OLAP PivotTable Extensions

Commented Issue: Unable to Format MDX Query [23697]

furmangg — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:39:23 GMT

Hi Team,
There is one urgent requirement where I have to bring in data from the Cube and make some excel reports. This tool will be very handy for that purpose to customize MDX. I am using 32 - bit excel and the latest version of your add-in (OLAP_PivotTable_Extensions_Setup_for_32-bit_Excel_(v0.8.0))

I am getting an error when I am trying to format the MDX. The error says Mouse over to see error. But I didnt get any description when I did so. Request you to provide a solution for this
Comments: ** Comment from web user: furmangg **

Yes, unfortunately I found out like the rest of us after the URL changed. The next release of my add-in will point to the new URL. Sorry about the inconvenience in the meantime. You can always manually copy the MDX into the new website and format it that way in the meantime.

Commented Issue: Unable to Format MDX Query [23697]

ruve1k — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:55:00 GMT

Greg,
Nick Medveditskov moved the Format MDX & DAX website. It is no longer hosted at http://formatmdx.msftlabs.com/.
Instead, it is now hosted at http://formatmdx.azurewebsites.net

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/business_intelligence_labs/archive/2011/04/27/format-mdx-amp-dax.aspx#10407308

New Post: Installing OLAP PivotTable Extensions on Win8 / Excel 2013 x64

furmangg — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:56:03 GMT

Thanks for reporting this. I'll have to look into it. I'm not sure why it's prompting for the Excel 2010 PIAs mistakenly. It looks like you have everything installed properly.

I'm pretty swamped, though, so it may be a few weeks. Sorry about that. I'll keep you posted.

I'm not sure of a good way to skip the prerequisite installations. Sorry.

New Post: Installing OLAP PivotTable Extensions on Win8 / Excel 2013 x64

avksoft — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:05:17 GMT

Hi,

I was prompted to install 2010 specifically. I followed the instructions on the link you supplied, but found that .NET Programmability Support was already installed and set to "Run from My Computer". Is there a setup switch or something to force the installer to proceed without checking for the Interop Assemblies? Here's a screenshot illustrating what I have installed and what happens when I run the installer: Link

Thanks,
Aleksandr Krymskiy

New Post: How to remove the calculated members

furmangg — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:18:00 GMT

Did you open OLAP PivotTable Extensions, choose IRRv1 from the Calculation Name dropdown, and then click Delete? That should remove it from the PivotTable field list.

New Post: How to remove the calculated members

SirajSamsudeen — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:47:56 GMT

Just right click on your PivotTable, choose OLAP PivotTable Extensions, choose the calculation from the Calculation Name dropdown, then click Delete.
Sorry if my question was not clear to you. This is not what I meant. I am aware of this delete option. But my problem is that this delete does not remove the calculated measure from the field list in Pivot Table.

For example, I created a measure called IRRv1 about 2 weeks back and I removed it from Pivot Table, deleted it from calculation library but the MDX generated still has IRRv1 as a measure. So, my question is how do I get rid of these members from PivotTable field List? I have many such fields and they are cluttering up the MDX - that is why I wanted to remove them.

New Post: How to remove the calculated members

furmangg — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:16:15 GMT

Just right click on your PivotTable, choose OLAP PivotTable Extensions, choose the calculation from the Calculation Name dropdown, then click Delete.

Note, any calculations currently active in the session of the PivotTable are listed at the top of the Calculation Name dropdown. Below that are all the other calculations you have built in the past on any PivotTable so you can quickly pick them and add them to the current PivotTable. My add-in is remembering those calculations at the bottom the dropdown, not Excel. Use the MDX tab to determine which calculations are actually active in the current session.

New Post: How to remove the calculated members

SirajSamsudeen — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:53:57 GMT

I have added a few calculated members for testing and then removed them from the Pivot Table. But it continues to appear in the field list and is sent in the MDX query generated by Pivot Table. Is there any option to delete one of the calculated members?

New Post: Installing OLAP PivotTable Extensions on Win8 / Excel 2013 x64

furmangg — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:27:26 GMT

Were you prompted to install the 2010 or 2013 primary interop assemblies? It should have prompted you for the 2013 ones if you only have Excel 2013 installed.

Can you install them according to these instructions and try the add-in installer again?
https://olappivottableextend.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Office%202013%20Primary%20Interop%20Assemblies

New Post: Installing OLAP PivotTable Extensions on Win8 / Excel 2013 x64

avksoft — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:05:48 GMT

Hello,

I can't seem to be able to install the extensions on the 64-bit Win8 / 64-bit Excel 2013 set up. I have downloaded the 64-bit installer "OLAP PivotTable Extensions Setup for 64-bit Excel (v0.8.0).exe" upon first execution I am prompted to instal the Office 2010 Interop Assemblies - which I did, however on subsequent execution of OLAP PivotTable setup I am still prompted to install the InterOp Assemblies. So far I tried uninstalling/re-installing the interop assemblies and looking for 64-bit specific InterOp Assembly installer with no luck.
I have this working perfectly on another machine which has 64-bit Win8 and 32-bit Excel 2013, but I am not able to get it to install on the full 64-bit setup. Any insight as to how I can accomplish this would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Aleksandr Krymskiy

New Post: Strange memory error only for one part of the pivot table using MDX calculated member

furmangg — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:11:27 GMT

Oh, if its PowerPivot then DAX Studio is your best bet.

New Post: Strange memory error only for one part of the pivot table using MDX calculated member

SirajSamsudeen — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:07:57 GMT

Thanks a lot for the response. I understand your point. I tried to run the query produced in DAX studio but it still failed. I do not know how to connect the Management Studio to PowerPivot data source. Any pointers? I searched for it yesterday but could not find anything.

New Post: Strange memory error only for one part of the pivot table using MDX calculated member

furmangg — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:03:34 GMT

I don't have any reason to believe OLAP PivotTable Extensions is misbehaving. I would recommend you pull the MDX query out then add your calculation into the WITH clause and try running the query in Management Studio. Let's isolate this from Excel and see if you can get your calculation to work.

I assume you will be able to replicate the error above inside Management Studio. If so, I would recommend you ask your question on the Analysis Services forum. I try to focus this forum just on OLAP PivotTable Extensions and not generic MDX questions.

Here's a link to the Analysis Services forum:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/sqlanalysisservices/threads/

New Post: Strange memory error only for one part of the pivot table using MDX calculated member

SirajSamsudeen — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:27:39 GMT

Hi,
I am using your tool to add a MDX calculated member to the Pivot Table. My objective is to calculate IRR for a dynamic selection of projects. So, I have invoked the Excel IRR function and passed the parameters. What is strange is that it produces an IRR for the entire table if there are no filters or grouping. But if I apply a filter or grouping, I get a memory error. I have 4 sample projects in my data (P1 to P4). The results are returned for P1 but for P2 to P4, I get the following memory error.

ERROR - CALCULATION ABORTED: Query (1, 54) Memory error: Allocation failure . If using a 32-bit version of the product, consider upgrading to the 64-bit version or increasing the amount of memory available on the machine.

I have tried it 2 different machines, but the same issue is repeating. Is there something that I am doing wrong?

Here is the MDX calculated member I have added:

[Measures].[IRR v1] = Excel!IRR
(
SetToArray
([Data].[Event].[All].Children,
[Measures].[Sum of Cashflow]
)
)

Here is the link to the file
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wp94mlsun5g69q8/IRR%20MDX%20Trial.xlsx

New Post: Export search results function

furmangg — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:03:56 GMT

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Created Feature: Export search results function [24186]

furmangg — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:03:53 GMT

chjone suggested:

Is it possible to export the search results?

On the search tab, I select 'Field List' in the Look in drop down and hit find next...it lists everything...which is perfect. I can even select the item, and copy and paste (ctrl c, ctrl v) the selected item to notepad or whatever. It'd be great if I could select all items so i can paste them or even be able to export the results to a text or csv file.

Any chance on this functionality? Thanks!

New Post: Export search results function

chjone — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:01:35 GMT

Is it possible to export the search results?

On the search tab, I select 'Field List' in the Look in drop down and hit find next...it lists everything...which is perfect. I can even select the item, and copy and paste (ctrl c, ctrl v) the selected item to notepad or whatever. It'd be great if I could select all items so i can paste them or even be able to export the results to a text or csv file.

Any chance on this functionality? Thanks!

New Post: Generating IRR for a dynamic selection of Slicers

SirajSamsudeen — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:01:22 GMT

Thank you very much for pointing me to Vidas' Portfolio Slicer. The approach he has taken to XIRR is what I was thinking, but did not know whether it is possible to build such a thing using DAX. Now, I have an example to decode and learn from. Excellent and thank you again for the help.

New Post: Generating IRR for a dynamic selection of Slicers

SirajSamsudeen — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:03:51 GMT

Thanks a lot for the immediate response.

Thanks for alerting me to the issue of Excel 2013 not supporting MDX calculations. Before your post, I tried to use the MDX Calculated members in Excel 2013 and figured out that it is not possible.

I will take a look at Vidas' approach as that seems to be interesting as well. I will read his solution to understand what aspects of his approach will be applicable to my situation.

Is it possible to add MDX calculated members in Powerview? From what I know so far, it does not seem possible.

New Post: Generating IRR for a dynamic selection of Slicers

furmangg — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:22:16 GMT

Sounds like you have a good gameplan.

Make sure you read the Excel 2013 supported features at the bottom of:
https://olappivottableextend.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Excel%202013

You can't add MDX calculations on top of PowerPivot models in Excel 2013.

You might also look at Vidas' approach to XIRR here:
http://portfolioslicer.com/portfolio-slicer/technical-info/calculated-measures