Create a New SQL Server Analysis Services Project
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Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
After you create perspectives that identify the tables and views that contain the measures and dimensions for your cubes, you can generate an Analysis Services project so that you can work with the cubes in SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS).
The following procedure explains how to use the Analysis Services project wizard to generate a new Analysis Services project from one or more perspectives in Microsoft Dynamics AX.
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Click Tools > Business Intelligence (BI) tools > SQL Server Analysis Services project wizard. The SQL Server Analysis Services Project wizard form appears. Click Next.
Select Create. In the Project name field, provide a name for the project. Click Next.
Select the perspectives you want to use to create cubes. Move them from the Available list to the Selected list, and then click Next.
Note
The Usage property for a perspective determines whether the perspective can be used to generate an Analysis Services project. Only perspectives that have the Usage property set to OLAP appear in the list.
On the Select Microsoft Dynamics AX dimensions page, select Microsoft Dynamics AX dimensions to associate with the cubes, move them to the Selected list, and then click Next.
Select calendars to use for date dimensions from the Available list, move them to the Selected list, and then click Next.
Select label languages that you want to include as translations from the Available list, move them to the Selected list, and then click Next.
Select Add foreign currency support to the Analysis Services project if you want to add the analysis currency dimension and convert measures to foreign currencies based on the accounting currency and exchange rates. You must have at least one date dimension in the Analysis Services project if you want to add foreign currency support. For more information about date dimensions, see How to: Create a Date Dimension for a Cube. Click Next.
Select Save to AOT to save the project. To save the project to the hard disk, select Save to disk and type the location where you want to save the project. Click Next.
On the Deployment options page, specify whether to deploy the project and whether to process the project. If you do not process the project, you will not be able to browse cube data. Click Next. Click Finish.
Note
Financial dimensions only work in the partition they are created in. Only deploy Analysis Services projects to the partition you are currently in.
Information is logged in the global log file path that is specified in the Analysis servers form. Log files are not generated if you do not specify the global log file path.
Analysis Services projects are not supported for Microsoft Dynamics AX TFS source control. To put an Analysis Services project under TFS source control, set the source control provider in TFS to Visual Studio instead of Microsoft Dynamics AX. Add files to source control directly from the TFS source control explorer.