FIX: You receive error messages when you use SQL Server Management Studio or SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio after you install Microsoft Office Excel 2007 on a computer that has SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services installed

This article describes the following about this hotfix release:

• The issues that are fixed by this hotfix package
• The prerequisites for installing this hotfix package
• Whether you must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix package
• Whether this hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
• Whether you must make any registry changes after you apply this hotfix package
• The files that are contained in this hotfix package

Consider the following scenario:

• You install Microsoft Office Excel 2007 on a computer that has SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services installed.
• You use SQL Server Management Studio or SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) on the computer.

In this scenario, you may receive one or more of the following error messages:The following operations are known to trigger these error messages:

• Using SQL Server Management Studio
  You try to create a new role or edit an existing role for a SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services database. In the Create Role or Edit Role dialog box, you follow these steps:
  1. Click Dimension Data in the left pane.
  2. Click the Advance tab in the right pane.
  3. Click Check.
  Additionally, the same error messages may occur when you follow these steps in the Create Role or Edit Role dialog box:
  1. Click Cell Data in the left pane.
  2. Click the Advance tab in the right pane.
  3. Click Check.
• Using SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio
  You create or open an Analysis Service project. In the cube designer, you perform one of the following operations:
  • Click the Calculations tab
  • Click the Actions tab, and then perform operations where Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) syntax check is invoked
  • Click the KPI tab, and then perform operations where Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) syntax check is invoked
  • Click the Perspectives tab if calculations are present in the cube
  • Click the Translations tab if calculations are present in the cube
  Additionally, the problem occurs when you use the Report Server Project Wizard to create a report that uses an Analysis Services data source. In the Report Wizard dialog box, you perform one of the following operations:
  • Click Query Builder, click Add Calculated Member in the Query Builder dialog box, and then click Check in the Calculated Member Builder dialog box
  • Click Query Builder, build a query, and then click OK

This issue occurs because a newer version of the Msmgdsrv.dll file is installed when you install Office Excel 2007. To perform the operations that are mentioned in the "Symptoms" section, SQL Server Management Studio and SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio load an earlier version of this file. The newer version of this file is incompatible with the older version of this file.

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2005. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

Prerequisites

You must have installed the original release version of SQL Server 2005 to apply this hotfix.

Restart information

You must restart the computer if the installer has to replace files that are being used. To avoid restarting the computer, close all SQL Server Analysis Services tools and clients. Additionally, you must stop Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) if the server is configured to provide HTTP access. If you have installed SQL Server Analysis Services as a named instance, you must also stop the SQL Server Browser service. You must stop this service because the Msmdredir.dll component of this service is updated when you apply this hotfix.

Registry information

You do not have to change the registry.

Hotfix file information

This hotfix contains only those files that are required to correct the issues that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build.

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 item in Control Panel.

SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services, 32-bit version

SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, 32-bit version

SQL Server 2005 Tools, 32-bit version

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 SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2.

This hotfix changes the functionality of the Msmdlocal.dll file. After you apply this hotfix, the Msmdlocal.dll file will first try to load the Msmgdsrv.dll file from the same directory where the Msmdlocal.dll file was loaded from. Additionally, this hotfix installs a compatible version of the Msmgdsrv.dll file to the locations that are used by SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio and by SQL Server Management Studio.

This problem occurs in both the original release (RTM) version of SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1). The version of the hotfix package that you should request depends on the version of the tool that you are running.

If you are running the original release version of SQL Server 2005, you must request the hotfix package for version 9.00.1557.

If you are running the SP1 version of SQL Server 2005, you must request the hotfix package for version 9.00.2199. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: To determine which version of the components you are running, follow the appropriate steps.

For SQL Server Management Studio, follow these steps:

1. Start SQL Server Management Studio.
2. On the Help menu, click About.
3. In the About Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio dialog box, examine the version of the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio component and the version of the Microsoft Analysis Services Client Tools component.
   
   The original release version of these components is 9.00.1399.00.
   
   The SP1 version of these components is 9.00.2047.00 or a later version.

For SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio, follow these steps:

1. Start SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio.
2. On the Help menu, click About Microsoft Visual Studio.
3. In the About Microsoft Visual Studio dialog box, click SQL Server Analysis Services in the Installed products list, and then examine the Product details field.
   
   The original release version of SQL Server Analysis Services is 9.00.1399.00.
   
   The SP1 version of SQL Server Analysis Services is 9.00.2047.00 or a later version.
4. In the About Microsoft Visual Studio dialog box, click SQL Server Reporting Services in the Installed products list, and then examine the Product details field.
   
   The original release version of SQL Server Reporting Services is 9.00.1399.00.
   The SP1 version of SQL Server Reporting Services is 9.00.2047.00 or a later version.

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