MDX + Generate function

Hi all,
I have query below which works and I understand the output. However, if I remove the Generate I also get the top 5 products per country, descending order, but the Order amounts or not the same and thus not correct.
My question, what does the generate actually do to make it a different output?
WITH SET [5MostInternetOrderedProductsByCountry] AS
GENERATE([Customer].[Customer Geography].[Country].Members,
CROSSJOIN([Customer].[Customer Geography].CurrentMember,
HEAD(
ORDER([Product].[Product].[Product].Members,
[Measures].[Internet Order Count],BDESC),
5)
SELECT
{[Measures].[Internet Order Count]} ON COLUMNS,
{[5MostInternetOrderedProductsByCountry]} ON ROWS
FROM
[Adventure Works]
Thanks in advance for helping!

Hi,
Generate( Set_Expression1 , Set_Expression2 [ , ALL ] )
Applies a set to each member of another set, and then joins the resulting sets by union.
If a second set is specified, the Generate function returns a set generated by applying the tuples in the second set to each tuple in the first set, and then joining the resulting sets by union. If
ALL is specified, the function retains duplicates in the resulting set.
Generate (MDX)
Regards,
Charlie Liao
TechNet Community Support

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Doubt in Generating Function!!!!!:(

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It is said that
"A target field with maxOccurs=<n> that is assigned a generating function is generated <n> times in the target structure. if maxOccurs=unbounded for the target field, then exactly 5 target field are created".
But if we have done Message Mapping, we could realise that this statement does not hold.
Could anyone please help me out by explaining what this statement actually means.
Regards,
Sundar.

Hi,
Are you sure it is said like that?
Because in help.sap it says
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/e4/82cf0ec8b9494db92e27e2be69524f/frameset.htm
+If generating functions are assigned to a target field, the attributes minOccurs and maxOccurs determine how frequently a value is generated:
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· Otherwise, the value of the function is generated as often as is specified by minOccurs.
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How to optimize a MDX aggregation functions containing "Exists"?

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Sorry for the late replay.
I didn't check if your last proposed solution is faster or not, but I'm sorry to say that it gave the wrong result, look at this:
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A
Team's Goals in Player's Played Matches
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Barcelona
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SELECT
CrossJoin(
*[Product].[Diet].Children,*
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ON COLUMNS,
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*25,*
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FROM Sample.Basic
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Hi Brian, i do not have experience in using MDX in EVDRE but i HAVE used it for EVEXP.
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(([ACCOUNT].[INPUT_FLG],[CATEGORY].[GROUP1],[DATASRC].[INPUT],[INTCO].[Non_InterCo],[RPTCURRENCY].[LC],[MEASURES].[YTD],[TIME].[FY10.M1])<>0)
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