title: SOP for using default measures in MDX and SSAS
body: <p>I'm going through one of the few highly-rated books on MDX, <em>Practical MDX Queries</em> and the book makes heavy use of the fact you can use default measures in MDX.  Personally, I don't like this feature and I think whatever amount of keystrokes it saves ultimately isn't worth it.  What's the harm in explicitly stating what you're looking from?</p>
  
  <pre><code>select
  from
  [cube name]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>just seems like you're inviting trouble, and it gets worse when you throw something into the slicer.  Any other opinions on this?</p>