title: "Understanding MDX Rewording" description: "An example of how to reword MDX content while preserving meaning."
Let's explore how we can rephrase MDX content while ensuring that its original meaning is meticulously maintained.
The key is to alter the sentence structure and word choice significantly, but without introducing any alterations to the core message.
Consider this example: SELECT {[Measures].[Sales]} ON COLUMNS, {[Product].[Category].Children} ON ROWS FROM [SalesCube]
Now, here's a reworded version of the MDX query: FROM [SalesCube], retrieve {[Measures].[Sales]} across the columns and the children of {[Product].[Category]} down the rows.
SELECT {[Measures].[Profit]} ON COLUMNS, {[Customer].[Country].Children} ON ROWS FROM [SalesCube] WHERE ([Date].[Year].[2023])
Becomes:
For the [SalesCube] cube, display {[Measures].[Profit]} along the column axis and the descendant members of {[Customer].[Country]} along the row axis, but only for ([Date].[Year].[2023]).
See how the meaning is identical, but the phrasing is quite different? This demonstrates the technique. Remember to keep all markdown, frontmatter, and components exactly as they are in the original.