MDX SCOPE Clarification

Question

Hi All,
I Have applied scope for the Product category,Region,Reseller Measure ,as below:
SCOPE
[Geography].[Country].&[Australia],
[Product].[Category].[Category]
,[Measures].[Reseller Tax Amount]
GO
This = [Measures].[Internet Tax Amount];
GO
END SCOPE;
Select
[Measures].[Reseller Tax Amount],[Measures].[Internet Tax Amount]
} ON 0,
([Product].[Category].&[1],[Geography].[Country].&[Australia])
} ON 1
From
[Adventure Works]
The above query is passed the above scope , it is giving the result..
Again , tested by adding date measure 
Select
[Measures].[Reseller Tax Amount],[Measures].[Internet Tax Amount]
} ON 0,
([Product].[Category].&[1],[Geography].[Country].&[Australia],[Date].[Calendar Year].&[2005])
} ON 1
From
[Adventure Works]
It is also giving the result as earlier....
Logically , it is correct .
But as per the scope statement , it violates ....
so , it should show the original select statement result ...
Could you please clarify this ..
Thanks,
Mahesh
Mahesh Alam

Answer 1

Hi Mahesh,
Your Scope is defined for the combination of objects (SubCube) [Geography].[Country].&[Australia], [Product].[Category].[Category],
[Measures].[Reseller Tax Amount]
So whenever these three object take part in a query either along with other objects or not, the defined scope becomes active.
Therefore in you case the second query would also fetch [Internet Tax Amount]
in place of
[Reseller Tax Amount] for the year 2005.
Basically Scope becomes active whenever the combination of objects defined in Scope takes part in MDX query irrespective of other objects involved in the query. So whenever additional objects along with the objects defined in scope take part in query, the
additional object is queried on the subcube created by Scope.
Saurabh Kamath