if you want to use analysis manager please make sure of the following

1. that your client has the same AS SP loaded as the server
2. that the SERVER has a share called msolaprepository$ created on
c:/program files/microsoft analysis services/bin folder
3 that the security properties on that FOLDER have olap administrators
listed for all permissions
4. that the user connecting to the server is a member of the olap
administrators group on the server

If all 4 are Yes it will work

Regards

Reg
"Kristofer Gafvert" <kgafvert@NEWSilopia.com> wrote in message
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> Just installed the Analysis Service (for the first time, trying to
> understand it). However, when i try to connect to my server (in Analysis
> Manager, Console Root/Analysis Servers/<myServerName>) i get this error
> message:
>
> "Unable to connect to the registry on the server (myServerNameHere), or
you
> are not a member of the OLAP Administrators group on this server."
>
> I have verified that i am in the group OLAP Administrators. I'm logged on
to
> the machine with an account that is a member of the group Administrators,
so
> i should have full access to the registry. What makes this even more
strange
> is that i sometimes (not very often!) can access the server, just a few
> seconds after a failed attempt, but it is not working as expected. For
> example, if i try to view the Data tab for a cube, i get: "Unspecified
> Error". So i think there are some kind of security problems here too. But
> what is the problem? Everything is running locally, both SQL Server and
> Analysis Server.
>
> I've tried to reinstall Analysis Server.
> I've tried to logon as Administator, still the same error message.
> I've tried to change the account used by MSSQLServerOLAPService to an
> account with administrator privilegies (saw that you had to do something
> like that if you did not use the default settings when installing, but i
did
> use default for everything).
>
> Anyone have any tips for this? I would like to keep on reading my book,
but
> for now i'm stuck on the first chapter :-(
>
> --
> Regards,
> Kristofer Gafvert (dial-up for the moment - posts might be delayed)
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things
> i find interesting, for example Windows Server 2003.
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