Date Range for Report built against a cube using MDX query

Hi,

I am trying to filter data within my report by a date range (FromDate - ToDate), which is using a cube as a datasource.

My Issue:

I have the filtering working ok but if i select a date which is outside the range of the data within my cube for example if i select the starting date for the range as 1/Jan/1965 but by data starts from 15/Jan/1965 then no data is returned.

Within the MDX query within the STRTOSET function i am using 'constrained' which is around the date parameter i.e. StartDate for Range.

My question is has anyone or is it possible to use date values outside of the range of the data within my cube and get a correct dataset returned. If so could you please explain how with an example.

Many Thanks

Absolutely it is possible. Have you tried removing the CONSTRAINED flag? Also do a search of this forum, i have posted several items regarding using dates and MDX within reports.

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Hi,

Thanks for your reply. I managed to solve this issue by creating a time dimension with all the possible date combinations for the next five years and previous year which could occur in my data. Performance was an issue that is why this solution implemented.