"SQL Server does not exist or access denied" SSIS OLAP processing task error
Hi, I have some jobs set up on a job server which are to execute 3 SSIS packages that, among other things, copy data from FoxPro tables to SQL Server tables. 2 of these packages execute some OLAP tasks...
View ArticleUpgrading 2014 to 2016, Issues with Tabular Cubes?
Hello, I'm planning an upgrade from SQL Server 2014 to SQL Server 2016, an in-place style upgrade (no other test/sand-box available), and I have a number of packages that feed 5 different cubes. We are...
View ArticleCannot Detach/Attach SSAS Database to move to Another Server
We have a new server and want to move the SSAS databases from the old server to the new one. I thought this could be done by detaching the db on the old server, copy db files to new server, and then...
View ArticleSSAS Tabular - Visual Studio Very Slow When Creating Measures
I have a fairly large Tabular model, I'd say it currently has about 400 measures. All of the measures are in a single table. Up until last week, I'd add or change a measure, Visual Studio would refresh...
View ArticleSSAS 2012 - Calculated Member that uses measures at different grains
I'm trying to set up a calculated member - [i]budget remaining[/i] that is dependent on two native measures - [i]expenses[/i] and [i]budget[/i] - that come from two different measure groups, and the...
View Article1 month 1 week and 3 days later - A major fail trying to use SSAS
Long story short Created a SSAS mining structure forecasting inventory usage/volume. Set it up, built and ETL to load it to SSAS and then pull it down with the SSAS transformer in SSIS using DMX....
View ArticleDifferent Grains
Hello I somewhat new to ssas and my company completely knew to cubes. Ive built a FactItemOrder table that displays everything at the lowest grain possible i.e. everything on users order. now the...
View ArticleDIM tables need to be case sensitive
Hi all We've designed an SSAS cube but the DIM tables are currently case-insensitive. I've now set the cubes to be case-sensitive (which they should be) but it hasn't cascaded to the DIM tables. Is...
View ArticleConnecting to SSAS in a different domain
We need to pull some numbers off of an SSAS server in a different domain from ours. For most users, I've set them up with the ability to open Excel using their credentials in that domain. Now the...
View ArticleDAX Related() Function Issue
I have a fact table and a bunch of dimension tables. There are foreign keys in the database between the fact table and all dimension tables. These relationships are present in the SSAS tabular model....
View ArticleDate dimension showing times
Hi all We've built a date dimension which has a single date field followed by a lot of computed columns for working out a lot of other items (week end, week start, previous week/month stuff, etc.) The...
View ArticleTabular Model Facts Relationship
Hi, I am trying to build a tabular model that has two main Fact tables - Fact_Volume and Fact_Campaigns Fact_Volume - contains a record for each volume transaction received by a customer....
View ArticleError Connecting to SSAS Cube
Hi Everyone, Wish you all a very Happy New Year 2017. Lets start 2017 with a simple issue. One of my colleague is getting an error when he is trying to connect to SSAS Cube from Excel 2010. He was...
View ArticleCreate partition wizard not showing my new fact table in the selection
Hi guys, need help on partition for Cube. I want to create new partition for my existing Cube. Steps I did: - in VS 2010, open the SSAS project - in Data source View (DSV), create New Named Query, put...
View ArticleSSAS Cube business inscrease usablitiy ideas
we developed a cube for financial department based on their needs and interest. However post deliverable we aren't seeing the usage as expressed initially. The feedback we are getting is, its confusing...
View ArticleTo Parameterize MDX to push in SSRS Report
Please help me in parameterize to push in SSRS report for Assigned_to and date parameters please help to resolve this select { [Measures].[Microsoft_VSTS_Scheduling_OriginalEstimate],...
View ArticleDetermining if SQL Browser stopped running within a certain time frame
Hi, Is there a way to check if the SQL Browser stopped running at a particular time during the day? I was just curious if there was some kind of log file that would keep track of this kind of...
View ArticleWhat is the Use of MDX queries
Hi All, i have started to learn MDX these days. I am wondering what is the use of it. where we can use MDX. What we can build with MDX. I know MDX is used to query on cube. I started learning some...
View ArticleMDX rolling total only for selected periods
Hi All I have received a requirement to build a rolling total. I have found many articles articulating how you can sum for a period using periodstodate and so forth. My requirements however is to do...
View ArticleMeasure Label Different in Pivot Table Than Source Project
I'm stuck and need some help.I'm reviewing a SSAS database designed by someone else who is long gone. The SSAS project was designed in BIDS 2010 and has an Excel pivot table as the front-end to do the...
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