How to fix the Oracle error ORA-37542: DIMENSION_MEMBER makes hierarchy HIERARCHY1 unbalanced.?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-37542: DIMENSION_MEMBER makes hierarchy HIERARCHY1 unbalanced. with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-37542: DIMENSION_MEMBER makes hierarchy HIERARCHY1 unbalanced.

Reason for the Error ORA-37542: DIMENSION_MEMBER makes hierarchy HIERARCHY1 unbalanced.

A hierarchy is balanced if: 1) All members of a level are at the same depth from the root of the hierarchy and 2) All the members in different levels are at different depths from the root of the hierarchy.

How to fix the Error ORA-37542: DIMENSION_MEMBER makes hierarchy HIERARCHY1 unbalanced. ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Fix the hierarchy so that it is balanced. This is often done by looking for nulls in the middle levels of a hierarchy.