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MDX Scope with an If Then statement
The scope statement in MDX is great for applying calculations to a certain area of a cube, also called a subcube. Dustin Ryan wrote a great article on the scope statement here. The issue I am going to...
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MDX YTD Calculation Issus
If you are using the templates for MDX calculation built into SSAS 2008 you might run into some strange issues. In the image below you can see the calculation is working for all years except for 2008....
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Missing Foreign Keys in SSAS DSV
When creating report models you might run into bad database designs where the tables have no foreign keys and/or no primary keys. This can be resolved in the report model DSV. I have created two...
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SSAS – Process everything
This is just short blog with a quick tip for those that don’t know. When working with SSAS it is sometimes necessary to process every dimension before continuing with development. This can be...
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SSAS – Setting Attributes as Properties for Excel
When a user is browsing your cube with excel they may not understand how to slice the data and end up using things like “first name” as a hierarchy to slice the data. This does not make for good...
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SSAS Dynamic KPI from a table
KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) in Analysis Services are a great way to show visually if a measure is above or below a goal. Managing the goal numbers can be a headache because they made need to be...
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SSAS – Using the Euro or Pound currency Symbol in a measure Format String
If you have a set of measures and some of them are US dollars, some are Euros, and some are UK Pounds, you want to format them correctly in SSAS. First you will need to know the ASCII command to type a...
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SSAS Reporting Action with Date Parameters
Reporting Actions in Analysis Services allows you to open a report in Reporting Services. Most of the time users want to pass in some parameters to the report so it shows the relevant data. If the...
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SSAS Trending KPI
KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) in Analysis Services are a great way to show visually if a measure is trending in right direction based on previous levels. If you want to show a measure has...
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SSRS – Creating Drill Through reports with MDX
If you are reporting from a Cube in SSRS and you want to drill through to another report you can set up actions just like any other drill through except one small change. The parameter you pass to the...
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