Members

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Members

Returns the set of members in a dimension, level, or hierarchy. Alternatively, returns a member specified by a string expression.

Syntax
Dimension

«Dimension».Members

This syntax returns the set of all members in «Dimension».

Hierarchy

«Hierarchy».Members

This syntax returns the set of all members in «Hierarchy».

Level

«Level».Members

This syntax returns the set of all members at a specified level in a dimension.

String

Members(«String Expression»)

This syntax returns the member whose name is given by «String Expression» in Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) format. It is typically used with user-defined functions.

Examples
Dimension

This example

Geography.Members

returns the set of all members in the Geography dimension.

Hierarchy

This example

Time.Quarterly.Members

returns the set of all members in the Quarters hierarchy of the Time dimension.

Level

If the Year level contains [1994], [1995], and [1996], this example returns the set {[1994], [1995], [1996]}:

Year.Members
String

The following example returns a member, where UDF() is a user-defined function that returns a string in MDX format, such as "[Measures].[Unit Sales]":

Members(UDF())