MDX Time Issue

[EssexJon]

Hi, I have a fairly simple cube (in SSAS2005) containing measures for revenue and margin, dimensions for brands, Sku, time, etc. I need to calculate current Year YTD revenue as a factor of the total revenue from all periods in the previous year. E.g.

Revenue Nov 2008 YTD = £1,500,000
Revenue Nov 2007 Prior YTD = £1,250,000
Revenue All periods Prior Year (Nov 2007 > Oct 2008) = £18,500,000

Result = 8.1%

Is this possible without having to "hard code" years into the MDX?

Thanks in advance. . .

[Island1]

Hi:

Lots of info surrounding what you need, with multiple working examples, in these articles:

http://www.databasejournal.com/featu...-Functions.htm

MDX Time Series Functions, Part II: The OpeningPeriod () and ClosingPeriod() Functions

MDX Time Series Functions, Part III: The LastPeriods() and ParallelPeriod() Functions


Also, many other articles in my monthly MDX Essentials column deal with MDX time functions.

HTH. Let me know if I can answer further questions.

Bill