MDX(or something else) for getting history based on last dimension characteristic for SCD.

individ at 21h32
08
Feb
2011
MDX(or something else) for getting history based on last dimension characteristic for SCD.

Hi everyone,
I am implementing a cube and I run into a problem with slowly changing dimensions(SCD type 2). I guess it might be resolved somehow with MDX or somehow else, maybe you guys can help me to resolve it.
The problem: I have SCD, say Policy with dimension attribute PolicyType. I have a measure, say NumberOfActivePolicies. To simplify, I have 1 policy in my dimension which
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