Question

2 part question..

Part 1:
so these WHERE clauses give me correct data:

WHERE { [Time].[Month].&[2011-06-01T00:00:00] }
OR
WHERE { StrToMember("[Time].[Month].&[2011-06-01T00:00:00]") }

but this returns nulls:

WHERE { StrToMember("[Time].[Month].&[" + Format(Now(), "yyyy-mm-") + "01T00:00:00]") }

i also tried it with yyyymm format. i am trying to use current month.. etc..

Part 2 (more important):
how can i verify what the format function returns? How can i do this in MDX query analyzer:

SELECT 
Format(Now(), "yyyymm")

I just need to execute the function w/out selecting from a store.. is there a way to test these functions?

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UPDATE

figured out Part 1

StrToMember("[Time].[Month].&[" + Format(Now(), "yyyy-MM") + "-01T00:00:00]")

it was MM vs mm.. this would be easy to catch if i was able to test what the output of that function is..

Answer 1

Using a calculated measure:

with member xx as Format(Now(), "yyyy-MM")
select xx on 0 from [yourCubeName]