SQRT (MDX)

Returns the square root of the given numeric value.

Returned Type

This function returns a number.

Syntax and Details

SQRT(numeric_expression)

Where:

numeric_expression is an expression that evaluates to a number.
Typically, this expression has the form [MEASURES].[measure_name]

Example

The first example shows the square root of the Patient Count measure:

SELECT SQRT(MEASURES.[%COUNT]) ON 0 FROM patients
 
                                      SQRT
                                        100

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

SELECT %LABEL(SQRT(MEASURES.[%COUNT]),"SQRT PAT CNT") ON 0 FROM patients
 
                              SQRT PAT CNT
                                        100

SQRT (MDX)

Returned Type

Syntax and Details

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