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This article helps you work around the problem that occurs when you try to get the properties and members of a Dimension Hierarchy by using XML for Analysis (XMLA) script.

Original product version:   SQL Server 2016 Business Intelligence, SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services
Original KB number:   4038458

Symptoms

Assume that you have Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services (SSAS 2016) installed. When you try to obtain the properties of a specific Dimension Hierarchy and its members by using XMLA script in SSAS 2016, no results are returned.

Note

  • The same XMLA script works in SQL Server 2014 Analysis Services or earlier versions of SQL Server Analysis Services.
  • This issue only occurs when HierarchyUniqueNameStyle is set to ExcludeDimensionName.

Cause

This issue occurs because value ExcludeDimensionName was meant only for supporting old databases, such as SQL Server 2000 or 2005. If HierarchyUniqueNameStyle is set to ExcludeDimensionName, any XMLA request that includes DIMENSION_UNIQUE_NAME in the RestrictionList produces empty results.

Workaround

To work around this issue, set the value of HierarchyUniqueNameStyle to IncludeDimensionName in the cube dimension object.