Cannot connect to Azure Analysis Service about daxstudio

[dgosbell]

Yep, that's the issue. While you have both the v13 and v14 providers installed the DAX Studio config entries to tell it to use the v14 providers are not present. The installer should add these when you choose the Azure Analysis Services install option, but you can just copy the attached file into your c:\program files\dax studio folder and remove the .txt extension so that it's just called daxstudio.exe.config (you'll have to delete the existing config file or rename it to something else first)
DaxStudio.exe.config.txt

[dgosbell]

So one possible reason for this error is that DAX Studio is using an older version of the Microsoft ADOMD library (that is not Azure aware). You need to be using the v14 libraries - these should be the ones that get installed when you choose the optional Azure AS support option in the installer.

Can you run the DAX Studio Checker program and paste the output back to this issue. That should tell us if you have the v14 providers installed and whether the DAX Studio config is set to use them.

[rapout83]

Thanks for the prompt reply.
Here's the result. from DAX Studio Check.

`Checking Operating System

OSCaption = Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
OSVersion = 10.0.16299
OSArchitecture = 64-bit
VisibleMemoryGB = 15.83
FreeMemoryGB = 7.38

Culture Name = en-US
Culture DisplayName = English (United States)
Culture EnglishName = English (United States)
Culture 2-Letter ISO Name = en
Culture DecimalSeparator = .
Culture GroupSeparator = ,
Culture CurrencySymbol = $
Culture ShortDatePattern = M/d/yyyy
Checking .Net Framework

v2.0.50727 -> 2.0.50727.4927
v2.0.50727\1033 -> 2.0.50727.4927
v2.0.50727\1042 -> 2.0.50727.4927
v3.0 -> 3.0.30729.4926
v3.0\Setup -> 3.0.30729.4926
v3.0\Setup\1033 -> 3.0.30729.4926
v3.0\Setup\1042 -> 3.0.30729.8795
v3.0\Setup\Windows Communication Foundation -> 3.0.4506.4926
v3.0\Setup\Windows Presentation Foundation -> 3.0.6920.4902
v3.5 -> 3.5.30729.4926
v3.5\1033 -> 3.5.30729.4926
v3.5\1042 -> 3.5.30729.5003
v4\Client -> 4.7.02556
v4\Client\1033 -> 4.7.02556
v4\Client\1042 -> 4.7.02556
v4\Full -> 4.7.02556
v4\Full\1033 -> 4.7.02556
v4\Full\1042 -> 4.7.02556
v4.0\Client -> 4.0.0.0

Checking AMO

PASS > Microsoft.AnalysisServices, Version=13.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91
PASS > Microsoft.AnalysisServices, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91
WARN > Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.AnalysisServices, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)

Checking ADOMD.NET

PASS > Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient, Version=13.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91
PASS > Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91
WARN > Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)

Dax Studio Configuration

Path: "C:\Program Files\DAX Studio\DaxStudio.exe"
Processing DaxStudio.exe.config file...
Path: 'C:\Program Files\DAX Studio\DaxStudio.exe.config'
Bindings Found: 9
AMO : 13.0.0.0
ADOMD : 13.0.0.0

Checking Excel Add-in

Detected Excel Version: 16 - Excel_v16
Excel Path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
Excel Architecture: x64

DAX Studio Excel Add-in Registry keys
Description: Dax Studio Excel Add-In
FriendlyName: Dax Studio Excel Add-In
Manifest: file:///C:/Program Files/DAX Studio/DaxStudio.vsto|vstolocal
LoadBehavior: 3

Checking for Excel 2010 Disabled Add-ins
PASS > No Disabled items found.
Checking for Excel 2013 Disabled Add-ins
PASS > No Disabled items found.
Checking for Excel 2016 Disabled Add-ins
PASS > No Disabled items found.

Attempting to load Excel Add-in:
PASS > Loaded Excel Add-in: DaxStudio, Version=2.7.1.99, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null

Checking VSTO Configuration
Architecture: x64
v4
Version 10.0.60301
Install 1
InstallerPath C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe
v4M
VSTOMFeature_UNM 1
VSTOMFeature_CLR35 1
VSTOMFeature_CLR40 1

`

[rapout83]

This worked perfectly!! Thanks a lot for your help!!!

[dgosbell]

Cool, I'm glad that you are up and running :) Microsoft is working on a different method for distributing these providers, so hopefully in an upcoming release we can remove the need for the installer to try and insert the correct bindings into the config file.