KB3123485 - FIX: Slow performance when you run MDX query in SSAS 2012 or SSAS 2014

Applies To
SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services SQL Server 2014 Business Intelligence - duplicate (do not use)

Symptoms

When you use Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services (SSAS 2012) or SQL Server 2014 Analysis Services (SSAS 2014), you may experience slow performance when you run a Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) query that meets the following conditions:

  • The query contains a dimension that has calculated members.
  • The calculated members aren't part of the query text.

Resolution

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

      

Recommendation: Install the latest cumulative update for SQL Server

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

      

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To enable this hotfix, you have to do the following configuration:

  • Open the Analysis Services configuration file msmdsrv.ini in <File Path>\Microsoft SQL Server\MSOLAP.nnnn\OLAP\Config.
  • If there's no AlwaysSetOrSliceAndNormalize property in the msmdsrv.ini file, add it to the ConfigurationSettings\OLAP\Query tree as follow:
    <AlwaysSetOrSliceAndNormalize>1</AlwaysSetOrSliceAndNormalize>
  • Save the msmdsrv.ini file.

      

Status

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