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CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY function

The CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY function in Jspreadsheet Formulas Pro is a tool that allows you to retrieve the value property associated with a specific cube member, using a connection to an OLAP data source and a valid MDX member expression. A data cube is a multi-dimensional array of values, typically used to describe a dataset. This function is commonly used in data analysis and reporting where you need to extract certain properties from your dataset. It's like asking for specific details about a certain member of your data set.

Documentation

Returns the value of a member property from the cube.

Category

Cube

Syntax

CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY(connection, member_expression, property_name)

Parameter Description
connection The name of the data source connection.
member_expression A valid MDX expression that identifies a single member in the cube (e.g., [Product].[Category].&[Bikes]
property_name The name of the member property to retrieve from the cube.

Behavior

The CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY function is used to return the value of a member property from a cube. It does this by using a connection to an OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) cube. Here is how it handles different inputs:

  • Empty Cells: If the CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY function references an empty cell, it will return an error since a connection or property cannot be found.
  • Text: The function requires text inputs for specifying the connection and member_expression. If it doesn't find the specified member property in the cube, it will return an error.
  • Booleans: This function does not interact with boolean values.
  • Errors: If there are any errors (like referencing non-existing connections or properties), the CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY function will return an appropriate error message.

Common Errors

Error Description
#N/A This error is displayed when the function cannot find the specified connection or property.
#VALUE! This error is displayed when the given arguments are of the wrong data type.
#REF! This error occurs when the referred cell is not valid.

Best practices

  • Always verify that your connection to the OLAP cube is active and stable before using the CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY function.
  • Ensure that the member_expression correctly refers to a member in the cube. Incorrect references will result in errors.
  • Use clear and specific property names to avoid confusion and errors.
  • To avoid errors, handle empty cells that this function might refer to in your worksheet.

Usage

A few examples using the CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY function.

CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY("Sales Data","[Date].[Calendar Year].&[2022]","Calendar Year") returns the calendar year for the 2022 member from the Date dimension in the Sales Data cube  
CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY("Budget Data","[Product].[All Products].[Bikes]","Color") returns the color property for the Bikes member from the Product dimension in the Budget Data cube  
CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY("Inventory Data","[Store].[Store Name].&[Seattle]","Region") returns the region property for the Seattle store member from the Store dimension in the Inventory Data cube  

Interactive Spreadsheet Demo

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// Create a new spreadsheet
jspreadsheet(document.getElementById('spreadsheet'), {
  worksheets: [{
    data: [
    [
        "Connection",
        "Member Expression",
        "Property Value"
    ],
    [
        "Sales Data",
        "[Product].[Category].&[Electronics]",
        "=CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY(A2,B2,\"Department\")"
    ],
    [
        "Budget Data",
        "[Employee].[Name].&[John Smith]",
        "=CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY(A3,B3,\"Title\")"
    ],
    [
        "Inventory Data",
        "[Location].[Store].&[Store001]",
        "=CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY(A4,B4,\"Manager\")"
    ]
]
  }]
});
</script>
</html>
import React, { useRef } from "react";
import { Spreadsheet, Worksheet, jspreadsheet } from "@jspreadsheet/react";
import formula from "@jspreadsheet/formula-pro";
import "jsuites/dist/jsuites.css";
import "jspreadsheet/dist/jspreadsheet.css";

// Set license
jspreadsheet.setLicense('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');

// Set the extensions
jspreadsheet.setExtensions({ formula });

export default function App() {
    // Spreadsheet array of worksheets
    const spreadsheet = useRef();

    // Worksheet data
    const data = [
    [
        "Connection",
        "Member Expression",
        "Property Value"
    ],
    [
        "Sales Data",
        "[Product].[Category].&[Electronics]",
        "=CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY(A2,B2,\"Department\")"
    ],
    [
        "Budget Data",
        "[Employee].[Name].&[John Smith]",
        "=CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY(A3,B3,\"Title\")"
    ],
    [
        "Inventory Data",
        "[Location].[Store].&[Store001]",
        "=CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY(A4,B4,\"Manager\")"
    ]
];

    // Render component
    return (
        <Spreadsheet ref={spreadsheet}>
            <Worksheet data={data} />
        </Spreadsheet>
    );
}
<template>
    <Spreadsheet ref="spreadsheet">
        <Worksheet :data="data" />
    </Spreadsheet>
</template>

<script>
import { Spreadsheet, Worksheet, jspreadsheet } from "@jspreadsheet/vue";
import "jsuites/dist/jsuites.css";
import "jspreadsheet/dist/jspreadsheet.css";
import formula from "@jspreadsheet/formula-pro";

// Set license
jspreadsheet.setLicense('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');

// Set the extensions
jspreadsheet.setExtensions({ formula });

export default {
    components: {
        Spreadsheet,
        Worksheet,
    },
    data() {
        // Worksheet data
        const data = [
    [
        "Connection",
        "Member Expression",
        "Property Value"
    ],
    [
        "Sales Data",
        "[Product].[Category].&[Electronics]",
        "=CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY(A2,B2,\"Department\")"
    ],
    [
        "Budget Data",
        "[Employee].[Name].&[John Smith]",
        "=CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY(A3,B3,\"Title\")"
    ],
    [
        "Inventory Data",
        "[Location].[Store].&[Store001]",
        "=CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY(A4,B4,\"Manager\")"
    ]
]

        return {
            data
        };
    }
}
</script>
import { Component, ViewChild, ElementRef } from "@angular/core";
import jspreadsheet from "jspreadsheet";
import * as formula from "@jspreadsheet/formula-pro";

// Set your JSS license key (The following key only works for one day)
jspreadsheet.setLicense('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');

// Set the extensions
jspreadsheet.setExtensions({ formula });

@Component({
    standalone: true,
    selector: "app-root",
    template: `<div #spreadsheet></div>`
})
export class AppComponent {
    @ViewChild("spreadsheet") spreadsheet: ElementRef;
    // Worksheets
    worksheets: jspreadsheet.worksheetInstance[];

    // Create a new data grid
    ngAfterViewInit() {
        // Create spreadsheet
        this.worksheets = jspreadsheet(this.spreadsheet.nativeElement, {
            worksheets: [{
                data: [
    [
        "Connection",
        "Member Expression",
        "Property Value"
    ],
    [
        "Sales Data",
        "[Product].[Category].&[Electronics]",
        "=CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY(A2,B2,\"Department\")"
    ],
    [
        "Budget Data",
        "[Employee].[Name].&[John Smith]",
        "=CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY(A3,B3,\"Title\")"
    ],
    [
        "Inventory Data",
        "[Location].[Store].&[Store001]",
        "=CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY(A4,B4,\"Manager\")"
    ]
]
            }]
        });
    }
}