Hi,
I have recently set up a server that holds both SQL Server DB and SSAS DB (i.e. I want to process cube on same server as the underlying DB).
The server is a Proliant DL560 GenB ( 4x Xeon (each 8 core with 16 logical processors)) with 128GB RAM
I have a Fact table with two years of data partitioned into week chunks, each approx. 10M rows.
I have created a very simple cube centred on this fact table with foreign key links onto 5 dims (Date,Time,Loc,Prod and Status).
When I try and deploy onto SSAS DB, it takes a horrendous amount of time, indeed it hasn't yet finished. Last run failed at 5 hrs (limited only be my query timeout). The error message is usually :
OLE DB error: OLEDB or ODBC error : Query timeout expired; HYT00
I am clearly missing something obvious in terms of how I am allocating resources to/between SQL and SSAS areas. I can see it is trying to process the partitions in parallel.
Is there any basic advice you can provide in terms of server or SQL DB or SSASDB or cube properties so that I can see what is causing the problem. I was expecting it to be rapid...!
Many thanks for your help,
Ken
