Summary: This tutorial describes how to use SQL Server Data Tools to develop and deploy an Analysis Services project, using the fictitious company Adventure Works Cycles for all examples.

Category: Step-by-Step

Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: SQL Server Books Online (link to source content)

publication date: June 2012

What You Will LearnIn this tutorial, you will learn the following: • How to define data sources, data source views, dimensions, attributes, attribute relationships, hierarchies, and cubes in an Analysis Services project within SQL Server Data Tools. • How to view cube and dimension data by deploying the Analysis Services project to an instance of Analysis Services, and how to then process the deployed objects to populate them with data from the underlying data source. • How to modify the measures, dimensions, hierarchies, attributes, and measure groups in the Analysis Services project, and how to then deploy the incremental changes to the deployed cube on the development server. • How to define calculations, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), actions, perspectives, translations, and security roles within a cube.