Cannot open offline cube

Hi,

I created an offline cube file (.cub) using SSAS 2005 sp1. I tried to open the cube file by following these steps:

1. Open excel 2003. On the toolbar, click on Data and select PivotTable and PivotChart report.

2. Select External data source as the data you want to analyze then click on next.

3. Click on the Get Data button on the next step.

4. Choose the OLAP Cubes tab on the pop-up window, select <New Data Source> and Click OK.

5. Type "Sales" as the name of the data source.

6.Choose Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Analysis Services 9.0 as the OLAP provider. Click on Connect button

7. Select the cube file option and browse for the location of the cube file. Click Finish.

8. On the fourth step (here comes the problem),on the Select the Cube that contains the data you want list, nothing is available in the dropdown list. And since I cannot finish this step, the OK button remains disabled and I was not able to open the cube file.

Can any one help me on this?

Thanks in advance,

Destry

I have exactly the same problem, as a matter of fact I was about to ask that question.

Should you find a workaround on your own, I would appreciate it if you could post it here as well too. Tia.

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There are several things can be going wrong. Here are several ideas for you to try.

1. Try and use Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Analysis Services 8.0 to connect to your local cube.

2. Try and use MDXSample application. In the connection dialog, as server name specify a path to your local cube file. Something like c:\my cubes\cube1.cub. If you can connect and but cant see cube name there, most likely something wrong with your local cube file.

Edward Melomed.
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