'Done!';
retcode := 0 ;
return;
end if;
   else
i := 1;
   end if;
   -- Submit the child request. The sub_request parameter
   -- must be set to 'Y'.
   r := fnd_request.submit_request('FND', 'CHILD',
'Child ' || to_char(i), NULL,
TRUE, fnd_conc_global.printer);
   if r = 0 then
     -- If request submission failed, exit with error.
     errbuf := fnd_message.get;
     retcode := 2;
   else
     -- Here we set the globals to put the program into the
     -- PAUSED status on exit, and to save the state in
     -- request_data.
    fnd_conc_global.set_req_globals(conc_status => 'PAUSED',
request_data => to_char(i));
    errbuf := 'Sub-Request submitted!';
    retcode := 0 ;
   end if;
   return;
end;
Can anyone help please if they have encountered this kind of problem?
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Yuvraj

Hi Asif,
I can submit other programs successfully.
Please find the SQL extraction below:
Conflict Resolution Manager
1
1
Internal Manager
1
1
Scheduler/Prereleaser Manager
1
1
Standard Manager
8
8
PO Document Approval Manager
2
2
Receiving Transaction Manager
1
1
PA Streamline Manager
1
1
Inventory Manager
1
1
INV Remote Procedure Manager
1
1
Workflow Agent Listener Service
1
1
Workflow Mailer Service
1
1
Transportation Manager
0
0
WMS Task Archiving Manager
0
0
C AQCART Service
0
0
Session History Cleanup
1
1
UWQ Worklist Items Release for Crashed session
1
1
SFM Controller Service
0
0
SFM Order Queue Service
0
0
SFM Work Item Queue Service
0
0
SFM Fulfillment Actions Queue Service
0
0
SFM Fulfillment Element Ready Queue Service
0
0
SFM Event Manager Queue Service
0
0
SFM Inbound Messages Queue Service
0
0
SFM Timer Queue Service
0
0
SFM Application Monitoring Service
0
0
SFM SM Interface Test Service
0
0
OAM Metrics Collection Manager
1
1
Workflow Document Web Services Service
1
1
Marketing Data Mining Manager
0
0
Output Post Processor
1
1
FastFormula Transaction Manager
0
0
Regards,
Yuvraj

Dim Build Error

There isn't any keywords or reserved words for dimensions, are there?
I'm building dimensions from a sql call, it creates all of them except for "OTHER" which gives the following error:
\\Record #10 - Incorrect Dimension (Region) for Member OTHER (3308) OTHER

This is a common problem in the essbase world and a reason many cubes have prefixing. Unless you are working in system 9.3 and have elected to allow duplicate names, you have simply used the name other twice in two different dimensions.
This is confusing to those with a relational database background because Other Region should be different from Other Product and Other Customer. You need to remember that the labels such as Othe can be used by an end user at anytime in any position. So you need to make each label in your database unique. The time tested process is to prefix (or suffix) all the members within a dimension. So all of your products could be prefixed with a P and all of your regions with an R. Or you could prefix with Prod or Product. As the moment you are only having the issue with Other, but it could happen when you have a saleman named West and a region West, etc. So the prefix solution allows you to have things run on autopilot.
Two other options, in the dimension build rule, you could change Other to Other Region. This is the easiest solution for a business owned application.
The other choice is to change your ETL so Other Region comes in your file as Other Region.

Does essbase studio support Parent/Child build method

Hi,
I am trying to build essbase outline from Essbase studio where my source data is in Parent child format. Dimension hierarchies are not built correctly with this build method.. all members are appearing as siblings... could you please confirm if essbase studio does support Parent Child build method... so that i can try to fix the bugs at source if there are any. Thanks for your help in advance.
Regards,
Praveen

HI John and Glenn,
Thank you very much for your help. I have now built essbase outline with recursive hierarchies.
I have total 11 dimensions and 1 fact table. During the cube schema built, chosen fact table column 'Amount' into measures/measure, 11 hierarchies into hierarchy section... and one dimension as "Account" dim from the 11 dims. The data load is failing with the below error:
Failed to deploy Essbase cube.
Caused by: Failed to load data into database: CurrrASO.
Caused by: Cannot get async process state. Essbase Error(1003007): Data Value [8.23326e+007] Encountered Before All Dimensions Selected, [1] Records Completed
The native sql issued by Studio does not contain the dimension column which is designated as Account dim. I have used custom sql (included one column from each of the 11 dims) but here the data value is also treated as member name and all the records are rejected.
Member 37356.617844 Not Found In Database
[2] Mar USD No Segment FY07 Actual-Detail E345 D310 R00 P0000 PL000 7306 37356.617844
I cant open the rules files in AAS console to check what was going on.. so need your help to understand where i am going wrong.
Thanks,
Praveen
Edited by: user8627339 on Dec 22, 2010 10:26 PM

'Invalid Dim' error during dynamic dim building

Hi Folks,
I am trying to update an outline using my own dim rules file and data .txt file, but i get an error in the dimbuild log file saying "\\Column 7 - Invalid Dimension" What could be the reason for this? The outline already contains 5 standard dims (i.e. Customer, Period, Account, Scenario and Year) and 2 more attribute dims. My goal is to add some new members to the existing Account dim. My data file looks like this:
Account,Metrics,,O,~
Metrics, Avg_Wolverines_Juggled, Average Wolverines Juggled, S,~
Metrics, Avg_Dropped_Wolverines, Average Dropped Wolverines, S,~
Metrics,Headcount,,S,~
In the data-prep editor I have created a .rul file that has 6 columns (fields). The first field I created by mistake, so I have set it to 'ignore field..' under 'dim build properties'. The next 5 fields map correctly to the way I have arranged my data file, i.e Parent0, Account Child0, Account Alias0, Account Property0, Account Property0, Account
This .rul file validates correctly, but when I try to update the outline, I get the "\\Column 7 - Invalid Dimension" error log message. The log msg says that the data file contains an error, but may have partially loaded data. However, I don't see a SINGLE new member added to the outline..
In terms of settings, everything under 'Dim Build Properties' seems fine. i.e. for each field the correct dim type (e.g. Parent, Child, Alias, or Property) and dim name (i.e. Account) is selected. However, under 'Dim Build Settings', when i try to choose 'Account' as the dim name, it reverts back to the name of the first dim in the outline (i.e. Customer) whenever I close/reopen 'Dim Build Settings' This happens even though I do a double-click and make sure 'Account' is shown in Blue before closing out of 'Dim Build Settings' Could this have something to do with the error I am getting? I have also made sure that the 'Build Method' is correct (i.e. Parent/Child references) for the two main dim fields. As per my understanding, for alias and properties fields, the Build Method doesn't matter.
I apologize for the long question, but would really appreciate some help.
thanks,
Akshay

Ah good old wolvering Juggling. The problem is they will bite you if you are not careful. (It's a nice metaphor for essbase). learning from Edwards book I see.
your file looks like it only has five columns and you say you created a sixth column that you set to ignore. The message indicates there is a 7th column. Open your load rule and your data file and see if in fact there is a trailing column. Also, make sure you set the dimension build properties for the account dimension to be parent/child

Error loading metadata through parent child method

Heirarchy
Project (Dimension)->TotalProjects->Xseries->X1->a
.........................................................X2->b
.........................................................X3->c
Project (Dimension)->TotalProjects->Yseries->Y1->j
........................................................Y2->k
........................................................Y3->l
This is my hierarchy of the outline. I am trying to add level 0 projects (d,e,f....). I need to create a rule file which can add about 100 such projects. Can anyone give me an idea how this can be done. I tried doing this with parent child method and it showed an error - "Member E not found in the database" Well thats what I am trying to load in the database. Based on above hierarchy, can anyone show me a sample structure of how loadfile should be arranged.
Edited by: AceBase on Sep 2, 2011 5:52 PM
Edited by: AceBase on Sep 2, 2011 5:57 PM
Edited by: AceBase on Sep 2, 2011 5:58 PM
Edited by: AceBase on Sep 2, 2011 6:04 PM
Edited by: AceBase on Sep 2, 2011 6:05 PM

Well.. The issue was resolved. The clue was right there in my message - "Unable to find the member !!" This typically happens when you try to do a dataload for a member which does not exist.
I wasn't selecting "Build Only" when locating the load/rule files. Bummer !!

Parent Child relation in one transaction throws error... (

In nutshell, I have a parent->child relation ship in DB and due to the UI requirement, I created view link as Child->parent, it is giving a hack a lot of problems.... (it sounds silly but looks like I am loosing my mind over this)
Let me explain my situation,
- I have a table A with col-a and col-b. I have another table B with col-a (primary key) and col-c. (This way table A is a parent table)
- ON UI side i created relationship like table B is parent and Table A is child using col-a
- I need to create parent-child (one record for each) record programatically.........
I tried following thing:
- from backing bean, as soon as i create Table-B row first, i get error saying too many objects with same key (which is understandable because of table design..... and associaion must be throwing that error)
- from EOImpl file, it doesn't even find the child record being created... so during commit I can't send the foreign key value from Table-a to Table-b
Any suggestion is greatly appreciated?
Thank you,
-Raj

that depends on how you implement the multiple selection of orders.. you have to pass the selectedValues to the backend or store the values in a map or list and pass it..

Error with Parent-Child Hierarchies in BIEE11.1.1.5

Hi ,
I am using BIEE11.1.1.5, I have created a Logical Dimensions with Parent-Child Hierarchies,
In answer,I draged the Hierarchies named 'H5 Sales Rep', then view the results,
It has error,error message as follows:
Odbc driver returned an error (SQLExecDirectW).
Error Details
Error Codes: OPR4ONWY:U9IM8TAC:OI2DL65P
State: HY000. Code: 10058. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 43113] Message returned from OBIS. [nQSError: 43119] Query Failed: [nQSError: 22056] To use hierarchical functions, you need to associate a Closure Table with Logical Table Source 'LTS1 Sales Rep'. (HY000)
SQL Issued: SELECT 0 s_0, "Sample Sales"."Sales Rep"."Sales Rep Name" s_1, CASE WHEN ISLEAF("Sample Sales"."Sales Rep"."H5 Sales Rep") THEN 1 ELSE 0 END s_2, IDOF("Sample Sales"."Sales Rep"."H5 Sales Rep") s_3, PARENT("Sample Sales"."Sales Rep"."H5 Sales Rep") s_4 FROM "Sample Sales" WHERE ISROOT("Sample Sales"."Sales Rep"."H5 Sales Rep")
anyone know why???
Thank you!

Hi Leo,
Did you configure closure table? http://www.rittmanmead.com/2010/11/oracle-bi-ee-11g-parent-child-hierarchies-multiple-modeling-methods/
Also make sure to perform the hierarchy changes in offline mode.
Regards,
Dpka

HELP: how to build a parent-child hierarchy

Hy everyone,
my question is very basic: i need to know what is the structure of the relational tables that OBIEE accepts upon which i can build a parent-child hierarchy. I have data that OBIEE does not accept, do you know where i can find a clear description of the structure of the tables that has to be builded for creating correctly a parent-child hierarchy?
Thanks anyone a lot,
Regards

I've found what i needed, for everyone else:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E21043_01/bi.1111/e10540/dimensions.htm#BGBGACFJ
The parent-child relationship table must include four columns, as follows:
•A column that identifies the member
•A column that identifies an ancestor of the member. Note: The ancestor may be the parent of the member, or a higher-level ancestor.
•A "distance" column that specifies the number of parent-child hierarchical levels from the member to the ancestor
•A "leaf" column that indicates if the member is a leaf member (1=Yes, 0=No)
The column names can be user defined. The data types of the columns must satisfy the following conditions:
•The member and ancestor identifier columns have the same data type as the associated columns in the logical table that contains the hierarchy members. Note that the example shown in Table 9-1 uses text strings for readability, but you normally use integer surrogate keys for member_key and ancestor_key, if they exist in the source dimension table.
•The "distance" and "leaf" columns are INTEGER columns.
Note the following about the rows in a parent-child relationship table:
•Each member must have a row pointing at itself, with distance zero.
•Each member must have a row pointing at each of its ancestors. For a root member, this is a termination row with null for the parent and distance values.

No Results after build a Parent-Child Hierarchy in OBIEE11G

Hi All:
Here's an problem. I followed the "http://sandybi.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/hierarchies-in-obiee-11g-part-1/" this article step by step to create a parent-child hierarchy in admin tool in OBIEE11G.
But after check in and try to retrieve the hierarchy data in Answer. There's always displays "No Results."
Is there any suggestions for this ? Really urgent and thanks for your help.
Best regards
Sunny

@Aketi
It is One way that We derive
"sys_connect_by_path(RowIDToChar(RowID),'.') as
RowIDList"
Then
We use Left Join Using
"instr(RowIDList,RowIDToChar(RowID))".sorry, didn't catch what you mean.
my site :-)
http://oraclesqlpuzzle.hp.infoseek.co.jp/4-13.html
pity, I don't know Japanese :(
@Rob
your query is good and simple :) probably it's the best alternative for the OP.
But it won't work with not a plain hierarchy, e.g.:
      1
    2   3
      4
    5   6
SQL> create table hierarchy (child,parent)
2     as
3     select 1, null from dual union all
4     select 2, 1 from dual union all
5     select 3, 1 from dual union all
6     select 4, 3 from dual union all
7     select 4, 2 from dual union all
8     select 5, 4 from dual union all
9     select 6, 4 from dual
10 /
Table created
SQL>
SQL> create table data (hierarchyid,value)
2    as
3    select 5, 10 from dual union all
4    select 6, 25 from dual
5 /
Table created
SQL>
SQL> select h.child
2           , sum(connect_by_root d.value)
3        from hierarchy h
4           , data d
5       where h.child = d.hierarchyid (+)
6     connect by prior h.parent = h.child
7       group by h.child
8       order by h.child
9 /
     CHILD SUM(CONNECT_BY_ROOTD.VALUE)
         1                          70
         2                          35
         3                          35
         4                          70
         5                          10
         6                          25
6 rows selected
SQL>

How to build what a parent child record looked like from audit history

I've got a simple parent child relationship (eg DEPT/EMP) and I have audit triggers on the 2 tables that log any changes. The 2 tables are seen by the User as 1 entity, so if an EMP record changes, that is essentially a DEPT change. I want to show a record where the info shown is correct at that particular point in time.
Now for a very crude example to illustrate...
So, says it's 9:00 and we have:
Dept 1=Sales
Emp 1=Clark
Emp 2=Smith
Now we change Emp 1 at 9:01 to Smythe
Next we change Dept 2 at 9:02 to Sales UK
Next we add Emp 3=Jones at 9:04
Next we change Emp1 at 9:05 to Clarke
So now if the User looks at the history of Dept 1 they will see it has changed at the following times:
9:01 (emp change)
9:02 (dept change)
9:04 (emp change)
9:05 (emp change)
even though the actual Dept table was only changed once.
This part is easy enough to extract but the next part I'm struggling to get my head around (must be Friday afternoon!).
The User wants to be able to view what the "Dept" looked like at the time of the change. So we would get the following results:
9:00 Dept 1=Sales, Emp 1=Clark, Emp 2=Smith (as per original data)
9:01 Dept 1=Sales, Emp 1=Clark, Emp 2=Smythe
9:02 Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 1=Clark, Emp 2=Smythe
9:04 Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 1=Clark, Emp 2=Smythe, Emp 3=Jones
9:05 Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 1=Clarke, Emp 2=Smythe, Emp 3=Jones
I'm trying to write a bit of SQL to do this but the tricky bit comes in due to having 2 different tables that have triggered the change to a "DEPT". I see the output as being as many rows as there are children, so the raw output for the above summary would be along the lines of:
9:00, Dept 1=Sales, Emp 1=Clark
9:00, Dept 1=Sales, Emp 2=Smith
9:01, Dept 1=Sales, Emp 1=Clark
9:01, Dept 1=Sales, Emp 2=Smythe
9:02, Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 1=Clark
9:02, Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 2=Smythe
9:04, Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 1=Clark
9:04, Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 2=Smythe
9:04, Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 3=Jones
9:05, Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 1=Clarke
9:05, Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 2=Smythe
9:05, Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 3=Jones
Any help appreciated!!
An alternative to all this is to make my trigger on each table populate this info (ie write whatever is currently in place) into a table structured as I have mentioned above (so Dept i denormalised) but that looks to be a bit messy.

Two tables, Dept and Emp. Both have audit triggers inserting into it's own audit table.
create or replace table DEPT(
dept_no number,
dept_name varchar2(50),
dept_city varchar2(50));
create or replace table EMP(
emp_no number,
emp_surname varchar2(100),
emp_firstname varchar2(50),
emp_dept_no number);dept_no pk of DEPT
emp_no pk of EMP
emp_dept_no FK from EMP to DEPT.dept_no
create or replace table DEPT_AUDIT(
dept_no number,
dept_name varchar2(50),
dept_city varchar2(50),
audit_date_time date);
create or replace table EMP_AUDIT(
emp_no number,
emp_surname varchar2(100),
emp_firstname varchar2(50),
emp_dept_no number,
audit_date_time date)
create or replace trigger dept_audit
after insert or update
on dept for each row
begin
insert into dept_audit(dept_no, dept_name, dept_city, audit_date_time)
values(:NEW.dept_no, :NEW.dept_name, :NEW.dept_city, sysdate);
end;
create or replace trigger emp_audit
after insert or update
on emp for each row
begin
insert into emp_audit(emp_no, emp_surname, emp_firstname, emp_dept_no, audit_date_time)
values(:NEW.emp_no, :NEW.emp_surname, :NEW.emp_firstname, :NEW.emp_dept_no, sysdate);
end;My above example (ignoring that the columns don't match up but hopefully you get the drift) would end up with the following results in the 2 audit tables:
DEPT_AUDIT
9:00 Dept 1=Sales (insert)
9:02 Dept 1=Sales UK (update)
EMP_AUDIT
9:00 Emp 1=Clark (insert)
9:00 Emp 2=Smith (insert)
9:01 Emp 2=Smythe (update)
9:04 Emp 3=Jones (insert)
9:05 Emp 1=Clarke (update)
As I said originally, I want to get a view of what the "DEPT" looked like at a particular time and to do this I need to take into account the EMP changes for the DEPT which is why my results would be as follows:
9:00 Dept 1=Sales, Emp 1=Clark, Emp 2=Smith
9:01 Dept 1=Sales, Emp 1=Clark, Emp 2=Smythe
9:02 Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 1=Clark, Emp 2=Smythe
9:04 Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 1=Clark, Emp 2=Smythe, Emp 3=Jones
9:05 Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 1=Clarke, Emp 2=Smythe, Emp 3=Jones
Though what I really want is the rows that make it up like:
9:00, Dept 1=Sales, Emp 1=Clark
9:00, Dept 1=Sales, Emp 2=Smith
9:01, Dept 1=Sales, Emp 1=Clark
9:01, Dept 1=Sales, Emp 2=Smythe
9:02, Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 1=Clark
9:02, Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 2=Smythe
9:04, Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 1=Clark
9:04, Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 2=Smythe
9:04, Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 3=Jones
9:05, Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 1=Clarke
9:05, Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 2=Smythe
9:05, Dept 1=Sales UK, Emp 3=Jones
Hope that is a bit clearer.
thanks for taking time to look.

Parent Child Hierarchy Issue in OBIEE 11g

Hi All,
I am in OBIEE 11G v6. I have a sales fact table where the grain is one sale. So I have one row for every sale done.
Now I have a ragged employee hierarchy like this with David at the root node.
David >>Richard>>Sean
David >>James
Also, I have a role dimension which gives me what role each employee has performed on a sale. Only one employee can be associated with one sale. This is the way Roles have been asssigned
David = Manager
Richard = Off1
Sean = Off2
James = Off2
Both Sean and James can have same Roles. Now I have created a parent child hierarchy for my employee dimension and the closure table. Defined the member key, ancestor key relationship in the parent child setting etc.
Now in the report when I pull the parent child hierarchy and the sales_amount in the report, it comes out perfect with all the ragged hierarchy resolved. But the issue comes when I try to limit the report on Role = Off2. It gives me an error saying " The layout of this view combined with the data, selection , drills resulted in no data. Undo drill and view prompt values". Basically what i want is to be able to select any role type and then my hierarchy should be adjusted to show me that data. Like when I select Off2, I want to see David at the Top level and Sean and James under him because they are both Off 2 and David is their manager.
Is that possbile? Also, am I getting this error because when I select Off2 though it gets Sean and James but since David is not Off2, I don't get the data?
I hope I was able to explain the issue, any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Ronny

So basically this means that if I build a parent child hierarchy on table A having the stucture like
--David (Manager)
-----James (Off1)
--------Bill (Off2)
and in my sales fact table for let's say today, I have only rows for Bill (Off2) because he is the only officer who did the sales today. Now when I will join my fact table to parent child hierarchy table A I will NOT get any data ? because there is no James who is the parent of Bill. So obiee need to have parent pulled off in the data (ANCESTOR) to be able to roll up the child.(IS_LEAF = 1)
I testes this and if my data only contains only rows for Bill (or I limit on ROLE = Off2) then it won't show the hierarchy. The query which OBIEE fires is to look for either ANCESTOR_KEY = NULL OR (DISTANCE = 1 AND ANCESTOR KEY IN (Bill). Therefore it doesn't I am wondering then what is the use of builiding the parent child hierarchy when we need to pull in all the ancestors (like in this case James for bill and David for james) because in real scenarios there can be cases wherein we would want to filter the data based on other dimensions to which the parent child hierarchy joins ?

OBIEE 11g - Navigation in Parent Child Hiearchy not working

Hi All,
I have a employee parent child hierarchy and I want to show revenue for each employee in the report. I have modeled my revenue as a measure like case 4 shown in the following link
http://www.rittmanmead.com/2010/11/oracle-bi-ee-11g-parent-child-hierarchies-multiple-modeling-methods/
So for example this is my report ,
--David (30)
---Sandra (15)
-----Joe (10)
Joe'e revenue is 10, Sandra's is 5 (showing her 5 Joe's revenue) and David's is 5 (showing his 5 Sandra's revenue)
Issue :
Now what I want is to provide action link on the revenue column so that when user would click on revenue for any employee it would direct them to a detail report showing the bifurcation.
For ex, I want that when user click on 15 which is Sandra's revenue, he would be redirected to a detailed report for Sandra and similary for Joe and David
MY ISSUE IS that the navigation is NOT working for sandra and Joe. It is only working for David (who is the ancestor of sandra and Joe). When I click on 15 to see sandra's detail report, it doesn't do anything and in the bottom left corner of the browser status bar below I see an ERROR saying
(same for Joe but David work's fine)
Message: 'getLevelInfo(...)' is null or not an object
Line: 1
Char: 11142
Code: 0
URI: http://localhost:7001/analytics/res/b_mozilla/answers/selectionsmodel.js
Why is that happening? Is that because I have modeled the revenue as an measure and not attribute. Is navigation not possible in this case?
Anybody has any solution or workaround for this, it will be highly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ronny

Ok, so let me explain this in detail and give the structure of my tables and the data,
There are three tables.
1.Parent Child relationship table - pctable
2.Closure table which OBIEE creates through a script - reltable
3.Fact table which contains the revenue - facttable
This is the data
pctable
personid | managerid
David | NULL
Sandra| David
Joe|Sandra
reltable
memberkey | ancestorkey |distance |is_leaf
David|NULL|NULL|0
David|David|0|0
Sandra|Sandra|0|0
Joe|Joe|0|0
Sandra|David|1|0
Joe|Sandra|1|1
Joe|David|2|1
facttable
personid|revenue
David|5
Sandra|5
Joe|10
and my joins conditions are, I join pctable to reltable and then reltable is joined to facttable like this.
pctable.personid = reltable.ancestorkey
reltable.memberkey = facttable.personid
and then in the report, when I pull up the pchierarchy build from pctable and revenue , I get as below and like I said, when I click on Sandra to see the revenue she contributes, I am not able to navigate. Can you let me know what modifications needs to be done?
---David(20)
----Sandra(15)
------Joe(10)

Parent Child Hierarchy for Type 2

I have read the articles on Parent Child hierarchy setup in OBIEE 11g, however, most are based on what seems to be a current snapshot of the Employee-Manager relationship. Has anyone tried to build out a Parent-Child hierarchy/table off a Type 2 dimension. Being able to navigate what the hierarchy may have been on a specific date.
I would welcome any feedback, thanks.

Hi,
Thanks for the reply, I'm actually using snapshots. But even with the Type 2 Dim I don't think it will work.
When OBIEE generates the very first sql against the Parent-Child table the fact table is not included in the query. It seems to create 2 queries - one to find the top level parent (ancestor key is null) and then one to find all the leaf nodes.
It does not have any join to the fact table when it does this. So if you have multiple rows in the table (with date stamps) for a single row (person in this case) - it picks up both rows. Therefore, when you have a person who was, say, promoted to manager, and WAS a leaf node, and is now a manager, they show up in the leaf query and don't display in the hierarchy as a manager.
Once it has the leaf nodes and it joins to the fact table everything works (ie the surrogate key join).
I'm trying to figure out if there is any way to influence those initial queries against the parent-child table.
Hopefully that made sense.
Thanks,
Tori

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