Can't filter out 1.#INF values - mdx

Question

SELECT NON EMPTY {{[Measures].[Net Promoter Score],[Measures].[AvgRevenuePerUnit]}} ON COLUMNS ,
NON EMPTY {{Hierarchize(DrilldownLevel(DrilldownLevel(DrilldownLevel([Employees].[Boss].[ALL]))))}}
ON ROWS
FROM (SELECT ({[Employees].[Boss].&[14404]}) ON COLUMNS
FROM [Enterprise]
WHERE FILTER([Employees].[EID].[EID],[Measures].[Avg Revenue Per Unit] > 700))
WHERE ({[Employees].[Active Status].&[False]},{[Roles].[Roster Role].&[486]},{[Roles].[Enterprise Role].&[2]},
{[Locations].[Location].&[6]},{[Areas].[Area].&[3]},{[Markets].[Market].&[1]},{[Regions].[Region].&[2]},
{[Dates].[Date].&[20130218]:[Dates].[Date].&[20130319]})
When I run above query, AvgRevenuePerUnit column shows 1.#INF. To replace 1.#INF with 0, I used query given below but the result is same. I am using WITH MEMBER in a query given below.
WITH MEMBER [Measures].[AvgRevenuePerUnit] AS (IIF([Measures].[Avg Revenue Per Unit] = '1.#INF', 0, [Measures].[Avg Revenue Per Unit])), Format_String = '0.#0'
SELECT NON EMPTY {{[Measures].[Net Promoter Score],[Measures].[AvgRevenuePerUnit]}} ON COLUMNS ,
NON EMPTY {{Hierarchize(DrilldownLevel(DrilldownLevel(DrilldownLevel([Employees].[Boss].[ALL]))))}}
ON ROWS
FROM (SELECT ({[Employees].[Boss].&[14404]}) ON COLUMNS
FROM [Enterprise] WHERE FILTER([Employees].[EID].[EID],[Measures].[Avg Revenue Per Unit] > 700))
WHERE ({[Employees].[Active Status].&[False]},{[Roles].[Roster Role].&[486]},{[Roles].[Enterprise Role].&[2]},
{[Locations].[Location].&[6]},{[Areas].[Area].&[3]},{[Markets].[Market].&[1]},{[Regions].[Region].&[2]},
{[Dates].[Date].&[20130218]:[Dates].[Date].&[20130319]})
I have a cube provided by user and from that cube I query data. It seems to me that actual value in cube is not 1.#INF that's why it doesn't replace with 0. But what is that value if it is not 1.#INF.
Any solution ?

Answer 1

1.#INF or -1.#INF is how Analysis Services displays plus/minus infinity, which technically/mathematically is the result of dividing something by zero.
The best approach to avoid this is in the definition of the measure, which is probably in the calculation script of the cube. You probably have there something like
CREATE MEMBER CurrentCube.[Measure].[AvgRevenuePerUnit] AS A / B
, VISIBLE = 1;
Replace this with
CREATE MEMBER CurrentCube.[Measure].[AvgRevenuePerUnit] AS IIf(B <> 0, A / B, null)
, VISIBLE = 1;
and you are done. Of course, replace A and B as appropriate.
Note: There was a recent update for Analysis Services 2012 which contains a new MDX function Divide which allows to write
CREATE MEMBER CurrentCube.[Measure].[AvgRevenuePerUnit] AS Divide(A, B)
, VISIBLE = 1;
If you and all other users really have to stick with the definition as it is in the cube, and have to rely on WITH clauses in queries, then I think your code could be written like
WITH MEMBER [Measures].[AvgRevenuePerUnit] AS
IIF([Measures].[Avg Revenue Per Unit] = 1 / 0 -- '1.#INF', plus infinity
OR [Measures].[Avg Revenue Per Unit] = -1 / 0, -- '-1.#INF', minus infinity
0,
[Measures].[Avg Revenue Per Unit]),
Format_String = '0.#0'
...
Your approach of using '1.#INF' does not work, as this is a string, and the infinite numbers are numbers and not strings for Analysis Services.