unable to use the Contoso BI Demo Dataset for Retail Industry

Question

I downloaded teh Contoso BI Demo dataset from there:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=18279

Intending to use it in Performance Point Services as a demo - but do these databases NOT work on SQL 2008 R2 Standard Edition?  Errors I get clearly tell me I'm using the wrong platform.  Am I required to use Enterprise Edition of SQL?

Answer 1

Steve,

Could you please post the exact error message ?

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Thanks
Manish

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Answer 2

  Am I required to use Enterprise Edition of SQL?

Steve,

Sql Server 2008 R2 standard edition shall work, I found this following information at   http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2010/12/20/change-a-pool-database-instance-when-the-pool-hosts-the-central-management-server.aspx

" It is also assumed that this Standard Edition server already exists in your environment and has been fully deployed. If you do not already have a Standard Edition server defined in your existing topology, complete that task before proceeding. You should also validate that this Standard Edition server is fully functional prior to continuing."

 

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Manish

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Answer 3

Hi Steve,

If your question has been answered, could you please mark the reply which answered it.

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