The reaction of cadmium(II) acetate salts with multisite coordinated compartmental Schiff base ligand N,N'-Bis(3methoxysalicylidenimino)-1,3-diaminopropane (H 2 L 1 ) in presence of co-lingand azido/thiocyanato afforded two new coordination polymers {[Cd 4 (N 3 ) 4 (L 1 ) 2 ]·H 2 O} n (1), [Cd 4 (SCN) 4 (L 1 ) 2 ] n (2). The obtained compounds, 1 and 2 are 1D and 2D coordination polymers respectively and they have been characterized by IR spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The variation in the extended forms of 1 and 2 is governed by the kind of coligands utilized in the reaction. The complete structural study reveals that, in both cases the fully deprotonated ligand [L 1 ] 2À has utilized all six potential coordination sites to hold a pair of Cd(II) ions. Moreover, [N 3 ] À in 1 is coordinating to metal atom by both trans end-to-end (EE m-1,3) and end-on (EO or m-1,1) mode and [SCN] À is showing only end-to-end (EE m-1,3) coordination mode in 2. The photo luminescent properties and antimicrobial activities of the compounds 1 and 2 were investigated and discussed in details. Upon irradiation with UV light Cd(II) polymeric compounds 1-2 exhibit deep blue emissions of 448 À 451 nm subjected to dimethyl sulfoxide solution due to p!p* intraligand fluorescence. Apart from, as a complementary revelation, intermolecular interactions with respect to percentages of hydrogen bonding in the crystal structures of two Cd(II) polymeric compounds were quantified by Hirshfeld surface and fingerprint plots analysis.