ContextMembers (MDX+)

Returns the context member set of a hierarchy including the Subquery content.

Parameters

Name	Type	Cardinality	Default value
	hierarchy-expression	zero-one

Return

set

Description

Allows to retrieve information about hierarchy members in the current context. This function is a modification
from the 'standard' currentMember function.

The context is defined as following:

1) the calculated member's tuple context ( e.g ( [Time].[2010], [Measures].[Year Diff.] ) )
2) the tuple being iterated (e.g., Sum,(), ...). Note Eval() function has no current tuple.
3) the cell tuples from the axes being evaluated.
4) the slicer content.
5) the subSelect content.
6) the default members.

As a difference to the currentMember function, the contextMember will not work across hierarchies and will
use the subQuery definition.

Examples

hierarchy.contextMembers - default member

If the hierarchy is not defined in our MDX query, default member is taken as contextMembers.

Query

WITH
    MEMBER [Measures].[Year's Name] AS [Time].[Calendar].contextMembers(0).Name
SELECT
    [Measures].[Year's Name] ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]

Result

Year's Name
2010

Year's Name

2010

Assertion : Cell Equals

WITH
    MEMBER [Measures].[Year's Name] AS [Time].[Calendar].contextMember(0).Name
SELECT
    [Measures].[Year's Name] ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]

Assertion : Cell Equals

WITH
    MEMBER [Measures].[Year's Name] AS [Time].[Calendar].DefaultMember.Name
SELECT
    [Measures].[Year's Name] ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]

hierarchy.contextMembers - slicer

If the hierarchy is defined in the slicer (aka. where clause), it is taken as contextMembers.

In our example, [Time].[Calendar].contextMembers is {[Time].[Calendar].[Year].[2010],[Time].[Calendar].[Year].[2011]}

Query

WITH
    FUNCTION StrToName(x_) as Generate( x_ as t , t.current.name, ", " )
    MEMBER [Measures].[Year's Name] AS StrToName( [Time].[Calendar].contextMembers )
SELECT
    [Measures].[Year's Name] ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]
WHERE
    {[Time].[Calendar].[Year].[2010],[Time].[Calendar].[Year].[2011]}

Result

Year's Name
2010, 2011

Year's Name

2010, 2011

Assertion : Cell Equals

WITH
    MEMBER [Measures].[Year's Name] AS "2010, 2011"
SELECT
    [Measures].[Year's Name] ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]

hierarchy.contextMembers - slicer II

If the hierarchy is defined in the slicer (aka. where clause), it is taken as contextMembers.

In our example, [Time].[Calendar].contextMembers is [Time].[Calendar].[Year].[2010]

Query

WITH
    MEMBER [Measures].[Year's Name] AS [Time].[Calendar].contextMembers(0).NAME
SELECT
    [Measures].[Year's Name] ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]
WHERE
    [Time].[Calendar].[Year].[2010]

Result

Year's Name
2010

Year's Name

2010

Assertion : Cell Equals

WITH
    MEMBER [Measures].[Year's Name] AS "2010"
SELECT
    [Measures].[Year's Name] ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]

hierarchy.contextMembers - SubQuery

If the hierarchy is defined in the SubQuery (aka. subselect), it is taken as contextMembers.

In our example, [Time].[Calendar].contextMembers is [Time].[Calendar].[Year].[2010]

Query

WITH
    FUNCTION StrToName(x_) as Generate( x_ as t , t.current.name, ", " )
    MEMBER [Measures].[Year's Name] AS StrToName( [Time].[Calendar].contextMembers )
SELECT
    [Measures].[Year's Name] ON 0
FROM
( Select {[Time].[Calendar].[Year].[2010],[Time].[Calendar].[Year].[2011]} on 0 from [Sales] )

Result

Year's Name
2010, 2011

Year's Name

2010, 2011

Assertion : Cell Equals

WITH
    MEMBER [Measures].[Year's Name] AS "2010, 2011"
SELECT
    [Measures].[Year's Name] ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]

hierarchy.contextMembers - SubQuery II

If the hierarchy is defined in the SubQuery (aka. subselect), it is taken as contextMembers.

In our example, [Time].[Calendar].contextMembers is [Time].[Calendar].[Year].[2010]

Query

WITH
    MEMBER [Measures].[Year's Name] AS [Time].[Calendar].contextMembers(0).NAME
SELECT
    [Measures].[Year's Name] ON 0
FROM
( Select [Time].[Calendar].[Year].[2010] on 0 from [Sales] )

Result

Year's Name
2010

Year's Name

2010

Assertion : Cell Equals

WITH
    MEMBER [Measures].[Year's Name] AS "2010"
SELECT
    [Measures].[Year's Name] ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]

Assertion : Cell Equals

WITH
    MEMBER [Measures].[Year's Name] AS [Time].[Calendar].contextMember.NAME
SELECT
    [Measures].[Year's Name] ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]
FILTERBY [Time].[Calendar].[Year].[2010]

hierarchy.contextMembers - axis

If the hierarchy is defined in the axis, it is taken as contextMembers.

In our example, [Time].[Calendar].contextMembers is [Time].[Calendar].[Year].[2010]

Query

WITH
    MEMBER [Measures].[Q. Name] AS [Time].[Calendar].contextMembers(0).Name
SELECT
    subset([Time].[Calendar].[2010].Children,0,2) ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]
WHERE
    [Measures].[Q. Name]

Result

Q1 2010	Q2 2010
Q1 2010	Q2 2010

Assertion : Cell Equals

WITH
    MEMBER [Measures].[Q. Name] AS [Time].[Calendar].contextMember.Name
SELECT
    subset([Time].[Calendar].[2010].Children,0,2) ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]
WHERE
    [Measures].[Q. Name]

Assertion : Cell Equals

WITH
    MEMBER [Measures].[Q1] AS [Time].[Calendar].[Q1 2010].Name
    MEMBER [Measures].[Q2] AS [Time].[Calendar].[Q2 2010].Name
SELECT
    {[Measures].[Q1],[Measures].[Q2]} ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]

hierarchy.contextMembers - auto-exists

contextMembers does not work across hierarchies like currentMember

Query

WITH
    MEMBER economy_unique_name as [Geography].[Economy].contextMembers(0).uniqueName
SELECT
     economy_unique_name on 0,
     Descendants([Geography].[Geo].[Canada])  on 1
FROM [Sales]

Result

	economy_unique_name
Canada	[Geography].[Economy].[ALL]
Quebec	[Geography].[Economy].[ALL]
Toronto	[Geography].[Economy].[ALL]

Assertion : Cell Equals

WITH
    MEMBER economy_unique_name as [Geography].[Economy].defaultMember.uniqueName
SELECT
     economy_unique_name on 0,
     Descendants([Geography].[Geo].[Canada])  on 1
FROM [Sales]

hierarchy.contextMembers - iteration

The Generate() iteration is defining the contextMembers member for the [Geography].[Geo] hierarchy.

Query

WITH
    MEMBER [Measures].[Names] AS Generate( { [Geography].[Geo].[Continent].[America], [Geography].[Geo].[Continent].[Europe] } AS countries, [Geography].[Geo].contextMembers(0).Name, "-" )
SELECT
    [Measures].[Names] ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]

Result

Names
America-Europe

Names

America-Europe

Assertion : MDX Equals

WITH
    MEMBER [Measures].[Names] AS "America-Europe"
SELECT
    [Measures].[Names] ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]

(Same Hierarchy Tuple).contextMembers - set

When the tuple contains multiple members of the same hierarchy the contextMembers function will return a set.

Query

WITH
    MEMBER [MyMeasure] AS SetToStr([Geography].[Geo].contextMembers)
SELECT
    [Geography].[Geo].[Continent].[America] on 0,
    [Geography].[Geo].[Continent].[Europe] on 1
FROM [SALES]
WHERE [MyMeasure]

Result

	America
Europe	{[Geography].[Geo].[Continent].&[America],[Geography].[Geo].[Continent].&[Europe]}

Assertion : MDX Equals

WITH
    MEMBER [MyMeasure] AS "{" + [Geography].[Geo].[Continent].[America].uniqueName +  ","+  [Geography].[Geo].[Continent].[Europe].uniqueName + "}"
SELECT
    [Geography].[Geo].[Continent].[America] on 0,
    [Geography].[Geo].[Continent].[Europe] on 1
FROM [SALES]
WHERE [MyMeasure]

(Same Hierarchy Tuple).contextMembers(0) - nth member

When the tuple contains multiple members of the same hierarchy the contextMembers(n) function will return the Nth member of the set.

Query

WITH
    MEMBER [MyMeasure] AS [Geography].[Geo].contextMembers(0).name
SELECT
    [Geography].[Geo].[Continent].[America] on 0,
    [Geography].[Geo].[Continent].[Europe] on 1
FROM [SALES]
WHERE [MyMeasure]

Result

	America
Europe	America

Assertion : MDX Equals

WITH
    MEMBER [MyMeasure] AS [Geography].[Geo].[Continent].[America].name
SELECT
    [Geography].[Geo].[Continent].[America] on 0,
    [Geography].[Geo].[Continent].[Europe] on 1
FROM [SALES]
WHERE [MyMeasure]

named-set.contextMembers - iteration

contextMembers can be applied to a named set being iterated using the hierarchy, not with the set name as current- and
context members.

Query

WITH
    SET    [Countries] AS { [Geography].[Geo].[Continent].[America], [Geography].[Geo].[Continent].[Europe] }
    MEMBER [Measures].[Names] AS Generate( [Countries], [Geography].[Geo].contextMembers(0).Name, "-" )
SELECT
    [Measures].[Names] ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]

Result

Names
America-Europe

Names

America-Europe

Assertion : MDX Equals

WITH
    MEMBER [Measures].[Names] AS "America-Europe"
SELECT
    [Measures].[Names] ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]

named-set.contextMembers - Iteration - error

contextMembers can not be applied to a named set being iterated.

Query

WITH
    MEMBER [Measures].[Names] AS Generate( { [Geography].[Geo].[Continent].[America], [Geography].[Geo].[Continent].[Europe] } AS countries, countries.contextMembers.Name, "-" )
SELECT
    [Measures].[Names] ON 0
FROM
    [Sales]

Result

Names
#ERROR : (OLAP_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT_TYPE_MISMATCH)

Names

#ERROR : (OLAP_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT_TYPE_MISMATCH)


Error Code    : OLAP_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT_TYPE_MISMATCH
Error Message : ContextMembers() : argument (0) type mismatch: expected:'hierarchy|dimension|namedSet', got:'set'