Returns a member property of a given member.
Use the Insert Formula > Member Property menu or ribbon item to insert the formula using a wizard.
Syntax
XL3PropertyLookup( Connection, Hierarchy, Member, Property, [TryConvertType] )
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
| Connection | Connection number to use. |
| Hierarchy | Name of the hierarchy that the following member applies to e.g. "Measures" or "[Customer].[Customer Geography]". |
| Member | Member whose member's property should be returned. |
| Property | Property to retrieve. |
| TryConvertType | Optional. A Boolean value (TRUE or FALSE), to turn text into a number or date on the web, defaults to true. |
Intrinsic Member Properties
XL3PropertyLookup supports these Intrinsic Member Properties:
| Property name | Description |
| MEMBER_UNIQUE_NAME | The unique name of the member. For providers that generate unique names by qualification, each component of this name is delimited. |
| MEMBER_CAPTION | A label or caption associated with the member. It's used primarily for display purposes. If a caption doesn't exist, MEMBER_NAME is returned. |
| LEVEL_UNIQUE_NAME | Unique name of the level to which the member belongs. For providers that generate unique names by qualification, each component of this name is delimited. |
| LEVEL_NUMBER | The distance of the member from the root of the hierarchy. The root level is zero (0). |
| CUBE_NAME | The name of the cube to which this member belongs. |
| CATALOG_NAME | The name of the database to which this member belongs. |
| CHILDREN_CARDINALITY | The number of children that the member has. This can be an estimate, so you shouldn't rely on this to be the exact count. Providers should return the best estimate possible.. |
| MEMBER_ORDINAL | The ordinal number of the member. This is the sort rank of the member when members of this dimension are sorted in their natural sort order. If providers do not have the concept of natural ordering, this should be the rank when sorted by MEMBER_NAME. |
| DIMENSION_UNIQUE_NAME | The unique name of the dimension to which this member belongs. For providers that generate unique names by qualification, each component of this name is delimited. |
| HIERARCHY_UNIQUE_NAME | The unique name of the hierarchy. If the member belongs to more than one hierarchy, there's one row for each hierarchy to which it belongs. For providers that generate unique names by qualification, each component of this name is delimited. |
| MEMBER_NAME | The name of the member |
| PARENT_LEVEL | The distance of the member's parent from the root level of the hierarchy. The root level is zero (0). |
| PARENT_UNIQUE_NAME | The unique name of the member's parent. NULL is returned for any members at the root level. |
| PARENT_COUNT | The number of parents that this member has. |
| MEMBER_KEY | The value of the member's key column. Returns NULL if the member has a composite key. |
| IS_PLACEHOLDERMEMBER | A Boolean that indicates whether a member is a placeholder member for an empty position in a dimension hierarchy. |
| IS_DATAMEMBER | A Boolean that indicates whether the member is a data member. Returns True if the member is a data member. |
| MEMBER_TYPE | The type of the member. It can be one of these values:
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Examples (based on the Bicycle Sales cube)
Returns 3, the distance of W6000/185 from the root of the hierarchy.
=XL3PropertyLookup( 1, "[Product]", "[Product].[W6000/185]", "LEVEL_NUMBER" )
