A member is an element of a dimension. The member element may represent one, or more, occurrences of data within a dimension. A member is the lowest form of reference used to access cell data. It is useful to think of a member as a child entity that belongs to its parent dimension. For example, a member of the Location dimension might include North America, Europe, France, or the USA. In Figure 1, North America and Europe are members of the Location dimension. You can drill down into North America to view its members Canada, and USA. In this example, the members Canada, and USA are children of the North America member.