Question

Im am very new to MDX, and cannot work out how to order the following MDX query…

WITH 
MEMBER Measures.YTD2010 as 'Aggregate(YTD(Date.CurrentMember), Measures.Value)' 
MEMBER Measures.YTD2009 as 'Aggregate(YTD(ParallelPeriod(Date.Year, 1, Date.CurrentMember)), Measures.Value)' 

SELECT { 
[Measures].YTD2009, 
[Measures].YTD2010 
} ON COLUMNS, 

Order({ [Entity].[Name].Members }, [Measures].YTD2010, DESC) ON ROWS 
FROM [Carbon] 
WHERE [Date].[Year].[2010] 

As you can see i want to order the measure ‘YTD2010’

any help much appreciated.

Answer 1

Try changing your order to the following:

Order({ [Entity].[Name].Members }, [Measures].YTD2010, BDESC) ON ROWS 

The difference is BDESC instead of DESC. BDESC tells it to break the hierarchy.