OLAPMemberLevel

Description:

This function returns the level number of the member in the dimension.

This function is designed specifically to allow you to view at what level does a particular member reside in a dimension in a specified database. It returns to the user an integer value that signifies the position / level of the member in the hierarchy of a particular dimension.

The function has the following syntax:

Syntax: OLAPMemberLevel (database, dimension, member)

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 wherein you want to access the name of the member to track its level / alternatively enter the cell reference in the Excel sheet which has the name of such a dimension.
• Member : Enter the name of the member which exists in the dimension mentioned above and it is the member for which you want to access the level according to its positioning in the hierarchy in the dimension / alternatively enter the cell reference in the Excel sheet which has the name of such a member as its value.

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 member specified in the "Member" parameter should exist in the dimension that is mentioned above and again must be referenced by the accurate and exact name.
• 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 OLAPMemberLevel function from the list of functions provided and click "Ok".
• When building the formula enter the cell range for the database name with the required dimension, and the dimension name which has the member whose name you specify next, and finally the member name for which you are tracking the level within the dimension's hierarchy. If you don't want to manually enter the member name or the dimension name, you can use the functions called OLAPMember and OLAPDimension respectively in order to get this value and then use those cells as references for the function.
• In the following example B1 is the cell that holds the database name, B5 is the name of the dimension from which the member names will be accessed, and D8 is the cell reference for the member name ,and this function is going to track the level within the hierarchy of a dimension for this member and the same integer value will be returned by the function.

=OLAPMemberLevel($B$1, $B$5, $D$8)

 

The above formula returns a value = "1" which signifies that in the database "Acuity" (B1), in the dimension "Time (Periods)" (B5), and for the member "Qtr_3" the corresponding level number in the dimension's hierarchy for this member, is level "1", which is the value returned by the function as displayed above.