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XL3GridMember
Returns the member uniquename for the specified grid cell. This can be useful for when you want to get the unique name of a particular member from a grid for passing as an XL3Link parameter or to use in other formulae (VLOOKUP, XL3Lookup etc.) - avoiding any issues with duplicate/translated captions etc.
Syntax
XL3GridMember( )
Parameters
The parameters can take one of two forms:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Grid cell location | Shows member uniquename for grid cell |
or
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Grid name | Name of the grid to get the member for |
| Axis | 1 for Columns, 2 for Rows |
| Dimension | Hierarchy on the axis to look at, 1-based. |
| Member Index | Member index to look at, 1-based. |
Examples
Form 1
Used in conjunction with XL3Link, the following formula copies the unique name from the row when the report user clicks on "..." into the cell $A$14:
=XL3Link(XL3Address($D$7),"...",,XL3Address($A$14),XL3GridMember(A7))
Form 2
The second structure provides a more dynamic way to address the members that appear on the grid, for example:
Return the first member from the first hierarchy on columns:
=XL3GridMember("My Grid",1,1,1)
In the above example this is: [Geography].[Geography].[All Geographies]
Return the nth member from the first hierarchy on rows:
=XL3GridMember("My Grid",2,1,nth)
You would only need to consider the hierarchy number if the Axis has cross-joined hierarchies.
Limitations
An individual cell can only include one reference to an XL3GridMember(Address), from V9.1.47 you can use XL3Address for more then one reference:
=XL3GridMember(XL3Address(C13)) & " - " & XL3GridMember(XL3Address(D13))
