Authoring MOM Reports With Access 2002 Is Not Recommended (307490)

SYMPTOMS

When you author any new Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) reports by using Microsoft Access 2002, MOM reporting may not work on Access 2000 due to compilation errors.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because MOM reporting is developed by using Access 2000 which also works on Access 2002. However, after reporting is opened by using Access 2002, the corresponding Access database automatically changes all of its OLB references to revert to Access 2002 files. When the same Access database is used again in Access 2000, some of the OLB references do not change to refer to Access 2000 files. Because some referenced objects are not available, the compilation error occurs.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior:

Start MOM reporting.
On the File menu, click Enter Design Mode. When you do this, the design mode of the Access database is displayed.
On the View menu, click Code to open a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) project for the Access database.
On the Tools menu, click References to view a list of objects that are referenced by the Access database.
Click to clear the Microsoft Graph 10.0 object library check box.
In the list of references, click to select the Microsoft Graph 9.0 object library check box.
Close the VBA project, and then quit Access.
Start MOM reporting. Note that the feature works correctly.