Logical column - Fact measure using Dimension value

Hello all, I have a Fact table that has a metric (Value) where I have set the Aggregation rule to Sum. Now I'd like to create a metric based on the value of a Product Dimension that joins to this Fact table. So I create logical column that has the syntax - Case When Product_Desc = 'A' then Value else 0 End.
The issue is in Answers when I bring this new metric in it doesn't bring in the correct value, are there steps I am missing with creating this metric?
My assumption is if I just bring that new metric in by itself it would return one record - A sum of the Value where the Product = 'A'.
Thank you

Hi BRizzle,
In your scenario, you creatre a calculated measure using the employee dimension, and then this measure show "#VALUE" on the pivot table, right? It seems that it's a limitation of using calculated measures in SQL Server Analysis. Calculated measures cannot
be secured using Dimension Security in a straight forward manner, in fact they won't be listed at all in the Dimension tab of the role where we define the Dimension security. When such measures are browsed in client tools like Excel, the value that would be
displayed is an error value like #VALUE. For the detail information about it, please see:
Limitations / Disadvantages of using Calculated Measures / Calculated Members in SSAS
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