Thursday, April 28, 2011

SSAS Error in processing a dimension : HYT00 , Query Timeout Expired

A dimension that was working fine on SQL server analysis server started to give the following error :
OLE DB Error: OLE DB or ODBC error: Query timeout expired; HYT00.


After doing the following the dimension processes just fine now. There is a timeout for external data queries defined in the sql server analysis services properties. You can get to it from ssms - right click the analysis server as shown and select properties:



And then select "Show Advanced (All) Properties" as shown:


Edit the current value of "ExternalCommandTimeout" as shown:

And click Ok.
You can open the Properties / Show Advanced view again to verify that the settings took:

Enjoy!

1 comment:

  1. I am getting a timeout error in SSIS...when I try to process the Cube with a big measure group....is it the same way to fix it?

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