How to: Build and Deploy an Analysis Services Project
New: 14 April 2006
When you are working with an Analysis Services project, you must build and deploy the project to an Analysis Services instance to instantiate the objects.
Build Procedures
To build an Analysis Services project
Open the Analysis Services project in Business Intelligence Development Studio.
If the solution that contains the project has multiple projects, click the project or one of its objects in Solution Explorer.
On the Build menu, click Build <project name> or, in the Solution Explorer window, right-click the project and then click Build.
To build all of the projects in a solution
Open the Analysis Services solution in Business Intelligence Development Studio.
On the Build menu, click Build <project name> or, in the Solution Explorer window, right-click the solution and then click Build Solution.
To rebuild an Analysis Services project
Open the Analysis Services project in Business Intelligence Development Studio.
If the solution that contains the project has multiple projects, click the project or one of its objects in Solution Explorer.
In the Solution Explorer window, right-click the project and then click Rebuild.
To rebuild all of the projects in a solution
Open the Analysis Services solution in Business Intelligence Development Studio.
In the Solution Explorer window, right-click the solution and then click Rebuild Solution.
To build or rebuild selected projects in a solution
Open the Analysis Services solution in Business Intelligence Development Studio.
In the Solution Explorer window, right-click the solution and then click Batch Build.
In the Batch Build dialog box, select the check box for each project that you want to build or rebuild, and then click Build or Rebuild.
Deploy Procedures
To deploy an Analysis Services project
Open the Analysis Services project in Business Intelligence Development Studio.
If the solution that contains the project has multiple projects, click the project or one of its objects in Solution Explorer.
On the Build menu, click Deploy <project name> or, in the Solution Explorer window, right-click the project and then click Deploy.
To deploy all of the projects in a solution
Open the Analysis Services solution in Business Intelligence Development Studio.
On the Build menu, click Deploy <project name> or, in the Solution Explorer window, right-click the solution and then click Deploy Solution.
Note
If you are working with an Analysis Services project in Business Intelligence Development Studio and you attempt to process a database object, you will be prompted to build and deploy the project if Business Intelligence Development Studio detects any changes to the project since the last deployment.
See Also
Concepts
Building Analysis Services Projects
Deploying Analysis Services Projects
Other Resources
Deploying an Analysis Services Project
Build Configurations
How to: Prepare and Manage Builds