FIX: "The record ID is incorrect" error when you use DAX to execute query in a dimension in SSAS 2012 or SSAS 2014

Applies To

SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services SQL Server 2014 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Standard - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Standard - duplicate (do not use)

Symptoms

Assume that you use Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services (SSAS 2012) or SSAS 2014 in multidimensional mode. You use Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) to execute a query, and the query retrieves the member unique name for a parent/child hierarchy in a parent/child dimension. In this situation, the query fails, and you receive the following error message:

Note

File system error: The record ID is incorrect. Physical file: <FilePath>\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS11.INSTANCENAME\OLAP\Data\DBName.x.db\DimEmployee.xx.dim\xx.Employee ParentKey.kstore. Logical file

Resolution

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

Cumulative Update 4 for SQL Server 2012 SP2 /en-us/help/3007556

Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2014 /en-us/help/3011055

Cumulative Update 13 for SQL Server 2012 SP1 /en-us/help/3002044

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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.