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Data Sources (Role Designer) (Analysis Services - Multidimensional Data)

Use the Data Sources page of Role Designer to specify the access settings that the role has to data sources defined in the database.

Note

All options on this page are not available if Full control (Administrator) is selected on the General page of Role Designer.

Options

  • Data Source Name
    Displays the name of the data source.

  • Access
    Selects the access level for the selected data source in this role. The following table lists the available access levels.

    Value

    Description

    None

    Users will be unable to access information from the data source.

    Read

    Users will be able to read information from the data source.

  • Read Definition
    Grants users who are in this role permission to read metadata for the data source.

    Note

    This option is selected but not available if the Read definition option is selected on the General page of Role Designer.