Server Name/Cube Name Changes And Excel
Jan 22, 2004
We have a large user community that have created a number of MS EXCEL spreadsheets using MS OLAP Cubes as their input. Every month, once the cubes have been updated, the users can "refresh" their spreadsheets. These spreadsheets range from simple to complex, depending on the user's skill set and task to be performed.
Here is the problem... We are in the process of moving the cubes to a new server and the cube names are changing due to new Naming Standards. What can we do to minimize the impact to our user community?
Thank you all for your input
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Nov 13, 2007
Hola
We are getting symptoms of a 30 second timeout irrespective of what we do, but only on certain machines. Can anyone shed any light on how the connection timeout can be set, as there seems to be a factor overiding any settings we set?
We are working in Excel (2003) connecting to an Analysis Services 2005 cube through a website https://Datasource connection. When we edit the connection string that the file is using (either by forcing use of an exterior .ODC file and editing the settings in there, or by converting the xls spreadsheet into an xml spreadsheet and manually editing the connection string in there) we get no joy: after 30 seconds the error appears:
"Either a connection cannot be made to the [my server address], or Analysis services is not running on the computer specified".
This error is itself rubbish: If a smaller query (one that takes < 30 seconds) is run in the same Excel file and Pivot Table, it connects fine.
What really doesn't make sense is that the exact same file works on some machines and not others. These machines are all inside the same network (and the machines that work have been proven to work on a number of other networks). What's more there is no pattern to the machine capabilities - some newer / faster machines get the error. These machines (that work and do not) have excel 2003 SP3. (Another of the ones that works has Excel 2007).
Changing the connection string to include "Timeout=300" or "Connect Timeout=300" makes no difference, and "Command Timeout" causes a different error so that it wont even attempt to run the query (as opposed to collapsing after 30 seconds of normal progress).
Similarly in the .ODV the tags <ODC:CommandTimeout>, <CommandTimeout>, <ODC:Connect Timeout>, <ODC:Command Timeout>, <meta name=CommandTimeout content=1000> etc. have no effect (the file still gets the 30 seconds error rather than just giving up so no way of working out correct syntax)
The only pattern we can see, and we can't fix this, is that the machines that work have Retail versions of excel, and the ones that do not have corporately licensed versions of excel. We cannot see any difference between them in the Help >Abouts, but thought it might be worth mentioning.
Any help would be fantastically appreciated, we are out of ideas.
Thanks kindly
Amundo
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Hi
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I tried the Pivot Wizard but do not see any option which allows me to connect to my cube.
Kindly assist. Many TIA.
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The data provider didn't supply any further error information."
what could be the reason .. Please help me i am going mad....
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Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Analysis Services 2005 :
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http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine) under
Envelope/Body/Execute/Command/Batch/Create/ObjectDefinition/Database/Cubes/Cube/Scripts/MdxScript was
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(namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine) under
Envelope/Body/Execute/Command/Batch/Create/ObjectDefinition/Database/Dimensions/Dimension was ignored.; XML
for Analysis parser: The 'CurrentStorageMode' read-only element at line 1006, column 17325 (namespace
http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine) under
Envelope/Body/Execute/Command/Batch/Create/ObjectDefinition/Database/Dimensions/Dimension was ignored.; XML
for Analysis parser: The 'CurrentStorageMode' read-only element at line 1006, column 57387 (namespace
http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine) under
Envelope/Body/Execute/Command/Batch/Create/ObjectDefinition/Database/Dimensions/Dimension was ignored.; XML
for Analysis parser: The 'CurrentStorageMode' read-only element at line 1006, column 60047 (namespace
http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine) under
Envelope/Body/Execute/Command/Batch/Create/ObjectDefinition/Database/Dimensions/Dimension was ignored.; XML
for Analysis parser: The 'CurrentStorageMode' read-only element at line 1006, column 62847 (namespace
http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine) under
Envelope/Body/Execute/Command/Batch/Create/ObjectDefinition/Database/Dimensions/Dimension was ignored.; XML
for Analysis parser: The 'CurrentStorageMode' read-only element at line 1006, column 65497 (namespace
http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine) under
Envelope/Body/Execute/Command/Batch/Create/ObjectDefinition/Database/Dimensions/Dimension was ignored.; XML
for Analysis parser: The 'CurrentStorageMode' read-only element at line 1006, column 72718 (namespace
http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine) under
Envelope/Body/Execute/Command/Batch/Create/ObjectDefinition/Database/Dimensions/Dimension was ignored.; XML
for Analysis parser: The 'CurrentStorageMode' read-only element at line 1006, column 75425 (namespace
http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine) under
Envelope/Body/Execute/Command/Batch/Create/ObjectDefinition/Database/Dimensions/Dimension was ignored.;
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Can somebody advice my on what to look for? Thx!
The attribute hierarchy for the Month attribute cannot be created because a hierarchy with the same ID or name already exists. ----- There is no other Month?
Regards,
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This issue occurs if the following conditions are true: €¢The workbook contains a PivotTable that uses key performance indicators (KPIs).€¢The KPIs are created in the Analysis Services Business Intelligence Development Studio.€¢One or more of the KPIs have an expression in the Current Time Member property.
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Code Snippet
CommandLine01 = "USE mydb"
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CommandLine03 = "GO
ALTER TABLE Block...
GO"
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CommandLine05 = "SELECT Block..."
The detail of the SQL string is at:
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showpost.aspx?postid=2093921&siteid=1&sb=0&d=1&at=7&ft=11&tf=0&pageid=1
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Code Snippet
Dim SqlCnt, cmd1, cmd2, cmd3
'set the properties and open a connection
cmd1="use my_db"
cmd2="create table mytb"
cmd3="insert into mytb"
SqlCnt.execute cmd1
SqlCnt.Execute cmd2
SqlCnt.Execute cmd3
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Code Snippet
Function TestConnection()
Dim ConnectionString As New ADODB.Connection
Dim RecordSet As New ADODB.RecordSet
ConnectionString = "Driver={SQL Server};Server=myServer;Database=myDBName;Uid=UserName;Pwd=Password"
ConnectionString.Open
CmdLine01 = " USE " & myDB
CmdLine02 = " SELECT ACCOUNTS.FULLNAME FROM ACCOUNTS" ...
CmdLine03 = "GO
ALTER TABLE Block...
GO"
CmdLine04 = "UPDATE Block..."
CmdLine05 = "SELECT Block..."
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RecordSet.Open CmdLine02, ConnectionString
ConnectionString.Execute CmdLine01
ConnectionString.Execute CmdLine02
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Next
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RecordSet.Close
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Set ConnectionString = Nothing
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Regards,
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