Deploying objects to Analysis Services

Everything that you have so far written and configured using the graphical interface has generated code. This code is in the Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL) code that is part of the XML for Analysis (XMLA) language used by Analysis Services and is right now stored as part of your project in SQL Server Data Tools. Deployment is the process where these commands get sent to the Analysis Services server, and where the objects you have configured get created.

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For more information about XMLA and ASSL, refer to the following links:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186604.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms128525.aspx

If you want to view the code that is generated, you can always right-click on any object in the Solution Explorer window and choose the View Code option.

A common way of doing deployment is through the Deploy menu that you find in the Build menu in SQL Server Data Tools window. This will send the deployment script...