Cube Functions inside Excel are really powerful tools for cube reporting, especially when you realize that you can leverage MDX within the functions to make some very useful calculations. Today, I will describe how you can use the CUBESET function to calculate Month To Date values, even when there are no MTD defined measures. First, let’s…
LEARN MORE This is a story about control, form control. Control of what Excel says, control of what Excel does. And this time Excel is gonna do it my way. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do. Are we ready? Excel is, ’cause it’s all about control and Excel’s got lots of it. I…
LEARN MORE Apparently, every 4 years I get asked this FRx question, “How do you create vertical lines on an FRx report?” So I am blogging a reminder to myself so that in 2014 I can Google search it and read my own notes. Well, by then we’ll all be on Management Reporter…Right? And after my colleagues…
LEARN MORE While building a custom Smartlist using a SQL view and Smartlist Builder on a “Linked Server” I ran into an Error. Ever seen this one before? I’m sure some of you out there have since it has been around for a while. Since the ANSI_NULLS and ANSI_WARNINGS are hard coded as Off; consequently, the view created could…
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