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Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Business Intelligence Development Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Business Intelligence Development Beginner's Guide Get to grips with Microsoft Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing technologies using this practical guide

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2014
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ISBN-13 9781849688888
Length 350 pages
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Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Business Intelligence Development Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Data Warehouse Design FREE CHAPTER 2. SQL Server Analysis Services Multidimensional Cube Development 3. Tabular Model Development of SQL Server Analysis Services 4. ETL with Integration Services 5. Master Data Management 6. Data Quality and Data Cleansing 7. Data Mining – Descriptive Models in SSAS 8. Identifying Data Patterns – Predictive Models in SSAS 9. Reporting Services 10. Dashboard Design 11. Power BI 12. Integrating Reports in Applications Index

Time for action – using the Dimension Designer


The Dimension Usage tab is a specific designer for dimensions in the SSDT. In the next example, you will see how to create new attributes using the Dimension Designer:

  1. In the Solution Explorer, right under dimensions, double-click on Sales Territory.

  2. A new designer window will be opened; this designer is called a Dimension Designer.

  3. In the Dimension Structure tab, drag-and-drop Sales Territory Region from the Data Source View pane to the Attributes pane.

  4. Do this for Sales Territory Group and Sales Territory Country as well.

  5. Select Sales Territory Key in the Attributes pane, and then in the Properties window, change the AttributeHierarchyVisible property of this attribute to false.

  6. Save the changes and process the dimension. You can process the dimension with the Process button, which is the second button from the top left-hand side of the dimension structure tab.

  7. Go to the Browser tab in the Dimension Designer and then reconnect to a process (you can...

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