using a named set in a calculated member - ssas

I have a calculated field (getting a count) and a named set (defines a key) which I want to use in a new calculated member and return the count based on when the key is defined in that set.
So far i have tried this:
([Measures].[Person ID Distinct Count], [SET]) and
([Measures].[Person ID Distinct Count], {[SET]})
Just on a side note, I for this discount count in 2 steps:
I first did a count on the table using new measure... option from cube structure pane, then used it in a calculation to define the year of count i want. And now I am here. My mdx above didn't work but however in the browser i can pull the count (where its filtered by year) and use the set as a slice and it works fine. But I want this defined in a calculation.

This signifies a tuple (....)
A tuple is made up of members - so a set cannot be used as an argument.
You need to aggregate your set separately to create a member:
Aggregate([SET])
The memeber can then be used in the tuple you mention:
([Measures].[Person ID Distinct Count], [SomeDim].[SomeHierarchy].[All].[AggregatedSET])

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MDX Result Count

I am a beginner in MDX queries. Can any one tell me how to get the record count that is a result of a MDX query?
The query is following:
select {[Measures].[Employee Department History Count],[Measures].[Rate]} on columns, Non Empty{{Filter([Shift].[Shift ID].[Shift ID].Members, ([Shift].[Shift ID].CurrentMember.name <> "1"))}*{[Employee].[Business Entity ID].[Business Entity ID].Members}} on rows from [Adventure Works2012].
I have tried various methods and I haven't really got a solution for that.
I assume you mean row count when you talk of "record count", as MDX does not know a concept of records, but the result shown from an MDX query is the space built by the tuples on the axes.
I see two possibilities to get the row count:
Just count the rows returned from your above query in the tool from which you call the MDX query.
If you want to count in MDX, then let's state what you want to have:
You want to know the number of members of the set of non empty combinations of [Shift ID]s and [Business Entity ID]s where the Shift ID is not "1" and at least one of the measures [Employee Department History Count] and [Rate] is not null.
To state that different: Let's call the tuples like above for which the first measure is not null "SET1", and the tuples like above for which teh second measure is not null "SET2". Then you you want to know the count of the the tuples which are contained in one of these sets (or in both).
To achieve this, we define these two sets and then a calculated menber (a new measure in our case) containing this calculation in its definition, and then use this calculated member in the select clause to show it:
WITH
SET SET1 AS
NonEmpty({{Filter([Shift].[Shift ID].[Shift ID].Members,
([Shift].[Shift ID].CurrentMember.name <> "1"))}
* {[Employee].[Business Entity ID].[Business Entity ID].Members}},
{[Measures].[Employee Department History Count])
SET SET2 AS
NonEmpty({{Filter([Shift].[Shift ID].[Shift ID].Members,
([Shift].[Shift ID].CurrentMember.name <> "1"))}
* {[Employee].[Business Entity ID].[Business Entity ID].Members}},
{[Measures].[Rate])
MEMBER [Measures].[MyCalculation] AS
COUNT(SET1 + SET 2)
SELECT [Measures].[MyCalculation] ON COLUMNS
FROM [Adventure Works2012]
Please note:
The sets SET1 and SET2 are not absolutely necessary, you could also put the whole calculation in one long and complicated definition of the MyCalculation measure, but splitting it up makes is easier to read. However, the definition of a new member is necessary, as in MDX you can only put members on axes (rows, columns, ...). These members can either already been defined in the cube, or you have to define them in the WITH clause of your query. There is no such thing as putting expressions/calculations on axes in MDX, only members.
The + for sets is a union which removes duplicates, hence this operation gives us the tuples which have an non empty value for at least one of the measures. Alternatively, you could have used the Union function equivalently to the +.
The Nonempty() I used in the definitions of the sets is the NonEmpty function, which is slightly different from the NON EMPTY keyword that you can use on the axes. We use one of the measures as second argument to this function in both set definitions.
I have currently no working SSAS installation available to test my statement, hence there might be a minor error or typo in my above statement, but the idea should work.

MDX: count number of members selected in filter

I have one dimension that I want to put into filter, and created calculated member that should dynamically show number of selected members from the dimension.
The dimension does not have an All member.
So this is my attempt
with member [Measures].[Count1] as count(existing(([MyDimension].[MyDimensionHierarchy].members)))
select [Measures].[Count1] on 0
from [MyCube] -- gives me 1
and this one will give me 2 which is correct:
with member [Measures].[Count1] as count(existing(([MyDimension].[MyDimensionHierarchy].members)))
select [Measures].[Count1] on 0
from [MyCube]
where ({[MyDimension].[MyDimensionHierarchy].[Member1], [MyDimension].[MyDimensionHierarchy].[Member2]})
But, the problem is that when I create calculated member with the formula above, and drag Count1 to the Excel pivot table, and drag MyDimension as filter, and when I do multi-select of the dimension members, I want the count to dynamically change as I change number of members that are selected.
But Count1 always stays equal to 1.
In a meantime I have found an answer:
The query that I wrote in the question actually is not the query that Excel pivot table sends to the cube. Excel pivot table generates query like this:
SELECT FROM (SELECT ({[MyDimension].[MyDimensionHierarchy].[Member1],[MyDimension].[MyDimensionHierarchy].[Member2]}) ON COLUMNS
FROM [MyCube])
WHERE ([Measures].[Count1])
The way this should be done is by using dynamic set that contains filtered members:
create dynamic set [SelectedMembers] as existing( [MyDimension].[MyDimensionHierarchy].members )
And then:
create member Measures.SelectedMembersCount as count([SelectedMembers])
So this set dynamically changes as different members are selected in the filter and SelectedMembersCount is dynamically changed along the way.

MDX - Is it possible to have two unrelated dimension members in one row?

I need to create the table of the following structure in MDX (to be used in SSRS report):
For that I have 2 dimensions and one measure:
Option dimension, with option type and option value attributes
Standard dimension, with IsStandard flag
Price measure
In first column I need to show all option type attributes,
in second all value attributes where IsStandard flag is set to [Y],
in third values chosen by user in parameters and
in fourth prices for components selected by user.
Is it possible to do the above in single MDX? Or will I be better off creating 2 distinct queries and creating 2 tables for them?
EDIT: Since my updates won't fit into the comment, I will add some thoughts here.
EXISTS function from answer below does not filter the result set, I don't get standard values but all possible values concatenated. When I issue the following code:
SELECT
[Measures].[Price] ON 0,
NON EMPTY [Option].[Option Type].children
*
[Option].[Option Value].children ON 1
FROM [Cube]
WHERE
(
[Standard].[IsStandard].&[Y],
[Configurations].[Configuration].&[conf1]
)
It returns the default values correctly, but if I use
SELECT
[Measures].[Price] ON 0,
[Option].[Option Type].children
*
EXISTS(
[Option].[Option Value].[Option Value].members
,([Standard].[IsStandard].&[Y],[Configurations].[Configuration].&[conf1])
) ON 1
FROM [Cube]
It does not filter the results.
If you can accept a slightly different order of columns, then this can be done in MDX, using a calculated measure which is actually a string (as you want to see a list of attributes values in column). This avoids having the same attribute twice in the rows:
WITH Member Measures.[Standard Value] AS
Generate(NonEmpty([Option].[Option Type].[Option Type].Members,
{([Standard].[IsStandard].&[Y],
Measure‌​s.[Price]
)}
),
[Option].[Option value].CurrentMember.Name,
", "
)
SELECT { Measures.[Standard Value], Measures.[Price] }
ON COLUMNS,
NON EMPTY
[Option].[Option Type].[Option Type].Members
*
{ #chosenValues } // the parameters value should be a comma separated list like "[Option].[Option value].[AMD], [Option].[Option value].[INTEL]"
ON ROWS
FROM [Your Cube]
WHERE [Configurations].[Configuration].&[conf1]
You can adapt the list separator (the last argument of the Generate function) to anything you like.
And in case there is more than one measure group that is related to the dimensions [Option], [Standard], and [Configurations], you should add the name of the measure group to use for determining the relationship as additional last parameter to the Exists, so that you and not the engine determines that. Just use the name of the measure group in either single or double quotes.
Yes it is, dimension will just be ignored. This is assuming you've all in the same schema / cube.
Note, depending on the OLAP Server you're using it's possible you've to change a flag that sends an error if you're using a dimensions that is not defined at Measure Group level.

SSAS 2012 Calculated Member for Percentage

Being an SSAS newbie, I was wondering if it's possible to create a calculated member that references an individual row's value as well as the aggregated value in order to create a percentage?
For example, if I have a fact table with ValueA, I'd like to create a calculate member that essentially performed:
[Measures].[ValueA] (for each row I've sliced the data by) / [Measures].[ValueA] (the total)
Also I'd like to keep the total as the sum of whatever's been filtered in the cube browser. I feel certain this must be possible but I'm clearly missing something.
You can use the Axis function. Her is an example:
WITH MEMBER [Measures].[Percentage] AS
[Measures].[ValueA] / (Axis(1).CurrenMember.Parent, [Measures].[ValueA])
SELECT {[Measures].[ValueA], [Measures].[Percentage]} ON 0,
'what you want' ON 1
FROM your cube
(You may need to add check in the calculated member expression)

MDX: using distinct count in YTD for calculated member

I have created new measure that counts distinct policies (this measure is called FK Policy Distinct Count).
Then I created new calculated member called CountPolicyEndorsesNull which counts all policies from FK Policy Distinct Count using a filter:
(([Policy].[Endorses].&[0],[FK Policy Distinct Count]).
Than I did new calculated member called CountPolicy:
SUM(EXCEPT([Policy].[Policy Status].[Policy Status],[Policy].[Policy Status].&[Void]), [Measures].[CountPolicyEndorsesNull])
Next, I created a new member CountNewBound
SUM(
{
[Submission].[Tran Type].&[New], [Submission].[Tran Type].&[Developed]
},
[Measures].[CountPolicy]
)
And finally, YTDCountNewBound
SUM(YTD([Invoice Date].[Date Hierarchy].CurrentMember), [Measures].[CountNewBound])
Obviously, SUM function doesn't work in this case. Any idea how to make proper YTD count for calculated member?
Distinct count is a special measure which should be managed with a little more care. The rational behind this is that the when evaluating the measure a set of previous values is kept in memory. In order to improve performance, this structure is not passed and it's quickly converted to a scalar value.
Going back to your problem :
Distinct count can be evaluated over a tuple without problem, but you'll get in problems once you try to evaluate over a set of tuples. A possible, but costly and not always possible, is to create a hierarchy of values so you can convert your set in a member of a dimension.
In your case instead of using YTD([Invoice Date].[Date Hierarchy].CurrentMember) function using another hierarchy -> [Invoice Date].[YTD Date Hierarchy].
All this depends on the specific OLAP implementation you're using, but I guess holds true for mainly all OLAP vendors.