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Dear Community,
I am trying to connect Power BI service dataset from SSMS, which was successful, however I can't process tables as it returns error message as follows :
"
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paramter name already exists
Parameter name: name (Microsoft.AnalysisServices.BackEnd)
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Program Location:
at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.BackEnd.DataWarehouse.ConnectionStringBuilder.AddParameter(String name, String value)
at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.BackEnd.DataModelingUtility.AppendCatalogInfo(ConnectionStringBuilder connectionStringBuilder, String databaseName)
at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.ManagementDialogs.ImbiProcessDialog.DoPreProcessExecution(ExRunType runType, ExExecutionMode& executionResult)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlMgmt.SqlMgmtTreeViewControl.DoPreProcessExecutionAndRunViews(ExRunType runType)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlMgmt.SqlMgmtTreeViewControl.ExecuteForOlap(ExPreProcessExecutionInfo executionInfo, ExExecutionMode& executionResult)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlMgmt.SqlMgmtTreeViewControl.Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlMgmt.IExExecutionAwareSqlControlCollection.PreProcessExecution(ExPreProcessExecutionInfo executionInfo, ExExecutionMode& executionResult)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlMgmt.ExExecutionAwareSqlControlWrapper.PreProcessExecution(PreProcessExecutionInfo executionInfo, ExecutionMode& executionResult)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlMgmt.ViewSwitcherControlsManager.RunNow(RunType runType, Object sender)
"
Please let me know if anyone knows how to resolve this.
Cheers,
VeraInSydney
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @VeraInSydney,
I suppose you are trying to provide duplicate parameters with the same name in the connection. please double-check your settings and connection to confirm these.
In addition, you can also take a look at the following link about a similar issue if helps:
"parameter name already exists" while trying to Process Database in SSMS (microsoft.com)
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
Hi @VeraInSydney,
I suppose you are trying to provide duplicate parameters with the same name in the connection. please double-check your settings and connection to confirm these.
In addition, you can also take a look at the following link about a similar issue if helps:
"parameter name already exists" while trying to Process Database in SSMS (microsoft.com)
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
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