Designing Analysis Services Projects

You perform all design work using SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio, which is introduced in Chapter 21. If you skipped that chapter, you should turn back to review one section, "The Development Environment," for an overview of this integrated development environment. First-time users of this environment are often initially confused by the many windows to work in and by the number of properties associated with each database object. With practice comes familiarity, so be patient. It won’t take long to learn how to navigate the interface effectively to build rich analytical solutions. Unfortunately, space doesn’t permit a thorough explanation of all features in this interface, but you will learn ...

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