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Except

Owned by Gvido
Last updated: Mar 09, 2020
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Set operations which returns members of set1 but removes any members that are in set2.

Syntax

 Except( Set_Expression_1 , Set_Expression_2 )

Arguments

Set_Expression_1
MDX expression that returns set of members which should be included in the final set.
Set_Expression_2
MDX expression that returns set of members which should be excluded from the first set in the final set.

Examples

Following formula will aggregate all items in Item dimension without CD products ("CD player", "CD's - High density", "CD rack").

Aggregate(
  Except(
  [Item].[Item].Members,
    {
      [Item].[AUDIO - Audio Products].[10106 - CD player],
      [Item].[AUDIO - Audio Products].[10107 - CD's - High density],
      [Item].[AUDIO - Audio Products].[10109 - CD rack]
    }
  )
)

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