Is there a way to sort the Dimensions in SSAS Solution Explorer window alphabetically?
UPDATE - No sorting options with right click on Dimensions Folder
No unfortunately you cannot change the order. It is Alphabetically sorted in the Browse and in the cube it is listed as how you add it. If Dimension B is created before A, then in the Cube tab it will be listed as B, A. please see this link
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How can I create an empty table in a SSAS tabular cube? I don't want this empty table to be a calculated table. And, I don't want to import an empty table from SQL Server. I'm working in Visual Studio 2019, with the Microsoft Analysis Services Projects extension installed.
Pull in data in Power Query, then remove all rows then all columns. Here's an example using my date dimension.
let
Source=#"CSV Calendar csv",
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(Source, each [DateKey] = #date(1111, 1, 1)),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filtered Rows",{"DateKey", "DateInt", "YearKey", "QuarterOfYear", "MonthOfYear", "DayOfMonth", "MonthName", "MonthInCalendar", "QuarterInCalendar", "DayOfWeekName", "DayInWeek", "MonthYear", "SortColumn", "AcctWorkDays", "HolidayWorkday"})
in
#"Removed Columns"
It's a bad idea if you are using Visual Studio for the model. You can't add measures, nor update them if they are there. The blue selected cell in the grid is in the "Add Column" column and is not editable.
The only way I know to get a measure on this table is to add a column to enable the grid, then you can add a measure, and then you can delete the column. That all works, but then I got the displayed message:
I think this might be what you're looking for. As far as I know, you need at least one existing DataSource to add a table, but then the table doesn't need to refer to it. In this example, I just added a local text file. Then right click it and and choose Import New Tables. This will pop open Power Query pointed at the DataSource.
In the formula bar, you can change the formula to = Table.FromRecords({},{"Column1"}):
I'm working on a visualization that needs to be ordered by descending on certain metric. I wanted to use the column created by superset "show rows total" to order it show total rows-columns, but I can't access it (it doesn't show up on the sort by dropdown menu).
I tried something on the "CUSTOM SQL" tab like that on the image "SUM(COUNT DISTINCT...)) but it doesn't work for obvious reasons, but only to illustrate what I meant to do.
I am now adding to something I am writing and need to offer the user the ability to place dimensions and measures on either the rows or columns.
I am about to test an idea to make the MDX for the example in the picture but realised I should also ask any MDX experts too!
So how would one go about pulling off this sort of layout? I cannot view the MDX generated by this Excel (data redacted due to being on site somewhere, also why I cannot download addins for MDX generator etc)
I actually did manage to get the OLAP extension addin installed.
https://github.com/OlapPivotTableExtensions/OlapPivotTableExtensions/releases/tag/v0.8.4
This will help me add some stuff to my MDX generator and prove invaluable as you can see the MDX Excel generates.
SELECT NON EMPTY Hierarchize(AddCalculatedMembers({DrilldownLevel({[Ccy].[Ccy].[ALL].[AllMember]})})) DIMENSION PROPERTIES PARENT_UNIQUE_NAME,HIERARCHY_UNIQUE_NAME ON COLUMNS , NON EMPTY Hierarchize(AddCalculatedMembers({DrilldownLevel({[Book].[Book].[ALL].[AllMember]})})) DIMENSION PROPERTIES PARENT_UNIQUE_NAME,HIERARCHY_UNIQUE_NAME ON ROWS FROM [TraderCube] WHERE ([Date].[Date].[ALL].[AllMember].[2019-12-12],[Measures].[JTD.SUM]) CELL PROPERTIES VALUE
I am new to SSAS. Have added a new dimension to cube and when i see under members it shows the value of that columns but under browser section when i drag and drop the dimension it does not display anything
We need more information on what steps you took to get where you're at.
Do you have a relationship between the dimension and measure group?
Did you process the dimension, the cube?
I believe what is happening is that you haven't included a measure in the cube browser so it returned only the report dates which have a value for the "default measure". If you go to the first tab of the cube designer and right click on the cube node above the measure groups list on the left and choose Properties you will see a DefaultMeasure property. You can set that property to choose the measure which is the "default measure" when a user doesn't specify a measure in their report.
However I would recommend just dragging a measure into the cube browser to explicitly tell it to show report dates that have a value in that measure.
I also prefer not setting the DefaultMeasure property and adding the following to the MDX script so that the default measure is always null. That forces users to explicitly add a measure to their pivot so it is clear what they want.
CREATE MEMBER CURRENTCUBE.[Measures].[NullCalc] as NULL
,VISIBLE=0;
ALTER CUBE CURRENTCUBE UPDATE DIMENSION Measures, DEFAULT_MEMBER=[Measures].[NullCalc];
My report works and looks perfectly in the web viewer and looks great in PDF export as well. But when I export to Excel the exported file does not do the groupings correctly. The intent is to have a list of all employees and have their list of accounts underneath that is collapsible. However in Excel the entire report is grouped under one header and it collapses the entire report instead of allowing each header to collapse.
This is the proper way / web viewer:
But excel is collapsing the entire report not just each header:
I found the answer in this comment left here where the author mentions the way to do groupings.
http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/508823/reporting-services-2008-group-by-export-to-excel-duplicate-rows-csv-ok-pdf-ok
The easiest way I've found to "fix" this is to re-create your hierarchical groupings (and the rows contained). Starting from the detail row (assuming you still have one) select the row header, right click for the menu, add new parent group using the next hierarchical level up. This creates a fun column that is to the left of your previous content separated by the dashed line. Select the column, right click for menu and choose delete. In the following dialog just remove the row, not the group you just made. This leaves the grouping containing only the details row/group. Select the existing details row header again, right click again, and choose to insert row > Outside Above (or below as your need might be). This adds the row to the next outer grouping from the selected detail row, similar as how 2005 allowed us groupings.
If I remember correctly SSRS 2008 can't deal with 2 level of grouping on the excel export (that was a confirmed bug), but i thought that was fixed either with SSRS 2008 R2 or a CU later on. Are you on the latest available version of SSRS ?