QTD value in ASO

Hi All,
I have a ASO application with Time and Period dimension. The hierarchy of Time dimension is like:
Time
------Total Year
------Q1
------Jan
------Feb
------Mar
The hierarchy of Period dimension is like:
Period
-----FY11
-----FY12
------QTD
Now I write a MDX query as member formula for QTD. Which is:
IIF
(IsLevel([TIME].CurrentMember, 0),
Sum(
Parent([TIME].CurrentMember).FirstChild:[TIME].CurrentMember,
[Actuals]),
Missing
Now when I retrieve the QTD for any month it always gives #Missing value.
Can you please help me if I'm missing something?
Thanks in advance

garycris wrote:
A couple of different approaches. If you want to have QTD member that needs to be part of "View Type" Dimension. As Glenn rightly pointed out you have not referenced the member of the Period dim where the data is loaded so your tuple is implied to sum the time members in your formula and their intersection with the QTD member itself.
You need to add another dim to do these type of calcs, otherwise why not just create alternate hierarchies in Time dim to do QTD?As you suggested to do these type of calcs I need to add another dim, I already have that dim (Period). In my Period dim QTD is sibling of FY12, and Period dim is dynamic.
Alternate hierarchy is very good solution but if Iwant to move with a member QTD having MDX formula then what should I need to do?

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