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vadlamudibi
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7 years ago

XMLA in SSMS 18 - no cubes were found error

Hi, I am trying to connect to Power BI Service via XMLA in SSMS 18, following MSFT instructions. I can see the databases, but when I try to create an MDX query I get an error "Error loading metadata:...
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trahul87
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7 years ago

MDX doesn't show anything because the Initial Catalog is not set on that connection. You can get MDX to work in SSMS, if you create an MDX Query by selecting the database node (not the server node).