How to create user-friendly MDX parameters for MS Reporting Services?

Question

In SQL Server Reporting Service, when I connect to my cube to create a dataset, in Query Designer I create my query with a filter. It creates the following MDX for me:
SELECT NON EMPTY
KPIValue("KPI1"), KPIGoal("KPI1"), KPIStatus("KPI1")
ON COLUMNS, NON EMPTY
[Create Date].[Month Num].[Month Num].ALLMEMBERS * [Create Date].[Hierarchy].[Month].ALLMEMBERS
DIMENSION PROPERTIES MEMBER_CAPTION,
MEMBER_UNIQUE_NAME ON ROWS FROM
( SELECT
( STRTOSET(@CreateDateYear, CONSTRAINED) )
ON COLUMNS FROM [ERP])
WHERE
( IIF( STRTOSET(@CreateDateYear, CONSTRAINED).Count = 1,
STRTOSET(@CreateDateYear, CONSTRAINED),
[Create Date].[Year].currentmember ) )
CELL PROPERTIES VALUE, BACK_COLOR,
FORE_COLOR, FORMATTED_VALUE,
FORMAT_STRING, FONT_NAME, FONT_SIZE, FONT_FLAGS
When I add this dataset, Reporting Services creates a parameter named CreateDateYear. When I pass a value like "2014" to this parameter I get nothing and I have to pass a value like
[Create Date].[Year].&[2014].
How can I change my report to change this parameter for passing the value like "2014" instead of ugly and not user-friendly string
[Create Date].[Year].&[2014]?

Answer 1

Hi ,
  Follow the below steps
  1. Create a dataset with MDX as below which would return the member caption (2005,2006 etc) and member uniquename ([Date].[Calendar Year].&[2005],[Date].[Calendar
Year].&[2006] etc)
WITH MEMBER [Measures].[ParameterCaption] AS [Date].[Calendar Year].CURRENTMEMBER.MEMBER_CAPTION
MEMBER [Measures].[ParameterValue] AS [Date].[Calendar Year].CURRENTMEMBER.UNIQUENAME
SELECT {[Measures].[ParameterCaption], [Measures].[ParameterValue]} ON COLUMNS
, [Date].[Calendar Year].ALLMEMBERS ON ROWS
FROM [Adventure Works]
2. In the parameter's available values choose the above data set and set the options as 
Value Field = ParameterValue
ValueCaption = ParameterCaption
In this way use will see only the years and based on the selection the respective values will be passed to the dataset as parameter.
Best Regards Sorna