Qlikview connectivity error with SSAS Database source - ssas

Am hoping i can count on skill set of the experts in the house.
I have a BI solution developed with Microsoft Analysis Services (aka SSAS) and am trying to connect to it via qlikview, the error thrown is
Ensure SQL Server browser is running
and upon ports opened it try to connect and endless asking for user credentials without browsing the cubes.
I have tried couple of suggested solutions such as :
Firstly, the SQL Server browser is running on the said server
Secondly, have opened up the port for SSAS using a fixed port as the instance is a named instance
Also, have opened up the port on which SQL Server browser runs.
Firewall has been switched off on the said port while remote connectivity has been allowed.
Yet the error persists.
Although I can connect with the SSAS database on the local machine.
The problem does lie with trying to connect to SSAS on a remote server connection.
N.B: Am using Qlikview version 11.20, SQL server 2012 while the remote server is Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard 64 bit
Kindly be of help here please.
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