SSAS, dimension numeric value filtering

Question

I am using the multiple dimensional model in SSAS with a seemingly simple requirement.

I have a Product dimension table with a Price attribute. Using Excel pivot-table, I want to filter this Price attribute, for example "greater than $1000". However the filter in the pivot table is a string only, hence I can not do perform any numerical comparison operations, but rather for equivalent strings, eg "$1,000.00".

My problem is similar to this thread , and I wonder if there is a solution/work around that I missed?

Best regards,

CT

Answer 1

As suggested in the thread that you link, you could create a measure for the price, and then filter that. The definition of this calculated measure would be something like

[Product].[Product].Properties("Price", TYPED)

assuming the dimension as well as the attribute are named "Product", and the attribute has the price defined as a property named "Price".

(You define a property in BIDS as a relationship from the Product attribute to the Priice attribute.)