Over the years I have developed a fairly robust set of Java libraries that help me work with and enhance Essbase/Hyperion functionality. One of those seemingly trivial libraries is the “Hyperion Parent Inferrer”. It’s a Java library/command-line program that can quickly parse an indented file or String and infer what the parents of members are. In the world of programming it can be nice to just have a clean hierarchy instead of fiddling around with parents/children and other things.

While the library typically processes files, I added some new functionality that I needed helps process a String into a map that can easily lookup children of parents. The updated library is on the Hyperion Parent Inferrer GitHub page. You can also find some background on the library on the README file. You might also want to check an earlier blog post on the library, if that’s your thing.