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Hi,

I want to get Latest date in time dimension like example:

I have a [Date] Dimension in [Adventure Works]. In date Dimension there are: CY 2005, CY 2007,…,CY 2010.

I Want to get latest year “CY 2010” to create some custom calculation member like: current year, current year complete.

Like current year:

sum([Measures].[Internet Sales Amount],[Date].[Calendar].[Calendar Year].&[2010])

or current year complete:

sum([Measures].[Internet Sales Amount],[Date].[Cal

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This SQL worked beautiful until I added in @startdt and @enddt and this section >> AND [Selldate] BETWEEN ' + @startdt + ' AND ' + @enddt + '

By adding in this condition, I now get the following error:

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I have tried changed variables to type = date and various iterations of date formatting, casting with no success. The date in the table is clean as a whistle.

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