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How to format a macro variable

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Would you like to format your macro variables? Easy!  Just use the %FORMAT function, like this: What?! You never heard of the %FORMAT function? Of course not, cuz it doesn’t exist! No problem. Just create it, like this: %macro format(value,format); %if %datatyp(&value)=CHAR %then %sysfunc(putc(&value,&format)); %else %left(%qsysfunc(putn(&value,&format))); %mend format; The %FORMAT […]

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Cisco Information Server (CIS) and MS OLAP

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Ok, so my recent issue was integrating CIS with Microsoft OLAP cubes. The normal way to do this is to set up MS OLAP (SSAS) with a website and use XML/A to connect. I started down that path and decided to try a different tack based some StackOverflow articles. Here is my approach that worked great:

The trick here is to use a Linked Server in the middle of the connection. For this, you need a SQL Server
instance.

Steps


Open SSMS. Create a new query


In a SQL Server instance, set up a Linked Server. Here is an example:

EXEC sp_dropserver ‘TEST_OLAP’
EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver
@server=’TEST_OLAP’,
@srvproduct=’MSOLAP’,
@provider=’MSOLAP’,
@datasrc=’APSEPXXXX’,
@catalog=’Commitments’


EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedsrvlogin
@rmtsrvname=’TEST_OLAP’,
@useself=’False’,
@locallogin=NULL,
@rmtuser=’MS\XXXXX’,
@rmtpassword=’***********’
GO

• Create a query to go against the Linked Server and pass the MDX query:
select
“[Policy].[Master Policy].[Master Policy].[MEMBER_CAPTION]” AS MasterPolicy,
“[Due Date].[Calendar].[Year].[MEMBER_CAPTION]” AS Year,
“[Due Date].[Calendar].[Quarter Name].[MEMBER_CAPTION]” AS Quarter,
“[Due Date].[Calendar].[Month Name].[MEMBER_CAPTION]” AS Month,
“[Policy].[Policy Number].[Policy Number].[MEMBER_CAPTION]” AS Policy,
“[Measures].[Commitments Closed Within TAT]” As CommitmentsClosedWithinTAT
from openquery
(
‘TEST_OLAP,
‘SELECT NON EMPTY { [Measures].[Commitments Closed Within TAT] } ON COLUMNS, NON EMPTY
{ ([Policy].[Master Policy].[Master Policy].ALLMEMBERS *
[Due Date].[Calendar].[Month Name].ALLMEMBERS *
[Policy].[Policy Number].[Policy Number].ALLMEMBERS ) } DIMENSION PROPERTIES MEMBER_CAPTION,
MEMBER_UNIQUE_NAME ON ROWS
FROM ( SELECT ( { [Due Date].[Calendar].[Year].&[2015] } ) ON COLUMNS FROM [Commitments
Advocate4Me])’
)

• NOTE: If you need to determine the odd MDX variables coming back, run this query:
select * INTO #TEMP_A4M from openquery
(
‘TEST_OLAP,
‘SELECT NON EMPTY { [Measures].[Commitments Closed Within TAT] } ON COLUMNS, NON EMPTY
{ ([Policy].[Master Policy].[Master Policy].ALLMEMBERS *
[Due Date].[Calendar].[Month Name].ALLMEMBERS *
[Policy].[Policy Number].[Policy Number].ALLMEMBERS ) } DIMENSION PROPERTIES MEMBER_CAPTION,
MEMBER_UNIQUE_NAME ON ROWS
FROM ( SELECT ( { [Due Date].[Calendar].[Year].&[2015] } ) ON COLUMNS FROM [Commitments
Advocate4Me])’
)


select * from tempdb.sys.columns where object_id =object_id(‘tempdb..##TEMP_A4M’);


  1. Set up your SQL Server Data Source

• Put it into Packaged Query and do Design by Exampl

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PROC FORMAT Error with CNTLIN

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What I was doing:Using a SQL Server table to feed a PROC FORMAT using CNTLIN.Error message seen:ERROR: Cannot mix missing and nonmissing values in the same rangeCause:START column was defined as character and END column was defined as a numeric (decimal)

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Scottish Festivals and Highland Games

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I recently took a trip to Scotland, to attended the Highland Games! (ok – that statement might be a tiny bit misleading) It was a very cool and interesting event, and I wondered where and when other such events might be happening. What better way to an…

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