How to use Topcount in an OLAP universe

Hi,
I want to create an object who gives me the best 10 Values back.
I try to use topcount with the following code:
<EXPRESSION>
TOPCOUNT([Measures].[OINV INVOICE NET VALUE], 10,)
</EXPRESSION>
But i get no data back.
The help in the universe designer says the following:
TOPCOUNT("Set", "Count"[, "Numeric Expression"] )
returns a specified number of items from the topmost members of a set
Which function has the "Numeric Expression", and what are possible expressions?
Thanks for helping.
Kind Regards
Jens

Hi Jens,
take a look at this document, which has several examples:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/c0a45246-ce76-2b10-e688-f5c8206203eb
Ingo

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