MDX, Remove Zero-Rows On ROWS - mdx

Question

My MDX-Query looks like this:
WITH
MEMBER [YEAR].[A2014_1-12] AS
([YEAR].[2014], [TYPE].[ACTUAL]),
MEMBER [YEAR].[P2014_1-12] AS
([YEAR].[2014], [TYPE].[PLAN]),
MEMBER [YEAR].[P2015_1-12] AS
([YEAR].[2015], [TYPE].[PLAN]),
MEMBER [YEAR].[A2015_YTD] AS
SUM(
{[YEARPERIOD].[201501]:[YEARPERIOD].[201509]}
,(
[Measures].currentmember
,[TYPE].[ACTUAL]
)
)
SELECT
{
[YEAR].[A2014_1-12],
[YEAR].[P2014_1-12],
[YEAR].[P2015_1-12],
[YEAR].[A2015_YTD]
}
ON COLUMNS,
NON EMPTY
[COST_CENTER]
*[COST_ELEMENT] ON ROWS
FROM [CUBE]
WHERE ([Measures].[COSTS]);
The Query itself is working. However it is also returning a lot of zero-rows and I would like to get rid of these zero-rows. The strange thing is - If I put only one MEMBER (e.g. [YEAR].[A2014_1-12]) on the COLUMNS-axis it is not returning any zero-rows. But as soon as I start to add another MEMBER to the COLUMN-axis it is also many returning zero-rows (It seems like it is ignoring the NON EMPTY in my CROSSJOIN). How can I remove the zero-rows in the above MDX-Query?

Answer 1

Try this as a start
WITH
MEMBER [YEAR].[A2014_1-12] AS
iif(
([YEAR].[2014], [TYPE].[ACTUAL]) = 0
,null
,([YEAR].[2014], [TYPE].[ACTUAL])
)
MEMBER [YEAR].[P2014_1-12] AS
iif(
([YEAR].[2014], [TYPE].[PLAN]) = 0
,null
,([YEAR].[2014], [TYPE].[PLAN])
)
SELECT
NON EMPTY
{
[YEAR].[A2014_1-12],
[YEAR].[P2014_1-12]
}
ON COLUMNS,
NON EMPTY
[COST_CENTER]
*[COST_ELEMENT] ON ROWS
FROM [CUBE]
WHERE ([Measures].[COSTS]);
As an aside you do not need to define the current member of the measures hierarchy in this definition:
MEMBER [YEAR].[A2015_YTD] AS
SUM(
{[YEARPERIOD].[201501]:[YEARPERIOD].[201509]}
,(
[Measures].currentmember
,[TYPE].[ACTUAL]
)
)
This is enough:
MEMBER [YEAR].[A2015_YTD] AS
SUM(
{[YEARPERIOD].[201501]:[YEARPERIOD].[201509]}
,([TYPE].[ACTUAL])
)
Try this instead:
WITH
MEMBER [YEAR].[A2014_1-12] AS
iif(
([YEAR].[2014], [TYPE].[ACTUAL]) = 0
,null
,([YEAR].[2014], [TYPE].[ACTUAL])
)
MEMBER [YEAR].[P2014_1-12] AS
iif(
([YEAR].[2014], [TYPE].[PLAN]) = 0
,null
,([YEAR].[2014], [TYPE].[PLAN])
)
SET [X] AS
NonEmtpy(
[COST_CENTER]*[COST_ELEMENT],
{[YEAR].[A2014_1-12],[YEAR].[P2014_1-12]}
)
SELECT
NON EMPTY
{
[YEAR].[A2014_1-12],
[YEAR].[P2014_1-12]
}
ON 0,
//NON EMPTY
[X] ON 1
FROM [CUBE]
WHERE ([Measures].[COSTS]);