I have an SSAS Cube database that holds data from 2009 to 2013 (5 years)
There is a Date Dimension in the database which holds a "Calender Period" Hierarchy with the attributes CalenderYear >> Quarter >> MonthYear >> Day .
I am connecting to the cube via Microsot EXCEL
Whenever i try to browse this hierarchy alone in the spread sheet, the first attribute as per the hierarchy shown above i.e. Calender Year does not display all the members, that is confusing the users to assume that the cube is not processed with the latest data, which is not the case. However as soon as i try to browse any measure with this dimension, the data automatically shows for the latest dates of 2013 as per the expectations.
The perspective that is selected while connecting to the Cube in this case is the one that is by default the one including all the Cube Objects.
Whenever i try to browse the same cube for the same Dimension Hierarchy but in a separate user perspective i get the latest three Calender Years i.e. 2011,2012 and 2013 but not the complete years 2009 to 2013.
When i was browsing this earlier by the original base perspective (which has all the cube objects visible) the Calender Years displayed were 2009,2010,2011&2012 but not 2013 which should be there.
I checked the base view in the DB that is used to create this Dimension, that is fetching the complete data for 2009 to 2013.
I have also verified that this issue is still there if i try to browse the cube from the SSMS.
Can anyone help me to get all the years from 2009 to 2013 (the years for which my cube has data) become visible as soon as i drop it alone into the Spreadsheet?
Thanks
Suvrat