recomended data type for time members keys
Hi all I am used to using integers as member keys in time levels. For example the key for 2012-01-01 would be 20120101 and it's name in date format would come from another date or string column. It...
View ArticleMDX - Filter Hierarchy/Levels/Members
XYZ Dim XYZ Hierarchy +Members +A +1A +1A_1 1A_1_X 1A_1_Y 1A_1_Z +1A_2 1A_2_X 1A_2_Y 1A_2_Z +1A_3 1A_3_X 1A_3_Y 1A_3_Z +2A +2A_1 2A_1_X 2A_1_Y 2A_1_Z +2A_2 2A_2_X 2A_2_Y 2A_2_Z +2A_3 2A_3_X 2A_3_Y...
View Articleis Wchar a unicode string ?
Hi all If wchar is indeed unicode and it is the only option for a string data type in ssas (when setting attributes properties) should then all string fields in a cubes data source be coded using...
View ArticleHow to calculate campdate > todays date + 45 days in sql query
Hi All; How to calculate campdate > todays date + 45 days in sql query below is mu function which is not working dateadd(day,-45,campdate) > GETDATE() Any help much appreciated ThanksPradnya07
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cube connection change error
Hi Friends I have one cube which is connected to one server and working fine and gives good result of dimension and facts .but now the requirement is change i have to connect cube connection to another...
View ArticleOLAP Pivottable Extensions - Calculated Member Question
I'm using Excel to get at an OLAP Cube and don't have access to the data anyother way. I installed the OLAP PivotTable Extensions and have had success adding calculated members. There are a couple of...
View ArticleMDX - Get nb customers with one, two, three or more orders
Hi, I have to calculate customers with one, two and three or more orders on a time period basis: Nb CustomersTurnover I found a way to calculate them but I'm not happy with the performance. Close to 8...
View ArticleYTD and other time calculations across all measures
I have a cube with about 20 measures. Client wants to see a YTD option for all measures. Most of the tutorials I have seen involves creating a YTD calculated measure that hardcodes the measure in the...
View ArticleInternal error: An unexpected error occurred (file 'mdinfo.cpp', line 3418,...
Hi, After deploying a cube, I was trying to process the structure of a cube. I got this error : Internal error: An unexpected error occurred (file 'mdinfo.cpp', line 3418, function 'MDInfo::Init'). I...
View ArticleIssues While Reprocessing the Cube in SSAS
Hi, I am new to SSAS. I have encountered a weird issue while processing the cube. I have added few new attributes to existing dimension and the relationships across the measure groups was left same....
View Articlefilter issue
With Set [TimeFrame] as DrillDownLevel({filter({[Start Dt].[StartYearMonth].[Year].Members} ,Cstr([Start Dt].[StartYearMonth].CurrentMember.Name)=Cstr(IIF("2012"="",Year(now()),2012))).item(0)}) Member...
View ArticleGet data cube on reporting server?
We are trying to run reports against a data cube. I'm not sure how to give my SQL Server Reporting Services reports access to the data cube on the report server. Do we somehow upload/deploy the cube...
View ArticleCan't deploy Data Cube from SQL BIDS 2005 - A connection cannot be made....
Hello, I am trying to deploy a Data Cube to a named instance on SQL Server 2005, but am getting the error messages below. SSAS is installed for this instance and the service is running. SQL Browser is...
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OLAP Cube performance Issue
I have a complex measures that depends on 3 other measures . When I drag the [Work Center].[Facilities] Hierarchy , Product Group , and Product , the performance is acceptable . However , if i try...
View ArticleBest Practice for Filtering a Dimension Member Attribute
I have a dimension, Location. "Most" of the locations are placed into 1 of 6 regions, but some are just left out altogether and are left null. When creating my cubes and using this region attribute,...
View Articleadding parameter of postcode
Hi Friends I have an query that i need to add one filter in my SSRS reports. Dataset comes from SSAS cube. I need one state filter that filters phonenumber based on postcode i.e if <
View ArticleA special fixed average
Hi, A user wants a special fixed average. He first calculcates the normal average of a month and puts that in the fixed average. Now he calculates the averages of the next months. If the month average...
View Articlessas cube partition information
Hi, I have a ssas cube. i need to find out how many partitions are there in cube @ runtime through some automatic process (mdx query or so on) Thanks, paddy
View ArticleHelp with Count at individual group level
Hi I have data like below in 'default i put default value as 1. and i want count of rows. but it giving me same count in each cell. Current Result Compant Id Empid defualt 1 1...
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