Time MDX Cheat Sheet

How do you get Last month in the time dimension Need a MDX query that returns list of months from start of year up to specified
SELECT ClosingPeriod([Date].[Calendar].[Month], month.
[Date].[Calendar].DefaultMember) ON 0 SELECT YTD([Date].[Calendar].[Month].&[2003]&[8])
FROM [Sales Summary] ON 0
WHERE ([Measures].[Sales Amount]); FROM [Sales Summary];
I Need an MDX statement to show the first day of the last month in the How in the report can I order date dimension members in descending order?
cube SELECT {[Measures].[Reseller Order Quantity]} ON 0 ,
SELECT OpeningPeriod([Date].[Calendar].[Date] ORDER(Tail([Date].[Calendar].[Calendar Year].Members, 3)
, ClosingPeriod([Date].[Calendar].[Month], , [Date].[Calendar].CurrentMember.Member_Key, DESC ) ON
[Date].[Calendar].DefaultMember) ) ON 0 1
FROM [Sales Summary] FROM [Adventure Works]
I Need an MDX statement to get the last Month loaded into a cube I Need an MDX statement to get the first month of the last year loaded into a
SELECT ClosingPeriod([Date].[Calendar].[Month], cube
[Date].[Calendar].DefaultMember) ON 0 SELECT OpeningPeriod([Date].[Calendar].[Month]
FROM [Sales Summary]; , ClosingPeriod([Date].[Calendar].[Calendar Year],
[Date].[Calendar].DefaultMember) ) ON 0
FROM [Sales Summary];
How do you write MDX query that uses execution date/time as a
parameter?
SELECT {[Measures].[Internet Order Count]} ON 0
, {StrToMember("[Date].[Date].["
+ Format(now(), "MMMM dd, yyyy") + "]")
} ON 1
FROM [Direct Sales];
Need MDX Query to get latest months and previous years same months I need an MDX query to show year level data for all years except the last one, and
data month level data for the last year.
SELECT {ClosingPeriod([Date].[Calendar].[Month], SELECT {NULL:
[Date].[Calendar].DefaultMember) ClosingPeriod([Date].[Calendar].[Calendar Year],
, ParallelPeriod([Date].[Calendar].[Calendar Year] , [Date].[Calendar].DefaultMember).PrevMember
1 , DESCENDANTS(ClosingPeriod([Date].[Calendar].[Calendar
, ClosingPeriod([Date].[Calendar].[Month], Year], [Date].[Calendar].DefaultMember)
[Date].[Calendar].DefaultMember) ) } ON 0 , [Date].[Calendar].[Month]) } ON 0
FROM [Sales Summary]; FROM [Sales Summary];
How to create calculated member for AVG sales over last 3 years based on How do I calculate sales for 12 Month to date in MDX?
NOW()? WITH MEMBER [Measures].[Last 12 Mth Order Count] AS
CREATE MEMBER CurrentCube.Measures.[Avg3Years] AS SUM(
Avg( {ParallelPeriod( [Date].[Date].[Date Yr], 3, ClosingPeriod([Date].[Calendar].[Month],
StrToMember("[Date].[Date].&[" + Format(now(), [Date].[Calendar].[All Periods]).Lag(12)
"yyyyMMdd") + "]")) : ClosingPeriod([Date].[Calendar].[Month],
: StrToMember("[Date].[Date].&[" + Format(now(), [Date].[Calendar].[All Periods])
"yyyyMMdd") + "]")} , [Measures].[Order Count])
, [Measures].[Sales Qty]) ; SELECT [Measures].[Last 12 Mth Order Count] ON 0
FROM [Adventure Works]
How can I get Last (Previous) Year to Date (YTD) values? MDX query to get count of months with sales amount > 0 in defined period
WITH MEMBER [Measures].[Current YTD] AS WITH Member [Measures].[Months With Above Zero Sales] AS
SUM(YTD([Date].[Calendar].CurrentMember), COUNT(FILTER( DESCENDANTS({[Date].[Calendar].[Calendar
[Measures].[Internet Order Quantity]) Year].&[2003]: [Date].[Calendar].[Calendar
MEMBER [Measures].[Last YTD] AS Year].&[2004]}
SUM(YTD(ParallelPeriod([Date].[Calendar].[Calendar , [Date].[Calendar].[Month]) , [Measures].[Sales Amount]
Year] > 0 ) )
, 1 , [Date].[Calendar].CurrentMember)) SELECT {[Measures].[Sales Amount], [Measures].[Months
, [Measures].[Internet Order Quantity] ) With Above Zero Sales]} ON 0
SELECT {[Measures].[Current YTD] , [Product].[Product Model Lines].[Product Line].Members
, [Measures].[Last YTD] } ON 0 on 1
FROM [Adventure Works] FROM [Adventure Works]
WHERE ([Date].[Calendar].[Date].[March 22, 2004]) WHERE ([Date].[Calendar].[Calendar Year].&[2003]:
[Date].[Calendar].[Calendar Year].&[2004]);
How do you calculate monthly average of a year? How do you calculate monthly average of a year including empty months?
WITH MEMBER [Measures].[AvgVal] AS WITH MEMBER [Measures].[AvgVal] AS
Avg( Descendants([Date].[Calendar].[Calendar Avg( Descendants([Date].[Calendar].[Calendar
Year].&[2004] Year].&[2004]
, [Date].[Calendar].[Month]) , [Date].[Calendar].[Month])
, [Measures].[Internet Order Count] ) , CoalesceEmpty([Measures].[Internet Order Count], 0)
SELECT {[Measures].[AvgVal]} ON 0 )
FROM [Adventure Works] SELECT {[Measures].[AvgVal]} ON 0
WHERE ([Product].[Product Model Lines].[Model FROM [Adventure Works]
Name].&[Classic Vest]) WHERE ([Product].[Product Model Lines].[Model
Name].&[Classic Vest])

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