How, in SQL Server Analysis Services, how can I return rows of data for dates where no data exists? In this instance, ideally, I'd want to return the value of 0. In plain SQL, I would do this with a CTE. However, I'm still figuring out SSAS.
Right-click on your PivotTable and choose PivotTable Options. Select the tab labeled "Display". There is an option called "Show items with no data in rows". Put a check mark by that one.
If you prefer zero then on the Layout & Format tab of that same dialog set "For empty cells show" to 0.
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How do I connect the Excel cell with the date to the SQL Query? I use Power Query. The Database is SQL Server.Please Help me.
Example of Query:
Select Account, Date
From Accountdate
Where Date = "Value in Excel cell"
Type a value into an Excel cell
Keep that cell selected. From the Power Query ribbon choose From Table.
Uncheck My Table Has Headers before clicking OK.
In the Power Query Query Editor, right click on that single value which you entered before and choose Drill Down
Click Apply & Close
In the Power Query, choose From SQL
Connect to your data source (don't worry about using the parameter yet.)
Once you're in the Query Editor with the correct SQL table being shown, choose the column you want to filter by your parameter. Go ahead and do a filter using the filter dropdown. Now change the formula bar and replace the number that you filtered by with the name of the query that you created in Step 5. That query by default will be called Table1 so your query in this step might look something like this: = Table.SelectRows(dbo_MySqlTable, each [ID] > Table1)
You will probably get a prompt asking you to classify the permissions to apply to each data source to make sure there are no security leaks. Once you've done that, click OK.
Click Apply & Close.
I am trying to import data from a SQL server into power BI. There is a section on the advanced options called SQL statement.
I know that the SQL statement for what I require is:
Select TOP 1000 * from [Table]
How do I write this in the Power Bi at the time of data source / import. So that it runs this statement for each of the tables I plan to import?
You can try this at the time of importing SQL Server data.
After loading data you can keep and remove rows using keep rows as shown below
If all the tables you want are on the same database, then you can navigate to that database as the first step in your query.
From there, filter down to select just the tables you want.
(You can see the preview of the cell selected in the bottom pane.)
Now that you've got the tables you want, you can apply a TopN function to the entire column (I chose top 3).
Table.TransformColumns(#"Filtered Rows",{{"Data", each Table.FirstN(_,3), type table}})
A quick way to add this step is to do a transformation on a text column and then just replace the column and the function applied. For example, if you format the Schema column to UPPERCASE using the GUI, it will add the step
Table.TransformColumns(#"Filtered Rows",{{"Schema", Text.Upper, type text}})
from which you can swap out the column, function, and type for what you actually want (see previous).
At this point, your tables are all trimmed to the top N rows and you can load each one to its own query by right-clicking on the table cell and choosing "Add as New Query". Alternatively, you can right-click on the Database query in the left pane (see the first image) and choose "Reference". This creates a new query from which you can simply click on the Table you want and it will return just that one.
Note: The former method will automatically name the new query after the table you expanded but the latter would work better if you wanted to change your N value since it doesn't recreate the whole query.
Either way, if you right-click on the last applied step in each of these new tables, you can choose "View Native Query" and you can see that the statement passed back to the server is a simple select top 3.
select top 3
[$Table].[DealSpecificKey] as [DealSpecificKey],
[$Table].[DateInvestment] as [DateInvestment],
[$Table].[DateInvestmentKey] as [DateInvestmentKey],
[$Table].[DateRedemption] as [DateRedemption],
[$Table].[DateRedemptionKey] as [DateRedemptionKey]
from [dbo].[AuxDaysInvested] as [$Table]
I am trying to produce an Excel PivotTable which displays and compares Sales Rep revenue figures based on values specified by the user, for example, the InvoiceYear.
This data is coming from an SSAS cube and I have connected to it using PowerPivot. I have columns from the cube in the data model and I am attempting to edit the MDX code in the Table Properties window to create some new columns.
This works so far, but the InvoiceYear value is hardcoded to '2010' at the moment. I need a way for this code to accept a value entered into a cell by the user in the excel worksheet itself.
I am just a beginner at this, so I am not aware if this is even possible.
If this approach is NOT possible, I really need to find another way to do it. Come at it from the other side and refresh the column whenever the cell changes via a macro or vba? Some other solution?
Here is what I have in the Edit Table Properties window. This works correctly, but I can't have the Year value hardcoded like that or users will not be able to specify a custom Year value, obviously. I have tried everything I can think of to reference a cell in a Sheet, but the column usually just appears empty with no errors.
WITH MEMBER RentalSales AS
CASE when [SalesRep_Dim].[InvoiceYear].currentmember.membervalue = '2010' then [Measures].[LineAmountMST] else 0 end
SELECT NON EMPTY { Measures.RentalSales, [Measures].[LineAmountMST] } ON COLUMNS,
NON EMPTY { ([SalesRep_Dim].[InvoiceMonth].[InvoiceMonth].ALLMEMBERS * [SalesRep_Dim].[InvoiceYear].[InvoiceYear].ALLMEMBERS * [SalesRep_Dim].[SaleRep].[SaleRep].ALLMEMBERS * [SalesRep_Dim].[ItemGroup].[ItemGroup].ALLMEMBERS * [SalesRep_Dim].[Site].[Site].ALLMEMBERS * [SalesRep_Dim].[Source].[Source].ALLMEMBERS * [SalesRep_Dim].[Type].[Type].ALLMEMBERS ) } DIMENSION PROPERTIES MEMBER_CAPTION, MEMBER_UNIQUE_NAME ON ROWS
FROM ( SELECT ( -{ [SalesRep_Dim].[InvoiceMonth].&[]&[0], [SalesRep_Dim].[InvoiceMonth].[All].UNKNOWNMEMBER } ) ON COLUMNS FROM [GMFSalesTransRepRevenue]) CELL PROPERTIES VALUE, BACK_COLOR, FORE_COLOR, FORMATTED_VALUE, FORMAT_STRING, FONT_NAME, FONT_SIZE, FONT_FLAGS
I don't believe it is possible with your current approach. However if you switch to using Power Query to get data from SSAS and load to Power Pivot it should be possible.
Power Query can query SSAS as described here. The you read a cell in the Excel workbook that the user has entered and filter the data coming from SSAS in the Power Query.
You should look into slicers, they are more appealing visually and you can use them to filter multiple pivot table with one selection.
Setup a report filter and setup your slicer to the same attribute, you can use the Cell for your formula references and use the slicer for user input.
This should be as easy as selecting your pivot table, going to the Insert excel Tab, under Filter there show be the "Slicer".
Select the attribute you are trying to filter by, and your slicer is done.
There is an option to create a write-back measure. You may convert its value to calculated member which takes place in your pivot table. However it's not a best practise. I'd recommend to avoid this method.
Steps:
Create a view (one column int, for example).
Crate a measure group from this view.
Add a partition with writeback settings, see: http://bidn.com/blogs/DevinKnight/ssis/1768/ssas-creating-and-using-a-writeback-measure-group
Create a calculated measure, for example:
(StrToMember('[SalesRep_Dim].[InvoiceYear].&[' + Cstr([Measures].[WriteBackMeasure]) + ']'), [Measures].[LineAmountMST])
where [Measures].[WriteBackMeasure] is your writeback measure and if [Measures].[WriteBackMeasure] = 2010 then you'll get the following:
([SalesRep_Dim].[InvoiceYear].&[2010], [Measures].[LineAmountMST])
Open two pivot tables: one with [Measures].[WriteBackMeasure] only, another is your report with the calculated member.
This is a problem that has stumped me for a couple of days, and one I've been trying to work on. Unfortunately I very new to working on this stuff, and don't have a lot of resources trying to solve this problem, so if I am unclear or you have a question please post a comment about it.
The problem I am trying to tackle is this:
After getting external data from a SQL Server and having a table in a spreadsheet, say the is called Products, and has columns for productid (column A), productname (column B), supplierid (column C), and categoryname (column D). Is there a way to define a cell, say E1 where you use can use VBA to create a dynamic query. In this dynamic query you would enter some value of categoryname where it would query the table, and give you the results?
It is possible to perform a dynamic query without using any VBA.
Base your table on "From Microsoft Query" (under the "Get External Data" group on the Data tab). Build your query using the Query Wizard, selecting the table columns of interest. On the "Query Wizard - Filter Data" tab, where you would normally say a particular column must have a specific value, instead of the specific value, use just a question mark (for any and all columns that need to be used to filter). When you return your data to Excel, you will be prompted to "Enter Parameter Value" for each ? you used. Just click OK at this stage.
When the Excel "Import Data" dialog appears, click "Properties...". On the Definition tab click the button labelled "Parameters...". For each parameter, choose to "Get the value from the following cell" and to "Refresh automatically when cell value changes". Click the red arrow button (to select a cell) and click in the cell where each parameter will get its value from.
It's a good idea to have a label alongside each cell, and maybe special formatting for the data entry cell. The results table can be on the same worksheet as the parameter entry cells, when you enter a value in the entry cell, a new query will be run and the result will be displayed.
Here is a link that might help.
It goes into using VBA to filter.
I found it a while ago when I looked for something similar, hope it helps.
I have created a query to calculate the sum of all of the profit values in a table, I tried to output this to a textbox on the main form of my database and I just the error #NAME?.
Has anyone tried this before and are there any major things I am missing?
We would need to see some code/design details to understand why your text box gets that #Name error.
Without those details, I'll just suggest you consider a DSum() expression, instead of a query, to load the text box. And DSum() is kind of like a SELECT query, but returns only a single value instead of a result set.
DSum("YourNumericField", "YourTable")
Examine the DSum online help topic for more details. You might find the optional Criteria parameter useful (like a WHERE clause in a SELECT statement) if you ever want to sum only a subset of rows from your table.
DSum("YourNumericField", "YourTable", "account_status = 'ACTIVE'")
If you have create query to calculate the sum called "querySum". On the form property sheet, make sure selection type you change to FORM, go to Data and select "querySum" as record source.
And then, click text box, go to the property sheet and choice Data > Control Source. So you can choice column from query to the text box.
Otherwise, if you want to use VBA. You can do like this
DSum("NumericField", "YourTable")
Or with condition
DSum("NumericField", "YourTable", "type = 'Payment'")