Excel 2013 connection wizard cannot connect to SSAS cubes

When trying to connect to an SSAS cube from connection wizard in Excel 2013, the error message "Unable to connect to data source. Reason: Unable to locate database server.
Steps.
1. In Excel 2013 (Office Standard), from Data ribbon, select From Other Sources -> From Analysis Service
2. Enter server name and click next
3. The error meesage appears.
However, when choosing an exsiting connection to the same server/cube using an odc file, the connection succeeds. The server name in the connection property is exactly the same as what entered in step 2.
Also, using SQL Server Management Studio to connect the server also succeeds.

Hi Pichai,
You are trying to connect to SQL Server Analysis Services database in EXCEL 2013 without success, right?
In your scenario, what the version of your SQL Server? Office 2007 installs data providers from SQL Server 2005. Office 2010 installs data providers from SQL Server 2008. Office 2013 installs data providers from SQL Server 2012. If you are using multiple
versions of Office or SQL Server, and connections or feature availability are not what you expect, you might need to install a newer version of the data providers.
Reference
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-IN/library/dn141152.aspx
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