Showing posts with label v10. Show all posts
Showing posts with label v10. Show all posts

Friday, February 10, 2012

Cannot Connect to Analysis Services Olap Server

When attempting to connect to a Microsoft Analysis Server from the Crystal Report (v10), the following error message appears:

"The connection could not be established. The logon attempt failed".

I am using Windows XP Pro.

Why is this happening? At the Crystal Report I am using the wizard to create a new report and specifically I am using at the Server options the 1st one (where I specify the Server Name, User Name & Password). Also the 'Server Connection' is 'Direct to the OLAP Server'.

Both the Crystal Report & Analysis Services are running under the same PC, thus there are no network connectivity issues.

I also tried to connect using the Excel to the Analysis Services (where I used the same UserId and Password, to the one I tried with Crystal Reports) and the connection was succesful.

I also checked the Firewall settins, and its ok as the Crystal Report is under the Excpetions.

Why then can't I connect?

There are quite a few questions related to troubleshooting connectivity problems.

First you need to see if you have problem connecting to Analysis Services.
See if this post is going to help you: http://www.sqljunkies.com/WebLog/edwardm/

Edward.
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