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FIX: Cannot Use User-Defined Functions in Dimension Security Definitions

Article ID: 816480

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

APPLIES TO

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services

Bug #: 13905 (Plato7x)

SYMPTOMS

You try to use a user-defined function as part of an MDX expression in the Allowed Members or Denied Members entry for dimension security in an Analysis Services role. However, when you try to close the Manage Roles dialog box, you may receive the following error message:

Some of the cubes could not be updated.
Errors:
Unable to update role in cube cubename.

Error occurred during update of Cube 'cube' on the server: 'Error occurred while processing security for cube 'cube'(Error in the definition of the dimension security for the dimension 'dimension' and role 'role'. Cannot evaluate the expression 'MDX Expression'

Note In this error message, cube is the name of the cube that contains the role; dimension is the name of the dimension whose security is defined by the user-defined function; role is the name of the role that you edited; and MDX Expression is the MDX Expression that contains the call to the user-defined function.

RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290211 How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack

Hotfix information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Date         Time   Version            Size    File name
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20-Feb-2003  00:08  8.0.772.0         217,668  Msmdcb80.dll     
12-Feb-2003  02:49  8.0.767.0       1,024,576  Msmdgd80.dll     
27-Jan-2003  07:47  8.0.0.761       9,638,464  Msmdsgn80.dll    
21-Feb-2003  01:36  8.0.773.0       1,827,396  Msmdsrv.exe      
17-Feb-2003  21:35  8.0.770.0       2,069,072  Msolap80.dll

Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that contains these files may also contain additional files.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.This problem was first corrected in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbsqlserv2000presp4fix kbhotfixserver KB816480

Microsoft KB Archive/816480

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