MS Excel cannot read the Roles definition on Analysis Service cube

Hello,
While using Analysis Service connection via Excel, apparently it does not automatically provide Roles or EffectiveUserName in the connection string based on username/password we provide. We must manually edit the connection string.
Does this thing already defined as bugs, or there is other explanation ? Is there any related with this ?
Thanks.

Hi Prayijana,
In your scenario, you said that you need to manually edit the connection string for different users to connect to SQL Server Analsysi Services Multidimensional database, right?
When using excel to interact with a SSAS cube, we can use the default settings "Use the authenticated user's account". In this case, excel will use the current account to connect SSAS cube. If the account has a matched role on the databse,
then he can access to the cube.
If this is not what you, please provide us more informantion, so that we can make further analysis.
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