YoY comparison problem in DAX
Scenario: Take a fundraising event (e.g. Virgin London Marathon), which has an event start date, say in 2017. This event receives donations. The donations can be made in the year before, the year of...
View ArticleSSAS Tabular mode not seeing relationships
I have a cube I am weorking on building using tabular mode. I have set the relationship in the .bim between two tables using the COAKEY and Accountkey fields. However, when attempting to use...
View ArticleDisappointed by new Object Level permissions in SSAS 1400 / 2017
I need to build / implement a tabular model in SSAS where users can execute / browse reports in Power BI and SSRS, with row level security. I've got that part under control. But SSAS still lets me...
View ArticleMeasures showing up Blank in Power BI
When I attempt to connect POwer BI Desktop to my tabular model, The measures all show up blank. I am able to browse the model in excel from SSDT., and the measures do not show up blank. When I look...
View ArticleDesign considerations for a tabular model
I have a star schema already in existence (SQL Server fact table and numerous dimension tables). For a given tabular model I have used that as the basis of my design, grabbing a subset of the tables...
View ArticleWriteback performance - what to expect?
Hi there,We've been implementing a financial planning application that happens to run on top of SSAS. We're hitting some issues with performance when entering data in the application, which uses...
View ArticleMDX - SSAS performance tune- OutOfMemoryexception
Hi,I'm at beginner stage so I must have made mistakes that might be obvious to others so please feel free to point and advice.I'm dealing with 15-17M records and below is my mdx code that I use to...
View ArticleSSAS Backup status
Does anyone know how to monitor or track SSAS Database backups..(need to know current % complete and time to completion)I used xmla scripts to backup the cube database
View ArticleFully automated SSAS deployment?
I'm trying to figure out how to fully script SSAS Tabular model deployment in a Jenkins environment with SSAS 2012 (moving to 2016 in the next 6 months). I build the solution with devenv and store the...
View ArticleMDX help - Comparing values across dimension
Hi,I want to check if location for a part "xyz" part during a time period, when compared another time period was same or different. If location is different then'Yes' else 'No'.If in SQL I would...
View ArticleUpdating Tabular Model
When I go to update my Tabular Model, it seems like I sometimes have to delete the tabular model from the server before the model will update there. Has anyone experienced this before, and if so, did...
View ArticleSSAS cube vs tableau aggregations
I have been working with SSAS cubes for a while now and connect our proprietary reporting tool with SSAS cubes, but, recently came across a Tableau demonstration and saw that if we pull in a view from...
View ArticleDAX Help / Design Help Only have part of Expression Filtered
I am using Power BI as a front end for an SSAS Tabular Model. Right now, I have a series of measures as follows: [code language="sql"]AssetBalances = CALCULATE ((SUM ( Fact_Gld[endbal] ))
View Articlefiltering using strtoset
Hi, i have the following MDX query that uses parameters from an SSRS report to produce a result set: WITH MEMBER PREM AS StrToMember("[Measures].[" + @PremiumType+ " Premium]") SELECT NON EMPTY {PREM}...
View ArticleDAX issue
Hello everyone,As a part of my cascading parameter for SSRS report, I want to show the list of Benefit names associated to a Group .So here is my MDX query:WITH MEMBER [Measures].[ParameterCaption] AS...
View ArticleGetting Dims to Display Correctly in Tab Cube Hierarchy
Hello, I've created two dim tables, both have a PK using IDENTITY and a column holding distinct data, 5 rows in one and 20 rows in the other. I've add the two new columns to the main table for hold the...
View ArticleSSAS drill through actions in Excel are not working properly
Hi thereBeen working on an issue for a couple of days which has us stumped. I'm a DBA with little cube design knowledge and OK SSAS admin skills. The devs have explained that they migrate a cube to a...
View Articlemdx issue
SELECT NON EMPTY { [Measures].[Observation Value] } ON COLUMNS, NON EMPTY { ([GDF_Series].[Topic].[Indicator_Name].ALLMEMBERS ) } DIMENSION PROPERTIES MEMBER_CAPTION, MEMBER_UNIQUE_NAME ON ROWS FROM (...
View ArticleMDX IIF statement over a period
Hi,I Intend to set a flag 'Yes' Or 'No' if a part was last month or not....I first tried to put this with parallel method but it didn't work so keeping it simple and getting difference between 2 dates...
View ArticleMDX - SSAS performance tune- OutOfMemoryexception
Hi,I'm at beginner stage so I must have made mistakes that might be obvious to others so please feel free to point and advice.I'm dealing with 15-17M records and below is my mdx code that I use to...
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