The fix also applies to Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Analysis Services (SSAS 2014).
Symptoms
Consider the following scenario:
- You process data in a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services (SSAS 2012) or SQL Server 2014 Analysis Services (SSAS 2014) tabular model that contains some calculated columns.
- A calculated column depends on another calculated column indirectly through a dependency path that contains a relationship.
- You perform a ProcessRecalc operation after a ProcessData operation on the tabular model.
In this scenario, the calculated column cannot be processed, and you may receive the following error messages:
Note
The expression referenced column '<ColumnName>' which does not hold any data because it needs to be recalculated or refreshed.
The query referenced calculated column '<ColumnName>' which does not hold any data because evaluation of one of the rows caused an error.
Note The columns that are referenced in the error message are calculated columns.
Resolution
The issue was first fixed in the following cumulative update of SQL Server.
Cumulative Update 1 for SQL Server 2014 /en-us/help/2931693
Cumulative Update 6 for SQL Server 2012 SP1 /en-us/help/2874879
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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.