Parent-child hierarchies

A parent-child hierarchy contains relational dimension tables based on a recursive relationship for which there are no predefined levels. For example, an Employee parent-child hierarchy may specify Supervisor as the parent member, and Employee as the child member. The relationships within the data determine what is visible to report users in the IBM® Cognos® studios, and you can drill down from member to member according to the defined relationships.

IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes supports parent-child hierarchies.