Using attribute property to link to dimension members

New to MDX so no sure if what I'm attempting makes sense or not.
I want to be able to compare Product A to a related product (I've called it B below)
Product A Product B
A               N
B               M
C               E
D               D
E               C
M               B
N               NULL
Product B is itself a value in Product A, and this is always a One to One relationship.
Will the following work and how Or am I barking up the wrong tree????
If I create a calculated member that is a count of sales, can I then also create a calculated member that is a count of sales of Product B that I can use to compare to Product A and slice and dice using the prouct dimension (which uses the Product A relationship?
I did think that I could maybe create Product B as a Attribute Property and then pass this in as the member
i.e.
WITH
MEMBER
Measures.RelatedProduct AS [Product].[Product].Properties( "Related Product")
MEMBER
[Measures].[RelatedSales_Count] AS COALESCEEMPTY(SUM(([Product].[Product].&[Measures.RelatedProduct], [Measures].[Sales_Count])),0)
SELECT
{Measures.Sales_Count, Measures.RelatedSales_Count} ON COLUMNS
, {[Product].[Product]}
ON ROWS
FROM
[ProductSales]

I ended up doing the following which seems to work :)
WITH
MEMBER Measures.RelatedProduct AS [Product].[Product].Properties( "Related Product")
MEMBER [Measures].[RelatedSales_Count] AS COALESCEEMPTY(SUM((StrToMember("[Product].[Product].&[" + Cstr(Measures.RelatedProduct) + "]"), [Measures].[Sales_Count])),0)
This allows me to compare two related products.
Which also means that I can implement something similar to look at sales in week 5 this year to last year where my time dimension is non standard and defined by the sale director (week 5 last year is not the same week 5 this year)....

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