How to get all the measure names in a cube

Question

Hello,
How can I get the list of all measures in a SSAS database or cube by MDX / XMLA.
If I get the details like what are all aggregations used and under which folder the measures available that will be great.
We can get the same by SQL and i would like to get the same from a cube.
SQL:
select column_name from information_schema.columns
 where table_name = 'MyTable'
order by ordinal_position
Regards,
Palash

Answer 1

Hi Palash
Please see the belwo DMV (Dynamic Management View) which will get the same by SQL.
All Cubes in database 
SELECT [CATALOG_NAME] AS [DATABASE],CUBE_CAPTION AS [CUBE/PERSPECTIVE],BASE_CUBE_NAME FROM $system.MDSchema_Cubes WHERE CUBE_SOURCE=1
All dimensions in Cube 
SELECT [CATALOG_NAME] as [DATABASE], CUBE_NAME AS [CUBE],DIMENSION_CAPTION AS [DIMENSION]  FROM $system.MDSchema_Dimensions 
WHERE CUBE_NAME  ='Adventure Works' AND DIMENSION_CAPTION  'Measures'
--All Attributes 
SELECT [CATALOG_NAME] as [DATABASE],  CUBE_NAME AS [CUBE],[DIMENSION_UNIQUE_NAME] AS [DIMENSION],  HIERARCHY_DISPLAY_FOLDER AS [FOLDER],HIERARCHY_CAPTION AS [DIMENSION ATTRIBUTE],  HIERARCHY_IS_VISIBLE AS [VISIBLE]  FROM $system.MDSchema_hierarchies 
WHERE CUBE_NAME  ='Adventure Works' AND HIERARCHY_ORIGIN=2 
All Hierarchies (user-defined) 
SELECT [CATALOG_NAME] as [DATABASE],  CUBE_NAME AS [CUBE],[DIMENSION_UNIQUE_NAME] AS [DIMENSION],  HIERARCHY_DISPLAY_FOLDER AS [FOLDER],HIERARCHY_CAPTION AS [HIERARCHY],  HIERARCHY_IS_VISIBLE AS [VISIBLE] 
FROM $system.MDSchema_hierarchies 
WHERE CUBE_NAME  ='Adventure Works' and HIERARCHY_ORIGIN=1 
All Measures 
SELECT [CATALOG_NAME] as [DATABASE],  CUBE_NAME AS [CUBE],[MEASUREGROUP_NAME] AS [FOLDER],[MEASURE_CAPTION] AS [MEASURE],[MEASURE_IS_VISIBLE] 
FROM $SYSTEM.MDSCHEMA_MEASURES 
WHERE CUBE_NAME  ='Adventure Works'
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