Balanced hierarchies

In balanced hierarchies, the branches of the hierarchy all descend to the same level, with each parent of a member at the level immediately above the member.

A balanced hierarchy can represent a date where the meaning and depth of each level, such as Year, Quarter, and Month, are consistent. They are consistent because each level represents the same type of information, and each level is logically equivalent. Figure 1 shows an example of a balanced time hierarchy.

Figure 1. Balanced hierarchy
Example of a balanced hierarchy

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