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05/23/2011

Hierarchy Class

Represents a dimension hierarchy contained by a dimension or set.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdServer.Hierarchy

Namespace: Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdServer
Assembly: msmgdsrv (in msmgdsrv.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class Hierarchy _
    Implements IDisposable, IMetadataObject
'Usage
Dim instance As Hierarchy

public sealed class Hierarchy : IDisposable, 
    IMetadataObject

public ref class Hierarchy sealed : IDisposable, 
    IMetadataObject

[<SealedAttribute>]
type Hierarchy =  
    class
        interface IDisposable
        interface IMetadataObject
    end

public final class Hierarchy implements IDisposable, IMetadataObject

The Hierarchy type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Caption	Gets the caption of the Hierarchy.
	CurrentMember	Gets the current member for the hierarchy.
	DefaultMember	Gets the unique name of the default member for the Hierarchy.
	Description	Gets the description of the Hierarchy.
	DisplayFolder	This member is reserved for future use.
	HierarchyOrigin	Gets the hierarchy type of the Hierarchy.
	Levels	Gets a LevelCollection that contains the levels of the Hierarchy.
	Name	Gets the name of the Hierarchy.
	ParentDimension	Gets a Dimension that contains the Hierarchy.
	Properties	Gets a PropertyCollection that contains the properties associated with the Hierarchy.
	UniqueName	Gets the unique name of the Hierarchy.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	{dtor}	Releases all resources used by the Hierarchy.
	Dispose	Releases all resources used by the Hierarchy.
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

A hierarchy represents a set of members and their positions relative to one another. From the top of the pyramidal structure to the bottom, the members are progressively more detailed. User hierarchies are defined to represent a hierarchy that has meaning to the user or application.

In ADOMD.NET, the Hierarchy can represent both parent-child hierarchies and user hierarchies. The HierarchyOrigin property is used to differentiate between the hierarchy structures.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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