Creating Custom Member Formulas

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Analysis Services

Creating Custom Member Formulas

Custom member formulas determine the cell values associated with members and override the aggregate functions of measures. They are written in Multidimensional Expressions (MDX). Each custom member formula applies to a single member. Custom member formulas are stored in the dimension table.

Custom member formulas can include MDX functions in Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 Analysis Services and some Microsoft Visual Basic® for Applications functions. Custom member formulas can also include some functions from the Microsoft Excel worksheet function library if it is installed. If installed, this library is registered automatically. Other functions are also supported if their libraries are installed and registered. For more information about installing and registering custom function libraries, see Register Function Libraries Dialog Box.

Before you can create custom member formulas for a level, you must first create or select a column in the dimension table to store the custom member formulas. To create or select a column for an existing dimension, use the Define Custom Member Column dialog box.

To create or select a column to store custom member formulas