INSERTSLICEAXISVALUESORT
This function modifies an existing slice axis with the addition of sorting by value. To add sorting to a slice, use the modified axis when you create a slice definition.
These functions have a similar purpose:
- ADDSLICEAXISVALUESORT
- INSERTSLICEAXISVALUESORT
The difference between the two functions is in the order in which they add sorting criteria to the MDX definition of a slice. The order in which criteria are added determines the order in which they are applied and can, therefore, affect how a slice is sorted.
ADDSLICEAXISVALUESORT adds sorting to the end of the list of criteria. INSERTSLICEAXISVALUESORT adds sorting to the beginning of the list of criteria.
Syntax
=ADDSLICEAXISVALUESORT(axis,"tuple",break_hierarchy,"order"[,"ranking"][,ranking_count]).
The function returns #{Axis}.
Use the optional ranking and
ranking_count parameters to
return, for example, the Top 5 values.
These rankings are valid:
- None
- TopCount
- BottomCount
- TopPercent
- BottomPercent
- TopSum
- BottomSum
Example
In this example, cell F22 holds the result of a CREATESLICEAXIS function.
This function sorts values by period in descending order. True specifies that the hierarchy is broken:
=ADDSLICEAXISVALUESORT(F22,"[Period].[All
Years]",True,"Desc")