Symptoms
Assume that you have a Master Data Services (MDS) subscription view that references some derived hierarchies that use explicit capitalization in Microsoft SQL Server 2012. Then, you apply one of the following packages on the SQL Server 2012 server:
- SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 or a later version
- Cumulative Update package 2 for SQL Server 2012 or a later version
In this situation, the MDS subscription view returns fewer records than were returned before you applied one of the packages.
Note The issue also occurs in SQL Server 2014.
Cause
This issue occurs because of a regression that occurs after you apply update 2717239 .
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 7 for SQL Server 2012 SP1 /en-us/help/2894115
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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.