Kicking the Tires of MDX Rest Stop #2 MDX Journey Location Atlanta Georgia
Kicking the MDX Tires So here we are in a second rest stop just outside of Atlanta. Talking to a couple of good ole Georgia boys I find that they have a bunch of bike trails up here. I ...
View ArticleRoad Trip with MDX Series (Trip Plan Intro)
Road Trip with MDX Series Trip Plan: While it may seem like this is a car commercial I am actually going to talk about SQL MDX which is short for Multidimensional Expressions which ...
View ArticleRoad Trip with MDX Series (Intro to MDX Structures)
Rest Stop #1 MDX Journey Location Home City of Jacksonville Florida Introduction to MDX You know today’s cars can be somewhat intimidating with all their electronic devices this ...
View ArticleMDX Scripting with SCOPE Statement
While working at a client this past month, I encountered a set of special requirements that specified the need for some sets of custom calculations to be applied to some very specific subcubes. I ...
View ArticleMDX Time Calculations Done the Right Way
When creating time calculations in Analysis Services you may take several approaches. For people that have just begin learning SSAS they likely have spent several days writing calculations that ...
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MDX 101: Introduction to MDX
About MDX M ulti D imensional e X pression language (MDX) is an extremely powerful tool that can allow you to fully realize the potential of your multidimensional ...
View ArticleWriting Parametrized MDX for Reporting Services
Writing MDX inside of Reporting Services has been the nemesis for many report writers for far too long. If all you need is the Query Designer to create a drag and drop datasets then it’s a piece ...
View ArticleNON EMPTY vs Nonempty(): To the Death!
So what is the difference between NON EMPTY and Nonempty()? I've had this question asked several times and have been meaning to blog it for a little while but here's me just getting around to it. So ...
View ArticleTales from the Query Processor: II
Hello Dear Reader! Today is Halloween, October 31st. My Daughter turns a big 15 today! Happy Birthday Ches!!!!! To celebrate two years ago I posted my first ...
View ArticlePower Query Error: We couldn’t refresh the table… Out of line object … has...
Earlier this week I encountered a new Power Query error when I attempted to update a Power Query that I had previously created to load a Power Pivot model. Unfortunately, when ...
View ArticleTales from the Query Processor III
https://www.flickr.com/photos/socal_jim/2070088596/ Hello Dear Reader! It’s that time of year again. The leaves are turning, ...
View ArticlePower Query – Controlling M Query Functions with User Driven Parameters
Have you ever had a user run a query against one of your largest tables only for them to immediately filter the results in Excel to show the last years worth of data? All of that data brought across ...
View ArticleCreating a Date Dimension with Power Query
A date dimension or table can be extremely important when working on a Power BI project, or BI projects in general for that mater. Here’s some of the quick benefits and reasons why you need a date ...
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