Symptoms
Assume that you have Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) installed on SQL Server 2017. You run a particular Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) function like SUMMARIZECOLUMNS with a filter, for example:
Note
- summarizecolumns
- (
filter('Date of First Production','Date of First Production'[Month Number] = 1),
"X",'Production Work Orders'[Average of Production Start Delay Minutes (Production Work Orders)]
)
In this scenario, SSAS may crash, and you receive the following error message:
Note
An unexpected exception occurred.
Additionally, a dump file is generated.
Note The process will succeed when you use the same DAX query with another filter.
Resolution
This issue is fixed in the following update for SQL Server:
Cumulative Update 7 for SQL Server 2017
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Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2017
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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