Evaluating Calculated members in Sub Cube space

Question

Hello all,
I have a question about evaluating calculated members against sub queries. For an example take a look into the following MDX query;
with
member [Product].[Category].[All Categories]
as sum({[Product].[Category].&[1], [Product].[Category].&[3]})
select {[Measures].[Sales Amount]}
on columns,
       [Date].[Calendar].[Month].members * {{[Product].[Category].AllMembers} - [Product].[Category].[All Products]}
} on
rows
from
select {[Product].[Category].&[1], [Product].[Category].&[3]}
on columns,
       {[Date].[Calendar].[Month].&[2008]&[6] :
parallelperiod([Date].[Calendar].[Month], 5, [Date].[Calendar].[Month].&[2008]&[6])}
on rows
from [Adventure Works]
This query returns the data from January 2008 to June 2008 for Bikes and Clothing categories. I noticed that the Product dimension’s Category hierarchy’s [All] member is named as “[All Products]” ([All Categories] would be a nice name) and I want to name it
a bit different. So I created “with
member [Product].[Category].[All Categories]
as sum({[Product].[Category].&[1], [Product].[Category].&[3]})” calculated member. So far I get the expected results.
Further I wanted to get rid of the hard-coded members from the calculated member and I wanted to force the members in the current context (members which is specified in the sub cube space). So I modified the query as follows;
with
member [Product].[Category].[All Categories]
as [Product].[Category].[All Products]
select {[Measures].[Sales Amount]}
on columns,
       [Date].[Calendar].[Month].members * {{[Product].[Category].AllMembers} }
} on
rows
from
select {[Product].[Category].&[1], [Product].[Category].&[3]}
on columns,
       {[Date].[Calendar].[Month].&[2008]&[6] :
parallelperiod([Date].[Calendar].[Month], 5, [Date].[Calendar].[Month].&[2008]&[6])}
on rows
from [Adventure Works]
I expected “[Product].[Category].[All Products]” will accept the current context and will give me the results only for sub cube context. Unfortunately [All Products] returns all
the members in the Category hierarchy. My question is how would I force the calculated member to take only members specified in the sub cube space?  

Answer 1

Hi Lakmal,
Thank you for your question. I am currently looking into this issue and will give you an update as soon as possible.
Thank you for your understanding and support.
Regards,
Charlie Liao
TechNet Community Support