POWER (MDX)

Returned Type

This function returns a number.

Syntax and Details

POWER(numeric_expression,power)

Where:

• numeric_expression is an expression that evaluates to a number.

  Typically, this expression has the form [MEASURES].[measure_name]

• power is a numeric expression.

  Typically, this expression is an integer.

  If you use a decimal value less than 1, be sure to start the number with 0. For example: 0.5

Example

The first example shows the %COUNT measure raised to the third power:

SELECT POWER(MEASURES.[%COUNT],3) ON 0 FROM patients
 
                                     POWER
                          1,000,000,000,000

The next example uses the %LABEL function to apply a more detailed caption:

SELECT %LABEL(POWER(MEASURES.[%COUNT],3),"PAT CNT^3") ON 0 FROM patients
 
                                 PAT CNT^3
                          1,000,000,000,000

The following example shows a fractional power:

SELECT POWER(MEASURES.[%COUNT],0.5) ON 0 FROM patients
 
                                     POWER
                                        100

See Also

• LOG

• SQRT