Analysis Services Developer InfoCenter

The role of an Analysis Services developer is to use Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (SSAS) to design and implement business intelligence (BI) solutions. This developer role may have one of the following job titles: Application Developer, Report Developer (ISV), Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) Developer, Data Warehouse Programmer, Database Programmer, or Data Modeler. Regardless of the job title that is associated with this role, the Analysis Services developer designs and implements BI solutions that are based on the technology direction defined by the Analysis Services architect, the operational assistance of the Analysis Services administrator, and the end user feedback of the Analysis Services information worker.

To help the Analysis Services developer be as effective as possible, this Analysis Services Developer InfoCenter provides links to the object models and APIs that can be used in developing client- and server-based BI applications.

Concepts Analysis Services Architecture Analysis Services Concepts Assemblies (Analysis Services) Languages Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) Reference Data Mining Extensions (DMX) Reference Data Access Programming Schema Rowsets XML for Analysis (XMLA) ADOMD.NET Administration Programming Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL) Decision Support Objects (DSO) Analysis Management Objects (AMO)

More InformationAnalysis Services Concepts and ObjectsAudiences and InfoCentersInstalling Analysis Services Installing SQL Server Analysis Services from the Command Prompt Installing SQL Server Analysis Services by Using Setup Installing SQL Server 2005 Components Installing the SQL Server Database Engine Installing SQL Server Integration Services by Using Setup Installing SQL Server Reporting Services Tutorials and Walkthroughs SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Tutorial Data Mining Tutorial SQL Server Management Studio Tutorial