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Problem Note 39480: Queries that contain the PROPERTIES function might return a formula error on some operating systems
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The PROPERTIES function in the MDX language might cause the following error:
ERROR: Formula error - The property request is invalid in the current context - in the "PROPERTIES" function
If the property does exist, a possible workaround is to decrease the length of the variable that contains the property and rebuild the cube.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS OLAP Server | z/OS | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||