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FIX: Calculated members in a SQL Server 2008 database are not evaluated, and the advanced filters return unexpected results when you run the Filter function in an Excel 2007 PivotTable report


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Symptoms

When you run the Filter function in a PivotTable report in a Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) workbook to query a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database, calculated members in this database are not evaluated by the Filter function. Additionally, the advanced filters return unexpected results.

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Resolution

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 2. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2008, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
958186 Cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2008
Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 fix release. We recommend that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
956909 The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 was released

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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More information

For more information about what files are changed, and for information about any prerequisites to apply the cumulative update package that contains the hotfix that is described in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
958186 Cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2008

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References

For more information about the list of builds that are available after the release of SQL Server 2008, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
956909 The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 was released
For more information about the Incremental Servicing Model for SQL Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
935897 An Incremental Servicing Model is available from the SQL Server team to deliver hotfixes for reported problems
For more information about the naming schema for SQL Server updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
822499 New naming schema for Microsoft SQL Server software update packages
For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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Keywords: KB959774, kbfix, kbqfe, kbexpertiseadvanced, kbhotfixserver

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Article Info
Article ID : 959774
Revision : 1
Created on : 11/18/2008
Published on : 11/18/2008
Exists online : False
Views : 457