title: SSIS/SSAS How can I show Month.Year as time dimension?
body: <p>I am building a database for some data to build a cube (SSAS) after. Until now everything is fine and works but I want to modify my time dimension. Since now I have a table with year, month and day and use it as dimension. But for my use it would be nice if the hierarchy is not just like (2016-->5-->20); instead I want to show month.year at the month level (in this example: 05.2016). I had no problems separating the date but I can`t find a solution to show this part or to combine the two columns in SSIS. Is there any possibility to do so or can I create this in SSAS while setting up the cube?</p>
  
  <p>What I´ve found out is that with the cast and datepart command I can show the things I want in the SQL Server Manager but I am a newbie in MS SQL and don`t know how to save the calculations in a new column. </p>