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Starting from 9.3.0 String Function can be used in Derived Metrics

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Starting from 9.3.0 String Function can be used in Metrics;

1. Create a Max (Attribute-1) as ‘Derived_metric-1’

2. Create a Max (Attribute-2) as ‘Derived_metric-2’

3. Create a third metric as ‘Concat(Derived_metric-1, Derived_metric-2)

4. Place it in the report……it works (verified in desktop)

 

Additional Tip: similarly, you can create count (attribute) on the fly (as derived metric) – Cool…..

MicroStrategy 101 on Facebook

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MicroStrategy 101 has been a started by me for broadcasting the posts on the blog and actively providing small help on facebook itself. All the blogpost links are posted on facebook page too. Post freely. You don’t require a facebook account for this. Senthil is actively managing this facebook page.

 

Please share you wacky MicroStrategy idea here of on facebook. Keep coming for great MicroStrategy stuff.

MicroStrategy Report is taking too much time to execute

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Troubleshooting steps
1. Check the report SQL generated in different environments (PROD, UAT and DEV). Match the SQL generated. Technically they *must* match. If they are NOT matching, you need to correct your attribute definition and/or parent-child relationship. FYI, Tedatada is not so forgiving for mismatched column types in database and as declared in attribute form definition.
2. Check the Load on database server. It may be offline, too much loaded with requests.
3. Job priority in the Server can 32432432a report in queue for long/infinite. Check MicroStrategy System Monitor under Project Source Administration.
4. Verify that you SQL is being run against the correct database. Check the Project DB Instance.
5. Your schema object definition is up to date. Try updating Schema.
6. Non MicroStrategy cause: Some Web Server load balancer can made to time out a query/request if not resolved under a stupulated time. Check Load Balance team.

Bursting is a feature in MicroStrategy Distribution Services 9.3 that generates page-by slices and stores results to separate files via subscriptions

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Reports and Report Services Documents can use the bursting feature if they are using page-by view filters, and files produced with bursting can use macros to generate unique, individual file names.

  1. Choose a suitable Report or Report Services Document and create a new subscription
  2. Under the “File” heading, select “Add file subscription”
  3. Directly under “File Name” click the button labeled “Burst…”

4.The selector boxes will show the Page-By attributes in the left box.  Move attribute from the “Available” box to the “Selected” box to burst according to those attributes.  Selected Attributes will show in the bar above the selector

 

5. The file name can be defined in the File Name blank using the following shortcuts:

  • Bursting Attribute: {[Attribute Name]@[Attribute Form]}
  • Date: %%Date%% or {&Date}
  • Time: %%Time%% or {&Time}
  • Recipient Name: %%RecipientName%% or {&RecipientName}
  • User Login: {&UserLogin}
  • Subscription Name: {&Subscription}
  • Project Name: {&Project}
  • Prompt N: {&Prompt#&}
  • Content Name: {&ContentName}
  • Content Details: {&ContentDetails}

6. After filling in the remaining required File Subscription options, click OK to accept these options