Cube calculations

hi all,
if a webi report has to be build on a cube and not query.how will i do calculations , i think i am expected to do all calculations in BO that otherwise are done in BI query.
Can we do that?
i am assuming we(our proj) cannot create reports on query only, maybe even multiproviders and cubes. so what reports can we go for cubes, what kind with query.
and if anyone can share the OLAP universe design approach it would be great.if someone has already passed this stage in their project, please share information.
Thanks

Hi,
well there is no "MDX" in your formula. You are using @SELECT and then putting a .PARENT at the end but you not specifying anything what should happen here.
The link it did include in my first response has several examples on valid MDX calculations in the article.
example:
<EXPRESSION>(@Select(Key Figures\Billed Quantity) - (@Select(Key Figures\Billed Quantity), [0CALMONTH].PrevMember)) /
(@Select(Key Figures\Billed Quantity), [0CALMONTH].PrevMember)</EXPRESSION>
if all you want to do is to devide the items then you might miss brackets around the ladder part of your calculation
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