Microsoft OLE DB Provider for OLAP Connection Strings

OLAP, Analysis Services

Standard

Provider=MSOLAP;Data Source=myServerAddress;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;

If you have more then one OLEDB for OLAP provider installed you may need to specify the version of the provider in the connection string, MSOLAP.1 for MSAS 7.0, MSOLAP.2 for MSAS 2000, MSOLAP.3 for MSAS 2005, MSOLAP.4 for MSAS 2008. Just specifying MSOLAP as Provider uses the latest version of OLE DB for OLAP installed on the system.

Over HTTP

Provider=MSOLAP;Data Source=http://serverName/;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;User Id=domain\user;Password=myPassword;

The username and password will be sent in clear text over the network using this connection string. If this is an issue, consider using the Secure HTTP (HTTPS) connection string instead.

Over Secure HTTP

Provider=MSOLAP;Data Source=https://serverName/;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;User Id=domain\user;Password=myPassword;

Using Integrated Security

Provider=MSOLAP;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;Data Source=https://serverName/;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;

Integrated Security with Kerberos

Provider=MSOLAP;Integrated Security=SSPI;SSPI=Kerberos;Persist Security Info=False;Data Source=https://serverName/;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;

Unencrypted and uncompressed HTTP for tracing

Provider=MSOLAP;Data Source=http://serverName/;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;User Id=domain\user;Password=myPassword;Protection Level=connect;Transport Compression=None;Protocol Format=XML;