SUMMARY:
This document shows one issue that "This key is already associated with an element of this collection" error appears when creating a new MDX report in Strategy Developer 9.x. It is caused due to the imported MDX cube having duplicate dimension objects which share the same attribute.
SYMPTOM:
"This key is already associated with an element of this collection" error appears when creating a new MDX report against one MDX cube or browsing the cube structure in Data Explorer in Strategy Developer 9.x as shown below:

This key is already associated with an element of this collection