I recently had a client give us a call asking for helping creating a calculation in her cube to show the month to date value for the previous year. Here’s the basics of the calculation I created.
This calculation involve two parts. First we must create a calculation that figures the month to date value of the measure in question. To do this I used the MTD function along with Continue reading #MDXMonday: Previous Year Month to Date Calculation →
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Creating an SSAS MDX calculations for daily average sales is a pretty common requirement I’ve come across as a consultant for Pragmatic Works and as the instructor for Pragmatic Works Introduction to MDX class. Because of this and the fact that many people often come to me with their MDX challenges, I’ve decided to start a series of blog posts covering these challenges and experiences both as a reference for myself and other and also as a way to give back to the community. These examples will be done using the Adventure Works cube unless otherwise stated. Some of these will be simple and some will be more complicated but I hope you will enjoy learning a little bit about MDX as much I do so lets begin!
There are two basic parts to creating this calculation. The first step is Continue reading #MDXMonday: Calculate Daily Average Sales →
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Dustin Ryan is a Data Specialist interested in Azure, SQL Server, and Power BI.