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Comment on Why PowerPivot requires ‘classic-mode’ web applications by powerpivotgeek

powerpivotgeek — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:58:55 +0000

No. This is a limitation of the SharePoint 2010 implementation. We will require a classic web application.

Comment on How much data can I load into PowerPivot? by powerpivotgeek

powerpivotgeek — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:56:28 +0000

You are likely running into memory limitations. Building from scratch uses less memory because there are no shadow folders created.

Comment on PowerPivot for Excel add-in is not coming up in Excel by Somnath

Somnath — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:02:06 +0000

The powerpivot was installed but did not appear in the Ribbon. Later I have found the simple solution:
Open Excel 2010
1. File – > Option – > Add-ins
2. Manage – > Disable Items
3. Select PowerPivot – > Enable

It appears on the Ribbon.

Comment on Changing service accounts and handling password resets by karan gulati

karan gulati — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:22:02 +0000

Step 1 – its written to change startup account from services.msc but for all SQL Services recommended way of changing startup account is SQL Server Configuration Manager.

Comment on How much data can I load into PowerPivot? by Ling

Ling — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:37:50 +0000

I run into this error, when I am trying to update the powerpivot from the source – the file size is not even 120MG.

Memory error: Allocation failure : Not enough storage is available to process the command. The Operation has been cancelled.

However, if I build it from scratch – import the individual 5 excels in, there is no problem.

Do you happen to know why?
Thanks.

Comment on Collation, Localization and Globalization, oh my! by From SQL to DAX: String Comparison | SQLBI

From SQL to DAX: String Comparison | SQLBI — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:36:23 +0000

[...] according to the collation setting of your Analysis Services instance (for PowerPivot it depends on the workbook). However, functions like FIND and SUBSTITUTE are always case-sensitive, whereas SEARCH is always [...]

Comment on How to report bugs and DCRs by Ankush Goyal

Ankush Goyal — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:16:32 +0000

In my Power Pivot some of the measure are not showing up when connecting it by SSMS or separate excel.
But those measures are visible from the sheet embedded in the same excel of power pivot.

Comment on PowerPivot for Excel add-in is not coming up in Excel by chadmat

chadmat — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:24:38 +0000

This issue can also occur if their is CLR/.NET corruption in regkey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion.

Rename the key to something else, reboot, and try again.

Comment on Installation failure: “Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.AnalysisServices.SharePoint.Integration.dll’ . . . by Ade

Ade — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:04:32 +0000

Many Thanks… The solution worked .

Comment on The data connection uses Windows Authentication and user credentials could not be delegated by SP10

SP10 — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:05:41 +0000

I did start Claims to Windows Service Token.
But that did not fix the issue.

Any ideas?