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How to create a new dimension inside Cube with MDX. I would like it to be as a concatenation of existing two dimensions


I have two dimensions in a Cube: PositionType and GeographyCluster. I would like to create a new dimension that will only be concatenation of all possible members of those two dimensions. For example for PositionType I have Retail and for GeographyCluster - London. I would like Cube to show this as a Retail - London.

Is it possible to create this easily with MDX formula. Thanks!

I created a new member inside one of dimensions but that is not what I intended, I need a completely new dimension consisting all possible combinations of the PositionType and Cluster


Solution

  • I strongly believe that MDX itself is designed for querying and manipulating data that already exists within the structure of a cube, rather than altering the cube structure on the fly.

    My workaround is : I assume you have a measure (or you can create a dummy measure)where you do the concat the names of the current members of PositionType and GeographyCluster for each cell.

    WITH 
    MEMBER [Measures].[PositionTypeGeographyCluster] AS 
      [PositionType].CurrentMember.Name || ' - ' || [GeographyCluster].CurrentMember.Name
    SELECT 
      [Measures].[PositionTypeGeographyCluster] ON COLUMNS,
      [PositionType].[PositionType].MEMBERS *
      [GeographyCluster].[GeographyCluster].MEMBERS ON ROWS
    FROM [YourCube]