Pointing an Analysis Services project at a different database

Hello,

Apologies once again for being new to Analysis Services. I am very grateful for the help that I have received from this forum in the past.

The scenario is that a number of cubes have been built from a number of datasource views that point to a particular database. These datasource views contain a significant number of named queries. The views are structured to resemble star schemas, but the database behind them is an OLTP database, not a data warehouse proper.

This database is the development database for the software product sold by my company. I am trying to rebuild my cubes and dimensions based on another database (a customer database). This has identical structure but different data from the development database. I have tried adding a new data source, pointing at the new database, pointing the data source views at this data source, and refreshing them (they show no changes). I then processed my cubes and dimensions, and deployed the project. The dimension data is not refreshed (e.g. branches still show as the test branches in the development database). Setting the WriteEnabled property of the dimensions to True does not correct the problem.

Does anyone know what to do about this?

Grateful for any help,

Ed Allison

Hi,

I have been doing the same. I use Visual Studio. In my project

Change the data source to point to the specific database.

In your solution select the Project menu, Project properties, Configuration Properties->Deployment->Processing Option = FULL and Deployment Mode = Deploy All. The configuration section should point to the right configuration.

HTH,

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That works for me, SunilN. Thanks very much for your help.

Ed Allison