KB3029504 - FIX: "Error converting data type nvarchar to datetime" error occurs when you use business rule in SQL Server 2014 MDS

Applies To
SQL Server 2014 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Standard - duplicate (do not use)

Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:

  • You create a business rule that checks whether a date attribute is empty in Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Master Data Services (MDS).
  • You save and publish the business rule.
  • You open the entity view in MDS Explorer, and then run the business rule to validate the entity members.

In this scenario, you receive the following error message:

Note

Error converting data type nvarchar to datetime.

Note This issue occurs in SQL Server 2014 MDS that has applied Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) or later versions of updates.

Resolution

The issue was first fixed in the following cumulative update of SQL Server.

Cumulative Update 1 for SQL Server 2014 SP1 /en-us/help/3067839

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.