SSAS error when processing the cube
Every couple of weeks I see this SSAS error when processing one of my cubes:
Internal error: Invalid enumeration value. Please call...
2011-05-13
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Notes from SQLRally Orlando–Part 2
Everything went well on Thursday. No major delays at check-in was a good start, and everything going according to plan....
2011-05-13
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Re-blog – May 6-12
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-05-13
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An Update To My Previous Post
I have picked Row compression and moved it out of [Primary] and into its own FileGroup and .NDF file. I’ve...
2011-05-13
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Project Management: Dedicated vs. Shared Resources
As an infrastructure type person, I typically represent a "shared" resource. What that means is I'm not dedicated to just...
2011-05-13
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Please vote for my SQLPASS precon and sessions
A few days ago, SQLPASS opened the voting for the precon’s and sessions for the annual
SQLPASS community summit. I’ve also...
2011-05-12
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A curious case of a missing configuration group.
G’day,
I recently received a brand new windows 7 virtual machine for my every day work use and one of the first things...
2011-05-12
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Notes from SQLRally Orlando
Tuesday afternoon started with me being an unexpected behind schedule, and then another interruption or two, but by 4:30 pm...
2011-05-12
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SQL Rally Day 1 PreCon
Yesterday was the first day of the SQL Rally conference in Orlando, FL.It was a great first day because I...
2011-05-12
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Clean Code is Easier to Read – SQL Prompt
I saw a post recently that had query that looked like this:
select a.*,name, b.*
from sys.database_principals a, sys.database_permissions b
where permission_name...
2011-05-12
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Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
Forums
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The Hidden Security Risks of Role Combination in SSAS Tabular
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The Empty Aggregate
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Question of the Day
The Empty Aggregate
I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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