Top X of Top Y with RestOf member where X and Y are hierarchies from different dimensions

Question

This works fine:

WITH 
  SET [AllCountries] AS [Country].[Country].MEMBERS 
  SET [AllStates]    AS [State-Province].[State-Province].MEMBERS 
  SET [Top2Sta         


        

Answer 1

If you are crossjoining multiple hierarchies in the same dimension only valid combinations will be shown. This is called auto-exists and it explains why the first query works like you want.

When crossjoining hierarchies from different dimensions the auto-exists does not happen. I think this explains the odd combinations returned in the second query.

Try adding NON EMPTY at the beginning of your ON ROWS definition. Then it will only return combinations which have an Internet Order Count measure value (whatever measures are on columns). That's the proper way to limit the crossjoin.

If you don't want a NON EMPTY on Internet Order Count then so you need a NonEmpty(, [Measures].[A Different Measure]) on a different measure?

Edit: It looks like the issue is not related to auto-exists but is related to performing a different TopCount per country. So this info may help someone else but isn't the answer to this question.