Problem opening local cube with ProClarity 6.2

I am new to BI and have a perplexing problem. I need to create a local cube for offline use in ProClarity 6.2 for mobile users.

I have created a sample cube in AS2005 using the following code:

CREATE GLOBAL CUBE [RainbowBranch]

Storage 'C:\SourceData\RainbowBranch.cub'

FROM [Rainbow Trade Sales]

(

MEASURE [Rainbow Trade Sales].[Adj Sales Value],

DIMENSION [Rainbow Trade Sales].[Branch]

)

The resultant cube can be opened in Excel 2003 with no problems, but when opened in ProClarity, there is no cube name to select, so I can never get to see the cube data.

Is there a problem with my cube build statement? Does it need more in terms of parameters, etc.

Regards,

Charles.

Hello. The coming 6.3 version of ProClarity, supposed to be released any day, will have strong improvements for local cubes. You can have a problem with a bug in 6.2

HTH

Thomas Ivarsson

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Thanks Thomas,

I heard about the forthcoming ProClarity 6.3 release. I believe that it will only be available from our vendor at the end of March, which is a problem in terms of making decisions at this point in time. Anyhow, back to my current problem; A colleague sent me a cub file to test, the cub is named "Debtors Analysis" - I think it is part of sample data but I do not know how it was generated (AS2000 perhaps or ProClarity 5.3 ?). This "Debtors Analysis" cub opens perfectly in both ProClarity 6.1 & 6.2 as well as in Excel 2003. This leads me to believe that my problem lies with my cub file - either something missing in my cub file which causes ProClarity to fail, or something extra in the cub file which ProClarity does not recognise.

Are you aware of any other way to create cub files that I can test in the meantime. Preferably not using another 3rd party, commercial product. Thanks.

Regards,

Charles.

|||Have you tried looking on the Proclarity community bulletin boards... There are many similar posts|||I have the same problem to open local cube.

Problem opening local cube with ProClarity 6.2

I am new to BI and have a perplexing problem. I need to create a local cube for offline use in ProClarity 6.2 for mobile users.

I have created a sample cube in AS2005 using the following code:

CREATE GLOBAL CUBE [RainbowBranch]

Storage 'C:\SourceData\RainbowBranch.cub'

FROM [Rainbow Trade Sales]

(

MEASURE [Rainbow Trade Sales].[Adj Sales Value],

DIMENSION [Rainbow Trade Sales].[Branch]

)

The resultant cube can be opened in Excel 2003 with no problems, but when opened in ProClarity, there is no cube name to select, so I can never get to see the cube data.

Is there a problem with my cube build statement? Does it need more in terms of parameters, etc.

Regards,

Charles.

Hello. The coming 6.3 version of ProClarity, supposed to be released any day, will have strong improvements for local cubes. You can have a problem with a bug in 6.2

HTH

Thomas Ivarsson

|||

Thanks Thomas,

I heard about the forthcoming ProClarity 6.3 release. I believe that it will only be available from our vendor at the end of March, which is a problem in terms of making decisions at this point in time. Anyhow, back to my current problem; A colleague sent me a cub file to test, the cub is named "Debtors Analysis" - I think it is part of sample data but I do not know how it was generated (AS2000 perhaps or ProClarity 5.3 ?). This "Debtors Analysis" cub opens perfectly in both ProClarity 6.1 & 6.2 as well as in Excel 2003. This leads me to believe that my problem lies with my cub file - either something missing in my cub file which causes ProClarity to fail, or something extra in the cub file which ProClarity does not recognise.

Are you aware of any other way to create cub files that I can test in the meantime. Preferably not using another 3rd party, commercial product. Thanks.

Regards,

Charles.

|||Have you tried looking on the Proclarity community bulletin boards... There are many similar posts

Problem on collation on SQL Server Express with Windows Mobile 5.0

I am now writing application to connect SQL Server Express in Windows Mobile 5.0.

While running the code, I got error "PlatformNotSupportedException". I realized that it is a problem on different locale on the PDA and the SQL Server. So I tried to re-install the SQL Server for another collation, which is Latin1_General_CI_AI. I have also set the collation to Latin1_General_CI_AI at database-level.

Unfortunately, in the Visual Studio Debugger, I found that the error message is

mscorlib.dll!System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CultureInfo(int culture = 3076, bool useUserOverride = true) + 0xc8 bytes

where the 3076 means Chinese (Hong Kong SAR, PRC) locale from MSDN.

Seems to me that I cannot really change the collation in this Express Edition.

How can I solve it?

Thanks

Hi Billy,

You can not change the Server setting for Collation order once SQL Express is installed, but you can set collation on a per database basis when you created it. I'm not sure if you can change the database collation order after it's created, but if you look up ALTER DATABASE in Books Online, I'm sure you'll find the answer.

Beyond that, where exactly are you installing SQL Express again? SQL Express wouldn't install on Windows Mobile 5.0 so you must be writing an app that connects to a server running SQL Express, or you are actually using SQL Compact Edition. If you are using SQLce, then you should post this question in the SQLce forum.

Mike

|||

Thanks Mike!

"You can not change the Server setting for Collation order once SQL Express is installed, but you can set collation on a per database basis when you created it. I'm not sure if you can change the database collation order after it's created, but if you look up ALTER DATABASE in Books Online, I'm sure you'll find the answer."

-> Yes, I understand that I cannot change Server Setting for Collation after installation. So I DID remove the whole SQL Server Express, and then install it again. At that moment, I selected "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AI", that's also what I can see from the SQL Server Management window. It is the same for the database collation setting, which was set to "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AI"

So, the problem comes that the actual running in the debugger shows a different collation (Chinese Hong Kong) while it run sqlclient code in the PDA. => That is for sure a contradiction with the server setting. So, what's the problem on this case and how to solve it?

"Beyond that, where exactly are you installing SQL Express again? SQL Express wouldn't install on Windows Mobile 5.0 so you must be writing an app that connects to a server running SQL Express, or you are actually using SQL Compact Edition. If you are using SQLce, then you should post this question in the SQLce forum."

I am using SQL Express in a local PC. And I try to write app using VB on PDA which connects to the PC SQL server.

|||

Hi Billy,

What code are you running to show the collation? Please provide a sample. Do you see similar results if you take the PDA out of the scenario and run code directly on the machine where SQL is installed?

Mike

|||

Hi Mike,

Well, below is the code I run.

Dim sqlConnection1 AsNew SqlConnection("Data Source=BILLY\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=rfidcps;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=*****; Password=******;")

Dim cmd AsNew SqlCommand

Dim reader As SqlDataReader

cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM Vehicle WHERE MainTagID = '" & "434" & "'"

Dim i AsInteger = 0

cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text

cmd.Connection = sqlConnection1

sqlConnection1.Open()

reader = cmd.ExecuteReader()

And, the error comes out from executing "reader = cmd.ExecuteReader()", which shows something like this

System.PlatformNotSupportedException was unhandled
Message="PlatformNotSupportedException"
StackTrace:
at System.Globalization.CultureInfo..ctor()
at System.Globalization.CultureInfo..ctor()
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.GetCodePage()
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ProcessEnvChange()
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run()
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run()
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.Login()
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OpenAndLogin()
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection..ctor()
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open()
at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.QuietOpen()
at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.FillInternal()
at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill()
at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill()
at DeviceApplication1.rfidcpsDataSetTableAdapters.VehicleTableAdapter.Fill()
at DeviceApplication1.Form1.Form1_Load()
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad()
at System.Windows.Forms.Form._SetVisibleNotify()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Visible()
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run()
at DeviceApplication1.Form1.Main()

I asked similar question here and I found the collation requested by the server is actually not the one I set to the server

I tried to disconnect connection with the PDA and the server and it showed error in "sqlConnection1.Open()", which was absolutely the right things.

So, I drawed conclusion that the PDA can open the connection to SQL server but just failed to run "reader = cmd.ExecuteReader()"

Thanks for your help~

Best regards,

Billy

|||

I'm running this by a few folks I know to see if they have any ideas.

Mike

Problem on collation on SQL Server Express with Windows Mobile 5.0

I am now writing application to connect SQL Server Express in Windows Mobile 5.0.

While running the code, I got error "PlatformNotSupportedException". I realized that it is a problem on different locale on the PDA and the SQL Server. So I tried to re-install the SQL Server for another collation, which is Latin1_General_CI_AI. I have also set the collation to Latin1_General_CI_AI at database-level.

Unfortunately, in the Visual Studio Debugger, I found that the error message is

mscorlib.dll!System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CultureInfo(int culture = 3076, bool useUserOverride = true) + 0xc8 bytes

where the 3076 means Chinese (Hong Kong SAR, PRC) locale from MSDN.

Seems to me that I cannot really change the collation in this Express Edition.

How can I solve it?

Thanks

Hi Billy,

You can not change the Server setting for Collation order once SQL Express is installed, but you can set collation on a per database basis when you created it. I'm not sure if you can change the database collation order after it's created, but if you look up ALTER DATABASE in Books Online, I'm sure you'll find the answer.

Beyond that, where exactly are you installing SQL Express again? SQL Express wouldn't install on Windows Mobile 5.0 so you must be writing an app that connects to a server running SQL Express, or you are actually using SQL Compact Edition. If you are using SQLce, then you should post this question in the SQLce forum.

Mike

|||

Thanks Mike!

"You can not change the Server setting for Collation order once SQL Express is installed, but you can set collation on a per database basis when you created it. I'm not sure if you can change the database collation order after it's created, but if you look up ALTER DATABASE in Books Online, I'm sure you'll find the answer."

-> Yes, I understand that I cannot change Server Setting for Collation after installation. So I DID remove the whole SQL Server Express, and then install it again. At that moment, I selected "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AI", that's also what I can see from the SQL Server Management window. It is the same for the database collation setting, which was set to "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AI"

So, the problem comes that the actual running in the debugger shows a different collation (Chinese Hong Kong) while it run sqlclient code in the PDA. => That is for sure a contradiction with the server setting. So, what's the problem on this case and how to solve it?

"Beyond that, where exactly are you installing SQL Express again? SQL Express wouldn't install on Windows Mobile 5.0 so you must be writing an app that connects to a server running SQL Express, or you are actually using SQL Compact Edition. If you are using SQLce, then you should post this question in the SQLce forum."

I am using SQL Express in a local PC. And I try to write app using VB on PDA which connects to the PC SQL server.

|||

Hi Billy,

What code are you running to show the collation? Please provide a sample. Do you see similar results if you take the PDA out of the scenario and run code directly on the machine where SQL is installed?

Mike

|||

Hi Mike,

Well, below is the code I run.

Dim sqlConnection1 As New SqlConnection("Data Source=BILLY\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=rfidcps;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=*****; Password=******;")

Dim cmd As New SqlCommand

Dim reader As SqlDataReader

cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM Vehicle WHERE MainTagID = '" & "434" & "'"

Dim i As Integer = 0

cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text

cmd.Connection = sqlConnection1

sqlConnection1.Open()

reader = cmd.ExecuteReader()

And, the error comes out from executing "reader = cmd.ExecuteReader()", which shows something like this

System.PlatformNotSupportedException was unhandled
Message="PlatformNotSupportedException"
StackTrace:
at System.Globalization.CultureInfo..ctor()
at System.Globalization.CultureInfo..ctor()
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.GetCodePage()
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ProcessEnvChange()
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run()
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run()
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.Login()
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OpenAndLogin()
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection..ctor()
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open()
at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.QuietOpen()
at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.FillInternal()
at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill()
at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill()
at DeviceApplication1.rfidcpsDataSetTableAdapters.VehicleTableAdapter.Fill()
at DeviceApplication1.Form1.Form1_Load()
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad()
at System.Windows.Forms.Form._SetVisibleNotify()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Visible()
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run()
at DeviceApplication1.Form1.Main()

I asked similar question here and I found the collation requested by the server is actually not the one I set to the server

I tried to disconnect connection with the PDA and the server and it showed error in "sqlConnection1.Open()", which was absolutely the right things.

So, I drawed conclusion that the PDA can open the connection to SQL server but just failed to run "reader = cmd.ExecuteReader()"

Thanks for your help~

Best regards,

Billy

|||

I'm running this by a few folks I know to see if they have any ideas.

Mike

Problem Installing SQL Mobile 2005 Tools

I'm trying to install the SQL Mobile 2005 Server tools on a Windows 2003
Server with IIS & MSSQL 2000 sp4.

I've stuck .NET 2.0 on already, but the installer for the server tools
Sqlce30setupen.msi just goes straight to the last page of the wizard and says
the install was interrupted.

I've run the install with logging turned on and this is the last portion of
the trace. Can anyone shed any light on whats going wrong.

-><-

MSI (c) (9C:14) [14:12:35:912]: Doing action: FindRelatedProducts
Action start 14:12:35: FindRelatedProducts.
Action ended 14:12:35: FindRelatedProducts. Return value 1.
MSI (c) (9C:14) [14:12:35:912]: Doing action: AppSearch
Action start 14:12:35: AppSearch.
MSI (c) (9C:14) [14:12:35:912]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038
MSI (c) (9C:14) [14:12:35:912]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding IISROOTFOLDER
property. Its value is 'C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\'.
MSI (c) (9C:14) [14:12:35:912]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038
MSI (c) (9C:14) [14:12:35:912]: Note: 1: 1402 2:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL
Server\90\Tools\Shell\Services\{CA8A686A-0882-4e79-BCA3-AF3F3AB3EB8A} 3: 2
MSI (c) (9C:14) [14:12:35:912]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038
MSI (c) (9C:14) [14:12:35:912]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding MDACFOUND property.
Its value is '2.80.1022.0'.
MSI (c) (9C:14) [14:12:35:912]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038
MSI (c) (9C:14) [14:12:35:912]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ISIISINSTALLED
property. Its value is 'LocalSystem'.
MSI (c) (9C:14) [14:12:35:912]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038
MSI (c) (9C:14) [14:12:35:912]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding SQL2KREPLCLIENT
property. Its value is '{2FAD19D0-E309-11D2-B6E5-00C04F688E8F}'.
MSI (c) (9C:14) [14:12:35:928]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038
MSI (c) (9C:14) [14:12:35:928]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038
Action ended 14:12:35: AppSearch. Return value 1.
MSI (c) (9C:14) [14:12:35:928]: Skipping action: CheckOSVersion (condition
is false)
MSI (c) (9C:14) [14:12:35:928]: Doing action: CA_CheckInstalledSQL
Action start 14:12:35: CA_CheckInstalledSQL.
MSI (c) (9C:94) [14:12:35:943]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL:
C:\DOCUME~1\Charlie\LOCALS~1\Temp\1\MSIB.tmp, Entrypoint: CheckInstalledSQL
MSI (c) (9C:88) [14:12:35:943]: Cloaking enabled.
MSI (c) (9C:88) [14:12:35:943]: Attempting to enable all disabled priveleges
before calling Install on Server
MSI (c) (9C:88) [14:12:35:943]: Connected to service for CA interface.
Action ended 14:12:36: CA_CheckInstalledSQL. Return value 3.
MSI (c) (9C:14) [14:12:36:005]: Doing action: SetupCompleteError
Action start 14:12:36: SetupCompleteError.
MSI (c) (9C:54) [14:12:36:082]: Note: 1: 2731 2: 0
Action ended 14:13:33: SetupCompleteError. Return value 2.
Action ended 14:12:32: INSTALL. Return value 3.
MSI (c) (EC:00) [14:19:35:619]: Destroying RemoteAPI object.
MSI (c) (EC:0C) [14:19:35:619]: Custom Action Manager thread ending.
=== Logging stopped: 11/01/2006 14:19:35 ===
MSI (c) (EC:34) [14:19:35:619]: Note: 1: 1708
MSI (c) (EC:34) [14:19:35:619]: Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile
[ENU] Server Tools -- Installation operation failed.

-><-

thanks

// charlie

Are you able to repro on any other machine? From log it appears to me that, MDAC, IIS, and SQL 2K are all detected and their properties are changed appropriately. Is that WIN2K3 is upto SP1? If it is so, then only one thing left is .NET FX 2.0. Did you install .NET FX 2.0 after running the MSI and realizing that you need .NET FX 2.0 inorder to proceed?

Try out on a fresh clean PC and let us know how things go there?

Thanks,

Laxmi NRO, MSFT, SQL Mobile, Microsoft Corporation

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From your posting http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=202038&SiteID=1, I understand that you were finally able to install the tools. By the way, what was the problem you faced and how did you resolve it?

Thanks,

Laxmi NRO, MSFT, SQL Mobile, Microsoft Corporation