Last Populated Quarter''s Data

Currently I have the following calculation to get the closing Inventory balance for a year

Code Snippet

([Measures].[Total Square Area], ClosingPeriod([Time].[Quarter].[Quarter]))

But for 2007 for example this is Empty as Q4 has no data.

I know there must be a simple way to return the Last NON EMPTY Quarter's balance but I am having a fog on it....

Any help or link to an example would be great!

Will

Maybe this will work:

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([Measures].[Total Square Area],

Tail(NonEmpty([Time].[Quarter].[Quarter],

[Measures].[Total Square Area])).Item(0))

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Hi Deepak,

Unfortunately that returns an error

"Token Error, Syntax is not valid"

I figured it must be close though

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Well, here's a sample Adventure Works query, based on the above code snippet, which returns the last populated Quarter Exchange Rate for DeutscheMarks in FY2002 - a value of .49 in FY2002Q2 (after which the Euro replaced the DM):

Code Snippet

With

Member [Measures].[QuarterExchange] as

([Measures].[Average Rate],

Tail(NonEmpty(

[Date].[Fiscal Quarter of Year].[Fiscal Quarter of Year],

[Measures].[Average Rate])).Item(0)),

FORMAT_STRING = '#.00'

select

{[Measures].[QuarterExchange]} on 0

from [Adventure Works]

where ([Date].[Fiscal].[Fiscal Year].&[2002],

[Destination Currency].[Destination Currency].&[Deutsche Mark])

-

QuarterExchange
.49

|||I can run that in 2005 against AdventureWorks, however I need this to work in SSAS 2000. It does not seem to like NONEMPTY in 2000 - is this new & was there a workaround to get the same result prior to 2005 SSAS?|||

Hi Will,

Yes, this is new in AS 2005 - in AS 2000, you could try NonEmptyCrossJoin(), like:

Code Snippet

([Measures].[Total Square Area],

Tail(NonEmptyCrossJoin([Time].[Quarter].Members,

{[Measures].[Total Square Area]}, 1)).Item(0).Item(0))

For future reference, you might want to mention explicitly that you're asking a question specific to AS 2000, given that SQL Server 2005 was launched nearly 2 years ago, and we're on the threshold of SQL Server 2008

MDX: NonEmpty, Exists and evil NonEmptyCrossJoin

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Hi,

Thanks - sorry about the confusion with versions...

I was using 2005 at my old place. No I am 2005 for SSIS & SSRS but they won't budge from 2000 for AS just yet so it's a real pain & I tend to forget to mention it.

Sorry, & thanks for the help