ErrorCodes

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Enumerates error codes. Use this enumerator to determine the meaning of a returned error code in Decision Support Objects (DSO).

Constant	Description
mderrAcceptError	An internal error has occurred on the specified Analysis server.
mderrAcquireCreditsError	An internal error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrAggregationUsageNotCustom	The EnableAggregations property cannot be set for levels in dimensions whose AggregationUsage property is not dimAggUsageCustom.
mderrBadParameterForServiceState	Invalid service state parameter on the computer.
mderrBadRequest	An internal request related error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrBindError	An internal bind related error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrCalculateError	An internal calculation related error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrCanceled	The specified transaction was canceled.
mderrCannotAddVirtualDimension	Cannot add a virtual dimension because its source dimension is not in the database.
mderrCannotChangeRemoteServer	Cannot change the RemoteServer property after it has been set.
mderrCannotCloneObjectIntoItself	Cannot clone an object into itself.
mderrCannotCommitDatabase	Unable to create a database on the Analysis server.
mderrCannotCreatePartition	No system partition is available for this operation. System partitions have been programmatically defined as user partitions. User-defined partitions are available only if you install Analysis Services for Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Enterprise.
mderrCannotCreateVirtualDimensionFromAnother	Cannot create a virtual dimension based on another virtual dimension.
mderrCannotDeleteDataSource	At least one object has a reference to the data source, so the data source cannot be deleted.
mderrCannotDeleteDimension	A dimension cannot be deleted because it is used in a cube.
mderrCannotDeleteLastPartition	Cannot delete the last partition in a cube. (A cube must have at least one partition.)
mderrCannotDeleteLevel	Cannot delete a level if it is used in a virtual dimension.
mderrCannotDeleteMemberProperty	Cannot delete a member property if it is used in a virtual dimension.
mderrCannotEnableRealTimeUpdatesWithoutIndexedViews	Cannot enable real time updates on the specified partition without indexed views.
mderrCannotExecFuncError	Cannot execute a function in a user-defined function library.
mderrCannotModifySharedObject	Cannot change a property of a shared dimension (or subordinate level) used in a cube.
mderrCannotRemoveMeasureFromDefaultAggregation	Cannot remove a measure from an aggregation created by the partition analyzer.
mderrCannotRenameObject	Only temporary objects can be renamed.
mderrCannotSaveInsideTransaction	Cannot save objects inside a DSO transaction.
mderrCellCalculationsNotAvailable	Calculated cells are available only if you install Analysis Services for Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Enterprise.
mderrChildProcessFailed	A child process failed within a transaction.
mderrClassError	An internal class error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrCollectionItemNotFound	Raised if you try to remove an item from a collection that does not exist in the collection.
mderrCollectionReadOnly	Cannot add an object to, or remove an object from, a collection that is read-only.
mderrCOMError	An internal COM error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrCompatibilityError	An internal compatibility related error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrConnectError	An error occurred while connecting to an Analysis server.
mderrCorruptedProperty	A corrupted property was found while merging partitions.
mderrCorruptedRegistrySettings	One or more registry settings in use by Analysis Services has been corrupted.
mderrCouldInitiateCubeUpdate	Could not initiate a cube update.
mderrCouldInitiateDimensionUpdate	Could not initiate a dimension update.
mderrCouldNotLockObject	Raised if you try to lock an object that is already locked (by a different application).
mderrCouldNotLogMissingMemberKeyErrors	Could not write errors regarding missing member key errors to the log file.
mderrCouldNotOpenService	The Analysis server runs as a Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 or Windows® 2000 service. This error is raised if the service could not be opened. For more information about the mderrCouldNotOpenService error, see the Microsoft Win32® API documentation.
mderrCouldNotOpenServiceControlManager	The Analysis server runs as a Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 service. This error is raised if the service control manager could not be opened. For more information about the mderrCouldNotOpenServiceControlManager error, see the Microsoft Win32® API documentation.
mderrCouldNotQueryTheService	The Analysis server runs as a Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 service. This error is raised if the service could not be queried. For more information about the CouldNotQueryTheService error, see the Microsoft Win32 API documentation.
mderrCouldNotUnLockObject	The specified object could not be unlocked.
mderrCubeDimHasNoDatabaseDim	The specified dimension to be associated with a cube does not have a corresponding database dimension.
mderrCubeNotProcessed	The specified cube has not yet been processed.
mderrCustomRollupsNotAvailable	Custom rollups are available only if you install Analysis Services for Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Enterprise.
mderrDataError	An internal data related error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrDefinitionCannotBeEmpty	An empty definition was found while merging partitions.
mderrDefinitionDoesNotContainNameAndValue	A definition which does not contain a name and value was found while merging partitions.
mderrDeletingTablesOutsideOfTransaction	Tables cannot be deleted outside of a transaction.
mderrDifferentAggregationDatasources	Partitions cannot be merged because source and target partitions have different relational data sources.
mderrDifferentAggregationNumber	Partitions cannot be merged because source and target partitions have different numbers of aggregations.
mderrDifferentAggregationOLAPMode	Partitions cannot be merged because source and target partitions have different storage modes.
mderrDifferentAggregationStructure	Partitions cannot be merged because source and target partitions have different structures or storage modes.
mderrDifferentRemoteServers	Cannot merge two partitions that are on different servers.
mderrDimensionChangingCannotAddLevel	The specified changing dimension is being used in a cube, and either does not support adding a new lowest level, or it has an AggregationUsage property value other than dimAggUsageDetailsOnly and dimAggUsageStandard, and does not allow changing the top level.
mderrDimensionLockedByCube	Dimension is locked because it is currently being used in a cube. Remove the dimension from the cube to unlock the dimension.
mderrDimensionMemberNotFound	A member was found in the fact table, but not in the dimension.
mderrDimensionNotInUnderlyingCubes	Cannot add to a virtual cube a dimension that is not in any of the cubes on which the virtual cube is based.
mderrDimensionWritebackNotAvailable	Dimension writebacks are available only if you install Analysis Services for Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Enterprise.
mderrDuplicateKeyInCollection	Cannot add to a collection an item with the same name as an item already in the collection.
mderrExecuteSQL	An error occurred while attempting to execute a SQL statement against a data source.
mderrFileError	An internal file system error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrFormulaError	An internal formula related error has occurred.
mderrFuncNotSupportedError	An unsupported function was called by a Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) statement.
mderrIllegalMeasureType	Invalid measure data type found in returned SQL rowset.
mderrIllegalObjectName	Cannot assign an invalid name to an object.
mderrImpersonateError	An internal error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrInconsistentAggregations	An inconsistency has been found in the aggregations of a specified partition or partitions.
mderrInitializationFailed	Processing could not be initialized on the specified DSO object.
mderrInternal	An internal error occurred within the DSO library.
mderrInternetError	An error occurred with a linked cube that is available through an HTTP connection.
mderrinvalidAggregateFunction	An invalid aggregate function was specified.
mderrInvalidAggregationLevel	An invalid aggregation level was specified.
mderrInvalidAggUsage	The AggregationUsage property is incompatible with current settings for the dimension.
mderrInvalidCubeBadFactTableAlias	The SourceTableAlias property is set incorrectly.
mderrInvalidCubeDrillThroughNotProperlyDefined	The drillthrough options for the cube are not correctly defined.
mderrInvalidCubeInconsistentAggregations	Cannot create a cube with a distinct count measure and add aggregations that are not compatible with the distinct count function.
mderrInvalidCubeMultipleDistinctCountMeasures	Cannot create a cube with more than one measure with an AggregateFunction value of aggDistinctCount.
mderrInvalidCubeNoVisibleDimensions	Cannot create a cube without at least one visible dimension or visible calculated member.
mderrInvalidCubeNoVisibleMeasures	Cannot create a cube without at least one visible measure.
mderrInvalidDataType	An invalid data type was specified.
mderrInvalidDimensionBadAreMemberKeysUnique	The AreMemberKeysUnique property is set to True on a dimension with at least one level with AreMemberKeysUnique set to False.
mderrInvalidDimensionBadAreMemberNamesUnique	The AreMemberNamesUnique property is set to True on a dimension with at least one level with AreMemberNamesUnique set to False.
mderrInvalidDimensionBadDependsOnDimension	The DependsOnDimension property refers to a nonexistent dimension.
mderrInvalidDimensionLevelsAfterHiddenMustBeUnique	Must have nonunique keys in levels that are below a hidden level.
mderrInvalidDimensionNoMemberValues	Cannot create a dimension that is unrelated to the fact table and has levels without custom rollup expressions or custom rollup columns.
mderrInvalidDimensionNoVisibleLevels	Cannot create a dimension without at least one visible level.
mderrInvalidDimensionParentChildInvalidLevel	Cannot create a parent-child dimension that contains a non-parent-child level that is not an (All) level.
mderrInvalidDimensionParentChildLevelMissing	Cannot create a parent-child dimension without a parent-child level.
mderrInvalidLevelBadCustomRollupColumn	The level has an invalid value for its CustomRollupColumn property.
mderrInvalidLevelBadOrderingMemberProperty	The OrderingMemberProperty for the level does not refer to a member property of the level.
mderrInvalidLevelBadParentKey	A parent-child level has an invalid value for its ParentKeyColumn property.
mderrInvalidLevelBadSkippedLevelsColumn	A parent-child level has an invalid value for its SkippedLevelsColumn property.
mderrInvalidLevelConflictingMemberProperties	A member property has a Caption that is in use by another member property with an identical language setting.
mderrInvalidLevelGrouping	The value of the Grouping property is invalid for the current dimension.
mderrInvalidLevelNamingTemplate	The LevelNamingTemplate property can lead to conflicting level names and may cause problems during processing.
mderrInvalidLockType	The LockType argument value specified in the LockObject method of a DSO object is invalid. For more information about valid lock types, see OlapLockTypes.
mderrInvalidMeasure	An invalid measure was specified.
mderrInvalidParent	An object that is not a member of a collection has no parent.
mderrInvalidPartBadFactTableAlias	The SourceTableAlias property is set incorrectly.
mderrInvalidPermission	An invalid member security attribute was specified in the SetPermissions method of a DSO Role object.
mderrInvalidProcessType	An invalid process type was specified in the Process method of a DSO object. For more information about valid process types, see ProcessTypes.
mderrInvalidPropertySetting	Cannot add an object to, or remove an object from, a collection that is read-only.
mderrInvalidRelatedColumn	An invalid column name was specified in the RelatedColumn property of a DSO clsColumn object.
mderrInvalidRemotePartition	The RemoteServer property is empty or contains the name of a nonexistent partition.
mderrInvalidRemoteServerName	The RemoteServer property is empty or contains the name of a nonexistent server.
mderrInvalidSourceOlapObject	An invalid object was specified in the SourceOlapObject property of a DSO clsColumn object.
mderrInvalidStructure	The structure of the object that raised the error is invalid.
mderrInvalidTransactionOperation	Unable to begin, commit, or rollback a transaction on a DSO clsDatabase object. In the case of the BeginTrans method, another transaction is in process. In the case of the CommitTrans or Rollback methods, no transaction is currently in process.
mderrInvalidVirtualDimensionMustHaveAllLevel	Cannot create a virtual dimension that does not contain an (All) level.
mderrLastLevelMustBeUnique	The settings for the dimension require the AreMemberKeysUnique property of the last level in the dimension to be True.
mderrLinkedCubeCannotChangeProperty	Cannot change the values of the properties ColumnType and AggregationFunction for a measure in a linked cube.
mderrLinkedCubeInvalidConnectionString	The ConnectionString property for the linked cube object contains incorrect or incomplete information. It must refer to a server in Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Analysis Services.
mderrLinkedCubeInvalidServer	The publishing and subscribing servers need to be different when creating a linked cube.
mderrLinkedCubeInvalidSourceCube	The name of the published cube is invalid, or the user does not have adequate permissions to query the cube.
mderrLinkedCubeNoAggregationsAllowed	Aggregations are not allowed for linked cubes.
mderrLinkedCubeNotEnoughDimensions	While creating a linked cube, no dimensions were found in the specified source cube.
mderrLinkedCubesNotAvailable	Linked cubes are available only if you install Analysis Services for Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Enterprise.
mderrLinkedCubeSynchronizationFailed	Linked cube structure synchronization between subscribing server and publishing server failed.
mderrListenError	An internal error related to real-time updates has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrLoadDLLError	An error occurred while loading a user-defined function library.
mderrLockAccessError	Unable to lock an object already locked.
mderrLockCannotBeObtained	Unable to obtain a lock from the server.
mderrLockDescriptionTooLong	Lock description is longer than permitted.
mderrLockFileCorrupted	The server reported that the lock file is corrupted.
mderrLockFileMissing	The server reported that the lock file is missing.
mderrLockNetworkDown	Network error.
mderrLockNetworkNameNotFound	Cannot find name on the network.
mderrLockNetworkPathNotFound	Cannot find this network path.
mderrLockNotEnoughMemory	There is not enough memory available to create a lock on a DSO object using the LockObject method.
mderrLockObjectNotLocked	Cannot unlock an object that is not locked.
mderrLockSystemError	A lock cannot be obtained because of an unknown error.
mderrMeasureDoesNotHaveValidSourceColumn	Cannot add a measure to a virtual cube if the name of the measure's source column is not in the correct format.
mderrMemberPropertyNotFound	The member property was not found.
mderrMemoryError	An internal memory related error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrMergedPartitionsMustBothUseIndexedViewsOrTables	Partitions to be merged must both use either indexed views or aggregation tables.
mderrMiningModelNotProcessed	The mining model cannot be updated because it has not yet been processed.
mderrNameCannotBeChanged	Cannot change a DSO object name unless the object is a temporary object.
mderrNameCannotBeEmpty	An object cannot have an empty name.
mderrNetworkError	An internal network related error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrNoConnectionToServer	A connection cannot be opened on the specified Analysis server.
mderrNoEntryPointError	An entry point could not be found while loading a user-defined function library.
mderrObjectCantBeProcessedWithItsDimensions	A dimension used by the specified DSO object has already been processed in the same transaction.
mderrObjectChangedByAnotherApp	Cannot save object because it was not locked and was changed by another object.
mderrObjectIsNotWriteLocked	Cannot update an object that is not write-locked.
mderrObsoleteError	The reference to a DSO object has become obsolete.
mderrODBC	An internal error has occurred in an ODBC data source provider.
mderrODBCError	An internal ODBC related error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrOSError	An internal operating system related error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrPartitionMustBeProcessed	The partition associated with the specified DSO object must first be processed.
mderrProcessError	An internal processing error has occurred within the DSO library.
mderrPropertyCannotBeChanged	Property cannot be changed in this context.
mderrPropertyCollectionCannotBeChanged	An internal error occurred while merging partitions.
mderrRealTimeUpdatesNotAvailable	Real-time updates are available only if you install Analysis Services for Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Enterprise.
mderrRegistryConnectFailed	An error occurred while connecting to the registry.
mderrRegistryOpenKeyFailed	An error occurred while opening a registry key.
mderrRegistryQueryValueFailed	An error occurred while retrieving a value from a registry key.
mderrRemotePartitionCannotHaveWriteableDimension	A remote partition cannot contain a write-enabled dimension.
mderrRepositoryConnectionFailed	Object repository may be read-only.
mderrRepositoryConnectionStringChanged	Another application has changed the repository connection string for the specified Analysis Server. You need to close and reopen this server connection in order to continue.
mderrRepositoryIncompatible	Repository is incompatible with this version of DSO. Verify that your DSO version is compatible with your repository version.
mderrRepositoryUpgradeFailed	An error occurred while attempting to update the repository for the specified Analysis server.
mderrRevertError	An internal error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrROLAPDimensionsNotAvailable	Relational OLAP (ROLAP) dimensions are available only if you install Analysis Services for Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Enterprise.
mderrROLAPDimensionsRequireROLAPPartition	Cannot add a relational OLAP (ROLAP) dimension to a non-ROLAP partition.
mderrSecurityError	An internal security error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrSelectError	An internal SQL error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrServerInternal	An internal error has occurred on the specified Analysis server.
mderrServerObjectNotFound	The specified Analysis server could not be found.
mderrServerObjectNotOpened	The specified Analysis server was not opened before attempting an action with an object associated with the Analysis server.
mderrSkippedLevelsNotAvailable	Skipped levels and ragged hierarchies are available only if you install Analysis Services for Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Enterprise.
mderrSourceDoesNotExist	Cannot merge partitions because the source partition does not exist.
mderrStructureHasChanged	The structure of the specified object has changed.
mderrTargetDoesNotExist	Cannot merge partitions because the target partition does not exist.
mderrTimeOut	Connection to the Analysis server timed out.
mderrTimeoutError	A timeout error has occurred on the Analysis server.
mderrTooManyDimensionMembers	More than the allowed maximum of 64,000 dimension member children for a single parent member.
mderrTooManyLevelsInDimension	The maximum number of ungrouped levels in a dimension is 64, that is, 63 plus an (All) level.
mderrTooManyMissingMemberKeys	The maximum number of dimension key processing errors has been exceeded.
mderrUnexpectedError	An unexpected internal error has occurred.
mderrUnsuccesfullServiceOperation	The Analysis server service (MSSQLServerOLAPService) is not running on the specified computer.
mderrUserDefinedPartitionsNotAvailable	User-defined partitions are available only if you install Analysis Services for Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Enterprise.
mderrValidateLastLevelMustBeUnique	The AreMemberKeysUnique property is set to False on the last level of a regular dimension with IsChanging set to True.