The requested operation could not be performed because OLE DB provider "MSOLAP" for linked server does not support the required transaction interface.

Question

I am getting the following error when attempting to INSERT the results of an "EXEC(@MDXQuery) at SSAS LinkedServer":
The requested operation could not be performed because OLE DB provider "MSOLAP" for linked server does not support the required transaction interface.
Here is code that illustrates what I am doing:
DECLARE @MDX varchar(max);
SET @MDX='
SELECT
[Measures].[Extended Service Count]
} ON COLUMNS,
NON EMPTY [Organization].[By Manufacturer].[Manufacturer]
ON ROWS
FROM (
SELECT
{[Organization].[Org Tree].&[2025],[Organization].[Org Tree].&[2040]} ON 0
FROM [MyCube]
/* Test 1 */
EXECUTE(@MDX) at SSASLinkedServer;
/* Test 2 */
DECLARE @ResultsB TABLE (
Manufacturer varchar(255)
, ExtendedServiceCount float
INSERT INTO @ResultsB (Manufacturer, ExtendedServiceCount) EXECUTE(@MDX) at SSASLinkedServer;
Test 1 succeeds, returning expected results, and Test 2 fails returning the error mentioned above.
Other articles I've found so far don't seem to apply to my case.  I am not creating any explicit transactions in my code.   When I use OPENQUERY, I am able to do the insert just fine, but not when I use EXEC @MDX at LinkedServer.
Unfortunately in some variations of the query, I run into the 8800 character limit on OPENQUERY, so I need to use this other approach.
Any ideas?
-Tab Alleman

Answer 1

Hi Tab,
In this case, SQL Server Analysis Services doesn’t support Distributed Transactions by design. Here is a similar thread about this issue for your reference, please see:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/8b07be45-01b6-49d4-b773-9f441c0e44c9/olaplinked-server-error-msolap-for-linked-server-olaplinked-server-does-not-support-the?forum=sqlanalysisservices
One workaround is that use SQLCMD to execute the EXEC AT command and saved the results to a file, then import using SSIS.
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