This function returns the type of the member in the
specified dimension of the specified database.
This function is designed specifically to allow you
to view the type of a member. The function tells you if this member
is of type "Aggregate" or "Detail".
The function tracks a member from a specified dimension
in a specified database and after reading the hierarchical structure
defined within that dimension, the function can identify the type
of the member based on whether it is at the child level in the hierarchy
or if its on the parent level.
The function has the following syntax:
Syntax: OLAPMemberType
(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 / 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 ,
the type of which this function will determine / 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 OLAPMemberType function from the
list of functions provided and click "Ok".
- When building the formula enter the cell range
for the database name that contains the required dimension, and
the dimension name which has the member whose name you specify
next, and also the member name for which you are tracking the
type by reading 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, B4 is the name of the dimension from
which the member names will be accessed, and C4 is the cell reference
for the member name, and this function is going to track the dimensions
hierarchy and return the type for the member in C4.
=OLAPMemberType
($B$1,$B$4,$C$4) |
The above formula returns a value = "Detail"
which signifies that in the database "Acuity" (B1), in the
dimension "Version" (B4), for the member "actual",
for this member, the type is "Detail". This signifies that
the member "Actual" is placed at the detail level in the
hierarchy of the dimension "Version" and this information
is returned by this function.
