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# ADO MD Properties

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|[ActiveConnection](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/activeconnection-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates to which ADO **Connection** object the current cellset or catalog currently belongs.|  
|[Caption](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/caption-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates the text caption to use when displaying a **Level** or **Member** object.|  
|[ChildCount](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/childcount-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates the number of members for which the current **Member** object is the parent in a hierarchy.|  
|[Children](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/children-property-ado-md.md)|Returns a collection of **Members** for which the current **Member** is the parent in the hierarchy.|  
|[Count](../../../ado/reference/ado-api/count-property-ado.md)|Indicates the number of objects in a collection.|  
|[Depth](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/depth-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates the number of levels between the **Level** and the root of the hierarchy level.|  
|[Description](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/description-property-ado-md.md)|Returns a text explanation of the current object.|  
|[DimensionCount](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/dimensioncount-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates the number of dimensions on an axis.|  
|[DrilledDown](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/drilleddown-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates whether no children immediately follow the member on the axis.|  
|[FilterAxis](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/filteraxis-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates filter information for the current cellset.|  
|[Item](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/item-property-ado-md-cellset.md)|Retrieves a cell from a cellset using its coordinates.|  
|[Item](../../../ado/reference/ado-api/item-property-ado.md)|Returns a specific member of a collection by name or ordinal number.|  
|[FormattedValue](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/formattedvalue-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates the formatted display of a cell value.|  
|[LevelDepth](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/leveldepth-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates the number of levels between the root of the hierarchy and a member.|  
|[LevelName](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/levelname-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates the name of the level of a member.|  
|[Name](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/name-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates the name of an object.|  
|[Ordinal (Cell)](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/ordinal-property-ado-md-cell.md)|Uniquely identifies a cell by its position within a cellset.|  
|[Ordinal (Position)](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/ordinal-property-ado-md-position.md)|Uniquely identifies a position along an axis.|  
|[Parent](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/parent-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates the member that is the parent of the current member in a hierarchy.|  
|[ParentSameAsPrev](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/parentsameasprev-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates whether the parent of this position member is the same as the parent of the immediately preceding member.|  
|[Source](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/source-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates the source for the data in the cellset.|  
|[State](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/state-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates the current state of the cellset.|  
|[Type](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/type-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates the type of the current member.|  
|[UniqueName](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/uniquename-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates an unambiguous name for the current object.|  
|[Value](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/value-property-ado-md.md)|Indicates the value of the current cell.|  
  
## See Also  
 [ADO MD API Reference](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/ado-md-api-reference.md)   
 [ADO MD Code Examples](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/ado-md-code-examples.md)   
 [ADO MD Collections](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/ado-md-collections.md)   
 [ADO MD Enumerated Constants](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/ado-md-enumerated-constants.md)   
 [ADO MD Methods](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/ado-md-methods.md)   
 [ADO MD Object Model](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/ado-md-object-model.md)   
 [ADO MD Objects](../../../ado/reference/ado-md-api/ado-md-objects.md)