TopLevelParentCategory Property

Returns the name of the dimension for the object.

Syntax

object.TopLevelParentCategory

Applies To

Column Object

Layer Object

Row Object

Discussion

This property is used to get the name of the dimension that a category belongs to.

This property will return an empty string if the category is the top level or if it is a calculation.

Type

String

Access

Read

Example

This example issues a message box telling the user which dimensions the second row and second column of the open report are from.

Sub Main()
   Dim objPPRep As Object
   Dim objRow As Object
   Dim objCol As Object
   Set objPPRep = GetObject (,"CognosPowerPlay.Report")
   Set objRow = objPPRep.Rows(2)
   Set objCol = objPPRep.Columns(2)
   MsgBox objRow.Name & " is from dimension: " _
      &objRow.TopLevelParentCategory 
   MsgBox objCol.Name & " is from dimension: " _
      &objCol.TopLevelParentCategory
   Set objRow = Nothing
   Set objCol = Nothing
   Set objPPRep = Nothing
End Sub

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