Question on MDX

I am trying to write a calculated field. I need to calculate the Sum of a Item Sold over a period of time where 2 measures called BV value and Unit Price are zero. Can someone suggest what functions I should use to get this done

Thanks

Ann

Hello Ann,

Did you mean to use a calculated member? If yes, please, try the following:

WITH MEMBER [Measures].SumOfSoldItems AS 'sum ( filter ( [Date].[Fiscal Year].members, [Measures].[BV Value] = 0 AND [Measures].[Unit Price] = 0 ) , [Measures].[Item Sold] ) '
SELECT [Measures].SumOfSoldItems on 0
FROM [Adventure Works]

In the first argument of the filter function you should put a set representing the period of time that you are interested in.

I hope this helps

Greg

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Hi Greg

Thanks for your post. Thats exactly what I am trying to achieve. I tried using the above method, but it gives me a syntax error . It says, Syntax for "WITH" is incorrect.

Thanks

Ann

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Could you tell me what client application you are using? I wrote 2 more MDX queries for you so you can use them as a small tutorial. They both work with Adventure Works.

1. This one doesn't use calculated member but should give you the right results. After you try it, you can change the query to work with your own cube. Change the time dimension members ( [Date].[Fiscal Year].members ) to a set representing the time period you need. The two other measures in the filter you can change to [Measures].[BV value]=0 and [Measures].[Unit Price] = 0. The measure in the WHERE clause you may want to change to [Measures].[Item Sold]

SELECT filter ( [Date].[Fiscal Year].members, [Measures].[Amount] > 3500000 AND [Measures].[Order Quantity] > 90000 ) on 0
FROM [Adventure Works]
WHERE [Measures].[Sales Amount]

2. This is the query that I showed you yesterday but I changed it back slightly so now it works with Adventure Works. Try it first against AW and then change the time period and measures for your own needs as I explained in the first paragraph:

WITH MEMBER [Measures].x AS 'sum ( filter ( [Date].[Fiscal Year].members, [Measures].[Amount] > 0 AND [Measures].[Order Quantity] > 0 ) , [Measures].[Sales Amount] ) '
SELECT [Measures].x on 0
FROM [Adventure Works]

I hope this works for you. If it doesn't or you have more questions, feel free to ask :)

- Greg