MeasureExpressionDefineHierarchyPlaceholder Method (String, HierarchyUsage, MetricSetUsage)

Defines a hierarchy placeholder for the current expression, using a specific instance object for the metric set.

Namespace:  Dundas.BI.Entities.MetricSets
Assembly:  Dundas.BI.Core (in Dundas.BI.Core.dll) Version: 2.0.0.0 (8.0.2.1001)
Syntax
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public HierarchyPlaceholder DefineHierarchyPlaceholder(
	string caption,
	HierarchyUsage hierarchyUsage,
	MetricSetUsage usage
)

Parameters

caption
Type: SystemString
The caption used in the statement.
hierarchyUsage
Type: Dundas.BI.Entities.MetricSetsHierarchyUsage
The hierarchy usage element.
usage
Type: Dundas.BI.Entities.MetricSetsMetricSetUsage
The dependency metric set usage information.

Return Value

Type: HierarchyPlaceholder
The hierarchy placeholder.
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullExceptionhierarchyUsage or usage is .
ArgumentException

caption is or Empty or already in use.

or

usage is invalid because of name or referenced metric set.

InvalidOperationExceptionusage information must be specified only for FormulaMetricSet objects.
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