MDX query with a DMX query

Question

Hi All,
Do I have a way to run a MDX query with a DMX query? (Avoiding the “link server” options… )
I need to get the cube last update date like this DMX query:
SELECT 1
as CubeStatus
FROM $System.MDSCHEMA_CUBES
where 
format(LAST_DATA_UPDATE,
'dd/MM/yyyy') = format(now(),
'dd/MM/yyyy')  --"1" means that the cube was processed, NULL cube did not process today
and cube_source = 1
and cross reference it to a result I get from this MDX query:
with
member measures.LastDateCube
as [Comm Date UTC].[Date].currentmember.PROPERTIES("KEY")
select measures.LastDateCube
on 0 from comms
the purpose of this is to know for sure that my current member (date integer) is equal to the cube last update date. thus, making sure the cube was processed and I get the correct member I expect.
What do you think?
Thank you
Yoni.

Answer 1

Hi yonibiel,
According to your description, you want to combine a DMX query with a MDX query. Right?
In SQL Server, it is not supported to parse the MDX query without connecting the SSAS database server. So if you want to combine the DMX and MDX query into one dataset, the only way is using linked server to SSAS in openquery() function.
In this scenario, if you render these data from two result sets for reporting purpose, I assume you using SSRS, you can create two datasets and use lookup() to combine data fields from two datasets into one data region.
Reference:
Joining the results of two MDX queries together
Best Regards,
Simon Hou
TechNet Community Support