OLAPMember

Description:

This function returns the nth member in the dimension.

This function is designed specifically to allow you to view any member in a specified dimension, in a specified database, the index of which is also specified as a parameter when building this function.

The function has the following syntax:

Syntax: OLAPMember (database, dimension, n)

Explained below are the 3 parameters that have to be provided when building this function.

• Database : Enter the name of the database which has the dimension and that you want to access / enter the cell reference which has the name of this Database.
• Dimension : Enter the name of the dimension which exists in this database mentioned above and is the dimension whose member you want to access through the index parameter / instead enter the cell reference which has the name of such a dimension.
• N : Enter the index of the member that resides in the dimension above. The member corresponding to this index number will be the value returned by the function.

Remarks

• If a connection is not established with a database the result will be a #value.
• The dimension must exist within this database and it should be referenced by the accurate and exact name.
• The value for the parameter "n" that is the "Index" must be a positive real integer and should correspond to the member, whose name you want to access through this function and it's the value that the function has to return.
• These arguments are compulsory and neither argument is optional.

Example

This function may be easier to understand with an example.

• In order to build this function with more ease, open the specific database and bring a slice from that database into Excel. In this way you will have connected to PowerOLAP because you now have the OLAPOpen formula automatically on your sheet when you bring a slice of the cube into Excel.
• In Excel, use the menu: Insert -> Function and select PowerOLAP from the drop down list.
• Choose the OLAPMember function from the list of functions provided and click "Ok".
• When building the formula enter the cell range for the database name and the dimension name. If you don't want to manually enter the member you can use another function called OLAPDimension in order to get this value and then use that cell as a reference for a formula.
• Also enter an index number as a value for the parameter "n" which signifies that the member name that the function should return will correspond to the index specified.
• In the following example B1 is the cell that holds the database name, B6 is the name of the dimension from which the member names will be accessed, and the member corresponding to the index "9" is the one whose name will be returned by this function.

=OLAPMember ($B$1, $B$6, 9)

 

The above formula returns a value = "AtlTrade_AtlanticTrade Shows" which signifies that in the database "Acuity" (B1), in the dimension AP_Vendor (B6), the member corresponding to the index number "9" is the value returned by the function as displayed above.