Accessing SSAS via HTTP

Question

I have followed all the steps correctly present in

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg492140.aspx

I am trying to connect to SSAS 2008 via IIS (HTTP). My SSAS is on Machine 1. My excel 2010 client is on Machine 2. I have enabled basic authentication for this. I am able to connect SSAS when I am using the credentials of 'System Administrator' of Machine 1 (on which SSAS is present). But if I am using any another user then I am able to connect to SSAS. Is this a limitation with IIS or SSAS? Please share your views, it's really urgent.

Answer 1

My problem is resolved. I don't know weather it's a correct solution or not. I have created few users on machine where SSAS is configured with IIS_IUSERS and now SSAS security is working as expected. Please confirm weather it's a right solution or not? Any comments ahd help is appreciated.

With regards, Avinash Nigam

Answer 2

do you have roles defined in the SSAS database granting access to other users? if "system administrator" is a SSAS server admin, it won't need to be explicity granted access to the SSAS database via a role. But other users (who are not SSAS server admins) will need explicit access via a role defined in the particular SSAS database.

Answer 3

First of all you dont need to configure SSAS to be accessed through HTTP to connect to it from excel. Why are you doing that?

Second, the correct way to access a HTTP cube is http://YOUR_SERVER/olap/msmdpump.dll if you go to SSMS on machine 2 and inform that on the connection, does it work?

Third and more important, where is IIS? Same box than SSAS? If yes, fine! If no, you need to configure kerberos because you would be dealing with a double hop situation