Here’s how to interpret the SSAS “attribute key cannot be found” message.
Example error:
Errors in the OLAP storage engine: The attribute key cannot be found: Table:
dbo_vw_cs_categorysales, Column: cs_sto_id, Value: 50. Errors in the OLAP
storage engine: The record was skipped because the attribute key was not
found. Attribute: Store of Dimension: dimStores from Database: b2s, Cube:
CatSales Lab, Measure Group: Vw Cs Categorysales, Partition: Vw Cs
Categorysales, Record: 17.
Errors in the OLAP storage engine: The attribute key cannot be found:
Table: dbo_vw_cs_categorysales, Column: cs_sto_id, Value: 50. Errors in the
OLAP storage engine: The record was skipped because the attribute key was
not found. Attribute: Store of Dimension: dimStores from Database: b2s,
Cube: CatSales Lab, Measure Group: Vw Cs Categorysales, Partition: Vw Cs
Categorysales, Record: 17. Errors in the OLAP storage engine: The process
operation ended because the number of errors encountered during processing
reached the defined limit of allowable errors for the operation. Errors in
the OLAP storage engine: An error occurred while processing the ‘Vw Cs
Categorysales’ partition of the ‘Vw Cs Categorysales’ measure group for the
‘CatSales Lab’ cube from the b2s database.
Solution – see picture:
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Hey, wow! Thanks. You helped me quickly figure out a late night error. Great idea using the picture! 1000 words and all that.