ELISCOMP

ELISCOMP determines whether element1 is a child of element2 in the specified dimension. The function returns TRUE if element1 is a child of element2, otherwise the function returns FALSE.

This worksheet function is valid in worksheets only.

Syntax

ELISCOMP(dimension, element1, element2)

Argument

Description

dimension

A valid dimension name.

element1

The name of an element within the dimension. This argument can also be the name of an alias for a dimension element.

element2

The name of an element within the dimension. This argument can also be the name of an alias for a dimension element.

Example

ELISCOMP("Region","Germany","Central Europe")

In the dimension Region, the element Central Europe is a consolidation of two elements, Germany and France. The example returns TRUE.

Note that this function returns TRUE only for immediate children. In the above example, Germany is a child of Central Europe. Further, Central Europe is a child of Europe. However, because the function returns TRUE only for immediate children, the following example returns False:

ELISCOMP("Region","Germany","Europe")