Time awareness of cnanging dimensions members

Hi
ssas changing dimensions are using startDate and endDate attributes to add relevant time range for thier members.
so when slicing time dimension only those who are relevant to that date are visible.
I understand support for this interaction is dependant on client?
If so which clients are known to support it?
Do excel pvt tables, power pivot or power view or ssrs 2008 r2?
Any other you know for this matter?
TIA!
Rea

no worries - we'll get there eventually ;-)
so the users want to analyze members in a SCD-Type2 dimension based on the date/time the members were active (regardless of whether the members were associated with a fact).
To do this, you would need to create a new measure group in the cube based on the Type2-dimension. This new measure group will likely only have a single measure (count of rows) and will be related to the following 3 dimensions:
Date: representing start date (role-playing)
Date: representing end date (role-playing)
Itself: the existing dimension based on the same table
Some recommend creating an additional factless fact table, but that's not necessary w/ SSAS.
FACT_PRODUCT_CHANGES
ProductKey --> DimProduct
StartDateKey --> DimDate
EndDateKey --> DimDate
By the way, this is discussed in more detail in Chapter 8 of Star Schema: A Complete Reference
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