Although I didn't mention it, the inspiration for my last post was the excellent MDX Solutions 2nd Edition . Whilst flicking through the book a while back, I though it would be interesting to see how DAX and PowerPivot could handle the so called 'Common...
One of the great features of PEL is that you can choose either a SQL or MDX implementation for your rules, depending on what you want to achieve. Whilst the MDX rules are much less restrictive than the SQL rules, they can sometimes run slower, depending...
Analysis Services 2005 comes with the useful Add Business Intelligence wizard, which will assist you with numerous calculations, including 12 Months to Date. However, I tend to write such calculations myself, especially having found out that the 12 Months...