Excel 2007 pivot tables - calculated fields and SSAS cube

[CraigHB]

Can you use calculated fields in Excel 2007 pivot tables when the data
source is an SSAS data cube?

I am connecting to a SQL Server 2005 data cube with Excel 2007 and viewing
the data though a pivot table. I want to create calculated fields in my pivot
table, but the "Formulas" button is grayed out.

How do I do create calculated fields (if it is possible when connecting to a
data cube) ?

 

[Jim Thomlinson]

Not possible. All of the aggregations are handled by Analysis Services. Since
XL is not in charge of the aggregations it has no ability to do custom
calculations...

 

[Ji Zhou [MSFT]]

Hello CraigHB,

Thanks for using Microsoft Newsgroup Support Service, my name is Ji Zhou
[MSFT] and I will be working on this issue with you.

I agree with Jim's comment. We cannot create formulas in a PivotTable
report that is connected to an OLAP source data. The related document
describes this is available here,
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HP100963231033.aspx (In the first
note section). This is a by designed behavior.

Please feel free to post if you have any future questions or concerns. I
will try my best to help.

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[shairal]

Along the same lines ... I've created a cube in BIDS and am accessing it
through Excel. I've noticed that the Show Properties in Tooltips in Excel is
grayed out. I am able to add them to my report, but I was hoping to just
hover over the field and have the attributes display. Is this possible? The
attributes display correctly in the cube browser in BIDS. Thanks in advance!