Data could not be retrieved from the external data source

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Data could not be retrieved from the external data source

tt-615680

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December 13, 2011 at 4:30 am

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Hi All,
I'm trying to retrieve data from excel be connectiong through Analysis Services and I keep getting the following error message:
Data could not be retrieved from the external data source. Error message returned by external data source:
The "DATABASE NAME" cube either does not exist or has not been processed.
Would anyone let me know what I need to do to get back the Cube please.
Thank you in advance.

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 1

Are you trying to connect to SSAS from an Excel sheet, or are you trying to connect from SSAS to an Excel file?

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Koen Verbeeck (12/16/2011)
Are you trying to connect to SSAS from an Excel sheet, or are you trying to connect from SSAS to an Excel file?

Thank you for your response!

I'm trying to connect from SSAS to an Excel file.

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 3

tt-615680 (12/21/2011)
Koen Verbeeck (12/16/2011)
Are you trying to connect to SSAS from an Excel sheet, or are you trying to connect from SSAS to an Excel file?
Thank you for your response!
I'm trying to connect from SSAS to an Excel file.

That is not possible I think.

You can connect inside an Excel file to an SSAS cube though.

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arun1_m1 SSCommitted Points: 1949 More actions · Answer 4

Hi ,

As I understand from your query , you want to create a SSAS cube from the excel data. If I am correct then the below link should help you with the information.

[http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/creating-data-cubes-using-excel-and-text-files-HA001012712.aspx]

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arun1_m1 (12/21/2011)
Hi ,
As I understand from your query , you want to create a SSAS cube from the excel data. If I am correct then the below link should help you with the information.
[http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/creating-data-cubes-using-excel-and-text-files-HA001012712.aspx]

I tried it, but I don't get the option to launch the OLAP wizard.

It is quite an old version they are speaking of 🙂

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