END_SQL parameter use in OLAP Universe?

Folks,
We normally use END_SQL in our Universe parameters /Document Name :@variable('DOCNAME'),User ID :@variable('BOUSER'),UNIVERSE :@variable('UNVNAME')/ for all our relational universes to track - which users are running long queries.
We are currently using BO Universes built on top of Microsoft Analysis Services 2008 cubes. I am wondering if there is a similar way to track which user id's have fired the most resource intensive queries?
I tried using the same parameter in END_SQL for cube Universes, but i could see no impact on the generated MDX
Regards

Hi,
There is no equivalent to END_SQL for OLAP sources.
By the way, your suggestion is very good for a future enhancement.
MDX supports comments like SQL so we could imagine adding user, universe and other information at the beginning oif the generated query.
For instance here is a sample on what we could achieve when generating MDX queries:
-- User = MyUser, Universe = MyUniverse
SELECT
NON EMPTY HIERARCHIZE ( DISTINCT( { HIERARCHIZE ( DESCENDANTS ([Product].[Product Categories].[All Products], [Product].[Product Categories].[Product], SELF_AND_BEFORE )) } ) ) ON ROWS,
NON EMPTY HIERARCHIZE ( DISTINCT( { [Measures].[Internet Sales Amount] } ) ) ON COLUMNS
FROM [Adventure Works]
Regards
Didier

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When in complex reports, the #TOREFRESH does not go away when you click on refresh.
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/people/erika.atencio2/blog/2011/04/14/creating-hyperlinks-between-webi-reports-in-infoview
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I created a Universe based on SAP BEx queries and I like to create a filter so that I use in Web Intelligence report to run for "Previous Month" data always. There are "Date" filelds in BEx Query(No Month info only date data). I have no knowledge of SAP BEx Queries and new to OLAP universes. Could you help.
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[OLAP Universes - how to samples and recommendations |https://wiki.wdf.sap.corp/wiki/display/globalregions/OLAPUniverses-howtosamplesand+recommendations]
[SAP Integration |https://wiki.wdf.sap.corp/wiki/display/globalregions/SAP+Integration]
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Edited by: Ravi Kumar Garre on Oct 26, 2009 4:00 AM
Edited by: Ravi Kumar Garre on Oct 26, 2009 4:06 AM

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