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Function Description
TopCount Returns a specified number of items from the topmost members of a specified set,
optionally ordering the set first.
Union Performs a set operation that returns a union of two sets, removing duplicate
members.
UniqueName Returns the unique name of a specified hierarchy.
WTD Returns a set of members from the Week level in a Time dimension starting with
the first period and ending with a specified member.
YTD Returns a set of members from the Year level in a Time dimension starting with the
first period and ending with a specified member.
14.3.4 MDX Extensions
SAP HANA supports several extensions to the MDX language, for example, additional predefined functions and
support for variables.
Sibling_Ordinal Intrinsic Property
The object Member includes a property called Sibling_Ordinal, that is equal to the 0-based position of the
member within its siblings.
WITH
MEMBER [Measures].[Termination Rate] AS
[Measures].[NET_SALES] / [Measures].[BILLED_QUANTITY]
SELECT
{
[Measures].[NET_SALES],
[Measures].[BILLED_QUANTITY],
[Measures].[Termination Rate]
} ON COLUMNS,
Descendants
(
[MDX_TEST_10_DISTRIBUTION_CHANNEL].
[MDX_TEST_10_DISTRIBUTION_CHANNEL].[All].[(all)],
1,
SELF_AND_BEFORE
)
DIMENSION PROPERTIES SIBLING_ORDINAL ON ROWS
FROM MDX_TEST_10_ITELO_SALES_DATA
MembersAscendantsDescendants Function
SAP HANA includes a new function called MembersAscendantsDescendants that enables you to get, for
example, all ascendants and descendants of a specific member. This function improves on the standard MDX
functions Ascendants and Descendants.
The function can be called as follows:
MembersAscendantsDescendants (, )
● set: A set of members from a single hierarchy
● flag: Indicates which related members to return, and can be one of the following:
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○ MEMBERS_AND_ASCENDANTS_AND_DESCENDANTS
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