Details on Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Connection

This dialog is used to configure a connection to a Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services cube. You can choose whether to analyze data in-database or to import it into your analysis. You do not have to install a driver on your computer to access data from Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services in Spotfire.

To add a new Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services connection to the library:

On the menu bar, select Data > Manage Data Connections.
Click Add New > Data Connection and select Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.

To add a new Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services connection to an analysis:

Click Files and data .
In the Files and data flyout, click Connect to.
In the list of connectors, click Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.
In the Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services flyout, click New connection.

Option	Description
Server	The name of the server where your data is located. To include a port number, add it directly after the name preceded by colon. To include an instance name, add it directly after the server name preceded by backslash. Example with port number: myDatabaseServer:1234 Example with instance name: MyDatabaseServer\InstanceName
Authentication method	The authentication method to use when logging in to the external data source. Choose from: Windows authentication Username and password Note: You can use Username and password authentication only if you connect to Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services over HTTP, for example when you connect to an Azure Analysis Services instance.
Username	[Only available if you selected the authentication method Username and password.] The name of the user account you wish to use when logging into Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.
Password	[Only available if you selected the authentication method Username and password.] The password for the specified username.
Connect	Connects you to the specified server and populates the lists of available databases and cubes below. Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services only supports Windows authentication.
Database	Select the database of interest from the drop-down list.
Cube	Select the cube of interest from the drop-down list.
Preferred language	If localized data exist in the cube, you can select your preferred language to use when analyzing the data in Spotfire.

Advanced

Option

Description

Command timeout (seconds)

[You can only configure the settings for this option after you have clicked Connect on the General tab, to connect to the Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services server.]

Specifies the maximum time, in seconds, allowed for a command to be executed.

Note: By default, this field is left blank, and the default timeout settings in the data source driver will be used.

Allow sets in MDX where clauses

[You can only configure the settings for this option after you have clicked Connect on the General tab, to connect to the Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services server.]

Because of limitations in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services, errors can sometimes occur in the external data source when queries that include MDX sets are generated from Spotfire. If you encounter such errors in your connection, you can clear this check box. When the check box is cleared, queries from Spotfire to the external data source are formatted differently, in a way that can resolve such errors related to MDX sets.

By default, this check box is selected.