Trojan for dynamic sets
"I made a trojan in MDX script!"
Although I deliberately timed this post to be published on my blog on 1st of April, this is far from a joke. And that trojan is a good one, for the benefit of all, as you'll see soon.
While preparing my presentation about the potential use of Axis() function in calculated measures, I came up to a very interesting discovery: I wrote an MDX expression that allows the use of Axis() function inside dynamic sets in MDX script! Since the use of Axis() function is not supported in dynamic sets, I named the expression Trojan horse for dynamic sets, because of how it tricks the engine and makes Axis() function pass through.
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