Ahsan Kabir MVP

Step by Step

Design Cube in SSAS

Step 1: Creating an SSAS Project in SSDT

Step 1.1:

Open the SQL Server Data Tools

(SSDT).Go to

File >New > Project…..

Step 1.2:

Now Select Analysis Services

from Business Intelligence.

Step 1.3:

In the main pane, select Analysis

Services Multidimensional and

Data Mining Project

Step 2 :Building a Data Source

Steps:

2.1 Go to the

Solution Explorer pane > right-click

Data Sources> and click New Data

Source.

Now Data Source Wizard will appear.

2.2

Click Next to continue creating your

data source.

Step 2 :Building a Data Source

Steps:2.3

Now a connection need to be made with

database you may use existing connection or

make a new one.

Steps:2.4

In this context we create a new connection.

Pressing New >Connection manager Wizard

will appear >Now input the Server name

,Authentication and select Database name>

Now select AdventureWorksDW.

Steps:2.5

Press on Test connection Button to verify the

connection status.

Step 2 : Building a Data Source

Steps:2.6

Now have to select user who want

SSAS to impersonate when it

connects to this data source. Select

“Select Use the Service Account”

and click Next.

Steps:2.7

Completing the wizard will appear.

Here is a option to alter the data

source name > then click Finish.

Step 3 : Building a Data Source View

Steps:3.1

Right-click Data Source Views >New

Data Source View wizard will appear

> Press Next Button.

Step 3 : Building a Data Source View

Steps:3.2

Data Source wizard will appear

> Select the Data Source

Which was created earlier

>Press Next Button.

Steps:3.3

In this step select the required

objects from list. Press

Arrow button ( >) >Press Next

button. Check the available

object list and press Finish

button. Content pane will

appear.

Step 3 :Content pane

Step 4 : Make a Cube Wizard

Steps:4.1

Right-click Cubes in the Solution

Explorer and select New Cube to

bring up the Cube Wizard.

Steps:4.2

Click on the Next Button.

Steps:4.3

Now Select existing table

options >Press Next Button.

Steps:4.4

Select the Measures item (fact

tables )from the list.

After that press next button.

Step 4 : Make a Cube Wizard

Steps:4.5

Now check the Measures

>Press Next Button.

Step 4 : Make a Cube Wizard

Step 4 : Make a Cube Wizard

Steps:4.6

Select Dimension from the list

>Press Next Button.

Step 4 : Make a Cube Wizard

Steps:4.7

Here is a option to change the

Cube name>Press Finish

Button.

Step 4 : Make a Cube Wizard

Step 5 : Make a Cube Wizard

Steps:5

In the Solution Explorer under Dimensions,

double-click DimDate.To make the date

attributes available, highlight all of them (except

DateKey, which as you can see is already in the

attribute list) and drag them to the attribute list.

Date, of course, is a dimension that can be

naturally defined as a hierarchy (like you did

quite manually in the T-SQL grouping examples).

Drag Fiscal Quarter from the Attributes pane to

the Hierarchies pane to start creating a

hierarchy.

Drag Month Number of Year to the tag under

Fiscal Quarter, and DateKey similarly below that.

Finally, rename the hierarchy (right-click it and

choose Rename) to Fiscal Quarter - Month

Step 5 : Make a Cube Wizard

Steps:6

Save the DimDate dimension and close the dimension editor. You will be prompted to save

changes to your cube along with the new dimension changes.

For each of the other dimensions, don’t create hierarchies for now, but bring all the interesting

text columns into the Attributes pane (you can bring over all the non-key columns except for

the Large Photo column in the Products table), and re-save the dimensions.

Step 5 : Make a Cube Wizard

Step 6 : Deploy Cube

Steps:.5

Select Dimension from the list >Press

Next Button.

Step 6 : Deploy Cube

Steps:6

In the Solution Explorer pane, double-click the Internet Sales cube and then look in the tabs

above the main editing pane for the Browser tab and click that.

Now you can drag and drop your measures (such as ExtendedAmount) and your dimensions

and hierarchies (look for the Fiscal Quarter - Month hierarchy under the Due Date dimension)

into the query pane

Thanks