I have a tabular model in SSAS, with a date column as a dimension member - set to date and general in SSAS column properties.
When I use this column to return data in SSRS 2016 - and more importantly - as a parameter, it looks like a string - with no date picker. I also can’t use things like > #date or < #date as a filter.
Have I missed a step to declare the column as a date. I’m used to using this in a standard sql connection which works perfectly - just not in SSAS Tabular / DAX.
Any help appreciated
Thanks,
W
You need to change both the "Data Type" and "Data Format" to date types in your SSAS tabular data model. Please see the image below:
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I have several section of similar MDX code that has been created in Microsoft SQl Server Management Studio using cube data and I now need to use the code in a SSRS paginated report. I'm getting the following error:
"Query (4, 2) The restrictions imposed by the CONSTRAINED flag in the
STRTOMEMBER function were violated."
This code works fine in Management Studio and SSRS using a date but as soon as I change the date to a parameter I get the error.
MEMBER [Measures].[Sales in Period2] AS
AGGREGATE (
{STRTOMEMBER("[Paid Date].[Date].&[2020-11-01]", CONSTRAINED) : STRTOMEMBER("
[Paid Date].[Date].&[2020-11-30]", CONSTRAINED) }
, [Measures].[Paid Amount]
),FORMAT_STRING = "#.00;(#.00);0;0"
I've tried changing:
[2020-11-01] to [#StartDate1],
[2020-11-01] to [" + #ParameterName + "],
STRTOMEMBER to STRTOSET, and
remove CONSTRAINED.
One possibly way to approach this:
This error says that your #ParameterName is not in the correct format. In your example you have the date as 2020-11-30, i.e., yyyy-MM-dd format. So, your parameter should also have the same format. If the format is same you can use it &[#ParameterName] in your StrToMember.
To achieve this, you can change the Dataset of your parameter to format it in the required format.
Since you are using MDX to get the data, you can look at the option of getting the parameter values directly from your main data set or the date dimension, Paid Date in your example.
In my sample below using the AdventureWorks sample, you can see the date format is different. You may want to show the date format in a different format to the users, but internally you would want it in the same format as your Cube wants it.
I would suggest you look at this link as well to see an example end to end flow with MDX parameters:
https://blog.pragmaticworks.com/writing-parametrized-mdx-for-reporting-services
Good luck
Sorry Guys, I need some help doing this for a datefield in SSRS. I have a spreadsheet that I export as an xml file, then use that xml as a datasource for my dataset in SSRS. The field for the date comes through as 42969 instead of a Date 22/08/2017. I am not sure how to convert this in ssrs to a date using an expression. Does anyone have an idea?
You can convert this quiet simply but as the data has come from Excel you need to adjust the date by 2 (Excel and SSRS/VB.NET treat serial dates differently).
The following should work
=DateAdd("d", Fields!MyDateField.Value -2, "1900-01-01")
I am creating a cube report using Report Builder but I need to convert the date string so it can sort properly.
Currently the date appears like this "Fri, Apr 13th, 2012" and I need it too look like 2012-04-13 so that it will sort properly.
Can I do both the string formatting and sorting under the Tablix Properties - Sort ?
You don't have to sort by the same format that is displayed in the report. You can either do the sorting in the SQL beforehand or you can sort at the dataset, table, or group level in the report. If the column is a date datatype, you can simply sort by it. As far as the formatting is concerned, if you right-click on the textbox and go to properties, you will see the date formatting options.
Hi I have a SQL Stored Procedure to for my SSRS Report.
Below is the query to fetch Date i used.
(CONVERT(CHAR(10), ENTER_DT, 103), '''')
I am not in a position to change this query. The Dat Format currently displayed is "DD/MM/YYYY".
I want to display the date format as Below using SSRS Expressions.
MM-DD-YYYY
Please guide me to do that using SSRS Expresions. PLease help.
Just change the Display Format instead of converting into TSQL (Stored Procedure), Follow the steps go to textBox Properties, Select Number & Category Custom then Custom Format whatever you want
So I have a cube created in Analysis Services 2008 R2. The cube has some dates on one of the non time dimensions. When I put the date on the filters in the excel pivot table, it always puts the date as, for example, 01/18/2012 00:00:00.000. Is it possible to exclude the timestamp from it? I tried using the format cell in excel, but it does nothing to it. I also tried converting from the source (The source is a view from a SQL Server database) from datetime to date using Convert(date,fieldWithDateInfo), and that drops the timestamp, but then Excel treats the field as string, and then the filters start acting really funky. Any suggestions?
check the "format string" property for the attribute...I believe the "shortdate" option is what you want.
Add a calculated column to your time dimension using the code below
CONVERT(Varchar, [YOUR DATE COLUMN], 103) AS Date_UK
and change the 'Name Column' attribute to your new calculated column for the datetime dimension attribute