Extracting MDX calculated members' values

Question

Does anyone know of a way to "extract" the formulas for all calculated members of a cube into some kind of flat, readable file? Alternatively, a less-painful method of getting an overview of the code than using Analysis Services' Cube Editor and clicking on each Calculated Member would be helpful. Yes, I'm new to MDX. Many thanks!

Answer 1

If you are connecting to the OLAP cube via an Excel pivot table, then you can use the Olap Tools -> Convert to Formulas feature to expose the underlying cube formulas. I would recommend doing it for the smallest possible data because Excel will issue a large number of discovery requests to the OLAP server. Please note I don't have any calculated measures, so I couldn't test if it actually does this...

Answer 2

This is what "Registered User" was referring to - but it won't answer your question if I'm understanding it correctly.

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Fortunately, if I understand your question correctly, there is a very simple solution. When you are using BIDS against your cube, on the "Calculated Members" tab, click on the 12th icon from the left which is "Script View" - I think this is what you are looking for.

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Credit to ssas-info for the image (can't embed or post links because of my "reputation" - doesn't make sense, but ok).