I tried that solution. In fact, it orders the dimensions in the way I want and also solves a problem (I think a bug) that I’m encountering; you can find the description of it in this two forums:

- http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlanalysisservices/thread/721ca4f8-8ac4-44d7-9672-05144c92ff4f

- https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/638043/olap-cube-translations-collapses-folders-in-excel-pivottable-field-list#details

Numbering the dimensions solves the problem in Excel, but, if you browse the cube with another software (ie. ProClarity), not all members of each dimension are grouped within its dimension (I guess it’s not so clear what I’m trying to say; I’ll try with an example):

Dim Date [Hierarchy Year, Hierarchy Quarter, Hierarchy Month, Day]
Dim Shift [Operator]

Since Dim Date contains hierarchies, ProClarity groups them within the Date group; instead, since Dim Shift contains only Operator member, ProClarity displays it without grouping it by Shift … So if i number 1. Date, 2. Shift … The result in ProClarity would be:

1. Date
…
…

Operator

The number 2 is lost. If perhaps a 3rd dimension exists (and contains hierarchies, or more than one member), the result would be:

1. Date
…
…

Operator

3. Dim Name

Hope it’s clear

I hope you can give a look to the aforementioned links, maybe you have faced the same problem.

Thanks a lot for your replies Debra.

Have a nice day!

Gabriel

1. Date
…
…

Operator

3. Dim Name

So the number 2 goes lost.

Hope it’s clear

I hope you can give a look to the aforementioned links, maybe you have faced the same problem.

Thanks a lot for your replies Debra.

Have a nice day!

Gabriel

thanks a lot for your reply. As a matter of fact, my pivot table is based on an OLAP source. As far as you know, is there a way to sort the dimensions (not its elements) in a different way rather than the default one (alphabetically)?

Thanks a lot.

Gabriel

I’m trying to sort the field list as in the data source; unfortunately, the two field list options (under display tab in the pivottable options menu) are no accessible … both are greyed out.

Any suggestions?

thx

Gabriel