Sync SSAS design files to deployed/production
Came across something new that I need help with.Been given a project to review several SSAS databases that were designed by someone else long ago who is no longer available. I need help confirming the...
View ArticleExtending SSAS tabular model?
I've just started playing with SSAS Tabular 2016 after learning the basics of DAX. (I know enough to be dangerous, I think.)It doesn't seem possible to "extend" the model in any way if you're not the...
View ArticleMDX Cube Calculation Help (long)
Hello All,I have been working with SSAS/Multidimensional for a few years now, although I would classify my MDX skills as fair at best. I’ve recently constructed a cube with Human Resources content and...
View ArticleDuplicate Attribute Key Error Whie Processing Dimension
I've been trying to process a cube (designed by someone else) and have been getting an error. I've been able to narrowed it down to one dimension which produces an error and the following...
View ArticleSecurity on backed up cube
Hi guys, seems obvious, but I have a cube with security applied so certain users cant see certain measures. if i back it up and give it to a user that has these restrictions to attach in his...
View ArticleHierarchy, Attributes and browsing levels in isolation
I have just started building my first cube on Visual studio 2015 and need some assistance;I have a product dimension with a hierarchy on Product/Item/Category set up. When browsing a level in...
View ArticleThe attribute key was converted to an unknown member
hi fellows, hope someone would have an answer for my issue, i would really appreciate it.So, i have a cube i'm trying to get running. but this error is stopping from being process successfully.Errors...
View ArticleNaN Infinity (how to control these)
SELECT FLATTENED[CODE14] AS [CODE], 2 AS [PARTICIPANT.ID], 'UNITS' AS [FCST.TYP], 'FCST' AS [FCST.VERSION],(SELECT $TIME AS [QUARTER] ,[PIZZA UNITS] AS [VALUE] ,PREDICTVARIANCE([PIZZA UNITS]) AS...
View ArticleStarting SSAS Jobs from Control-M
Has anyone here ever used BMC's Control-M to schedule SSAS processing jobs? If so, where can I get more information?
View ArticleReporting on SSAS Tabular in PowerBI Desktop
I'm a SSAS noob. I created my first really simple SSAS tabular model, and I can report on it in Power BI Desktop... but there are some unexpected things happening... The biggest one is that I can't add...
View ArticleConnecting to SSAS Tabular (Import Data option) in PowerBI
Another day, another HUH?!If I connect to SSAS Tabular in PowerBI Desktop and select "Connect Live", I can see a "normal" list of tables and measures. All the columns are with the table... as expected....
View ArticleSSAS Tabular Row Count from SSMS
Is there a quick way to determine the number of rows in a Tabular table from SSMS? I'm wondering if there is something similar to when you right-click on a "regular" table and get the row count from...
View ArticleErrors in the OLAP storage engine: The attribute key cannot be found when...
Hi All,Recently I added new fact table called Orderline to my Order Cube and want to use all the dimension attributes of Order measure group for Orderline, so i added new dimension called Order with...
View ArticleQuerying SSAS 2016
I have a really dumb question... partly because I don't get the whole Tabular/Multi-Dimensional difference.Does Tabular just lie and tell you that it doesn't create a cube in the background when in...
View ArticleSSAS Tabular DirectQuery Mode to Netezza
I'm just curious. Has anyone on this forum ever tried to use SSAS Tabular with Netezza in DirectQuery mode?
View ArticleSSAS 2008 R2 DB Backup failing with below error
Script using for taking backup<Backup xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine"> <Object> <DatabaseID>Am_Focus</DatabaseID> </Object>...
View ArticleDealing with NaN, Infinity Errors from ARTXP and Mixed Algorithms
So after a long fought battle what I ended up doing was........Setting up a directory folder with an Excel template, with this I set the columns correctly, matching the names in the query (DMX)File...
View ArticleFrom SSAS 2012 to SSAS 2016
Has anyone upgraded from 2012 to 2016 yet? If so, what are some challenges? How did you verify that the Tabular models and/or Multidimensional cubes migrated over properly?
View ArticleMDX Grand Total Issue
Folks, I am back with the classic grand total issue that we face in MDX. I thought I clearly had my head around the fix but this thing keeps stumping me every now and then. So here is the problem - I...
View ArticleMDX Calculated Measures not affected by slicers
Hi! I'm new with this howl MDX thing and cant seem to figure out how to make the following work.I have a few Calculated measure that calculates a value based on the line related to the rest of the...
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