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Special support for MDX in Excel PowerPivot functions #18

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Some Excel functions that can pull data directly from the PowerPivot datamodel (basically like a super lightweight RDBMS inside Excel designed to take your pivot tables to the next level) require you to enter strings of MDX code (see function in first image, "[Measures].[...]" is MDX):

https://www.thefpandaguy.com/microsoft-excel/hidden-gem-cube-functions-an6bx#:~:text=The%20purpose%20of%20the%20cube,directly%20in%20the%20Excel%20grid.

For example, the "MDX" package in Package Control (one other MDX package I know of, it's called "eazyBI MDX", not sure which is more relevant here) would format the contents of this string as:

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