Opening the MicroStrategy Desktop application
The platform is all set. We now have a brand new MicroStrategy Server up and running, but we don't have any projects yet.
This may be a good time to save your work and store a backup of the Windows machine, just in case. If you are running a virtual environment, a snapshot of the VM would be perfect.
The MicroStrategy Desktop application is the development tool to generate projects, objects, reports, and so on. It is also used to explore and manage the objects that reside in the metadata. From now on, we'll spend the major part of our time in this IDE.
It's not difficult to get used to the interface as it is fairly simple, much like the Windows Explorer you have folders on the left and details on the ...
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