Is it possible to open an existing Azure Analysis Services Model in Visual Studio without having to deploy a new model and import data again

Question

Is it possible to open an existing Azure Analysis Services Model in Visual Studio without having to deploy a new model and import data again?

The only way I have been able to open an existing AAS model in visual studio is by the following steps:

1. Open VS and Create new project
2. Choose the template "Import from Server (Tabular)"
3. Choose which server and which AAS model to import

Although I get the model structure from this, the data has to be re-imported, and it also deploys a new model onto my Azure Analysis Services Instance.

Answer 1

Of course if you have the project on your machine :

Go to File > Open > Project/Solution

Navigate to the location where your AAS project (.smproj) is saved, select it and click Open.