KB4013208 - FIX: "Partition cannot contain column segments of different data versions" error when you process data on a partition in SSAS Tabular model

Applies To
SQL Server 2012 Developer SQL Server 2012 Enterprise SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Core SQL Server 2012 Standard SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3 SQL Server 2016 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Core - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Standard - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Core - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2 - duplicate (do not use)

Symptoms

When you run Process Data on a partition in a tabular model of Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), you may receive an error message that resembles the following on the first attempt:

Note

ErrorCode="3241541689" Description="Partition '<partition id>' of table '<table name>' cannot contain column segments of different data versions."

However, the subsequent execution may succeed.

Resolution

This issue is fixed in the following cumulative update for SQL Server:

Cumulative Update 6 for SQL Server 2016 RTM

Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2016 SP1

Cumulative Update 6 for SQL Server 2014 SP2

Cumulative Update 13 for SQL Server 2014 SP1

Cumulative Update 8 for SQL Server 2012 SP3

About cumulative updates for SQL Server

Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2016

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2014

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2012 SP3

Status

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

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