Tuesday, December 11, 2012

'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0' provider is not registered on the local machine

You may get the error " 'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0' provider is not registered" during importing the Excel file from SQL Serve Data Tools (in a business intelligence 2012 project) into an Analysis Service 2012 Tabular instance (However, you may also get this error while working with MS Access or MS Excel data source projects in other environment other than business intelligence projects).

Searching for this error over the net returns the guide to install Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable.
While it is true that you need the above modules in order to fix the error however there is no match to mention that if you do install the 32 bit version of "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" while working on the server which have already installed the Analysis Services in 64 bit mode but the MS Office 2010 in 32 bit at the same time there is no chance to escape from that mentioned error. Meanwhile, if you are going to install the 64 bit version of "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" you will be stuck because you have already installed MS Office 2010 32 bit(or other MS Office products in 32 bit mode).
(Note: As a rule, you won't be allowed to install the other MS Office 64 bit version products as long as you have (even one) the 32 bit of MS Office product, and vice versa).
Solution :
The only solution which I've tried in order to resolve the problem successfully is :
1. Remove/Uninstall all of the MS Office in 32 bit versions, including Project Server, SharePoint Designer, Visio, ... . (do not worry about the current configuration or the data inside Outlook or your records within OneNote, they will be back like a charm while installing the same version of MS Office regardless of 32 or 64 bit).
2. Do reboot your computer even if did not ask for it.
3. Installing the 64 bit version of MS Office 2010 (note that by default when you run the "setup.exe" inside the MS Office DVD it will start with the 32 bit version of setup, instead open "x64" folder and run setup.exe in order to install the 64 bit of MS Office).
4. Now check your outlook or open excel, then activate your product.
5. Install the 64 bit version of  "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0"  (AccessDatabaseEngine_x64.exe).
5. Done. Now open the SQL Server Data Tools and continue to do import Excel file into the Tabular instance of the Analysis Service project.

  

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Thank you for posting this. I have the same setup as you and ran into the same issue. It is too bad that I couldn't just install the 64 bit driver, rather than uninstall 32 bit Office re-install 64 bit Office! I am sure you must have been just as disappointed as I am now!