Symptoms
Assume that you apply a filter on an attribute when you add MDS data into a Microsoft Excel worksheet by using the Master Data Services Add-in for Excel. If the attribute uses a list separator character that is not a comma, you may receive an exception that resembles the following:
Exception from HRESULT : 0x800A03EC
Resolution
The fix for this issue is included in the following cumulative update 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:
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
References
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