MDX question Named set

Hai,
This is my named set fomula in the cube (as 2008r2):
subset
(filter(descendants(period.period.year,1),VBA!Val(period.period.properties("id_"))<=VBA!Val(([period_now].item(0)).properties("id_"))),0)
This shows>> Per1,Per2,Per3 etc.
But now I want to show it like: Per3,per2,Per1 etc. How can I do that in the formula?
Tnx for the information.

Hi MYMY ,
I would recommend to use the 'order' function (desc or asc depend on you per orde) .
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144767.aspx
Regards, David .

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