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PowerPivot for Excel failed to connect MSOLAP


Am trying to connect SQL Server Analysis Services from PowerPivot for Excel. This was working fine and if I use existing connections it works fine. But when I try to create a new connection throw an error as below:

Failed to connect to the Server. Reason 'MSOLAP' provider is not registered on the local machine.

Version of SQL Sever am using is 2012.

Any clues?


Solution

  • Looks like you are missing "Microsoft® Analysis Services OLE DB Provider for Microsoft® SQL Server®"

    You should be able to find the component if you search for "Microsoft® SQL Server® Feature Pack" (SQL 2012 version (MSOLAP.5) here) - you then need to expand the "Install Instructions" section to find the "Microsoft® Analysis Services OLE DB Provider for Microsoft® SQL Server®" section.

    (For reference, MSOLAP.4 is in the SQL Server 2008 R2 feature pack)