Creating an empty project

The first step in a MicroStrategy BI application is creating an empty project. An Intelligence Server can host many projects. Projects can be copied from one Intelligence Server to another. Think of a project as a way to keep all the related objects together. A project must have at least one connection to get data from the data warehouse.

Getting ready

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How to do it...

In this first recipe we'll create a project:

1. Open Start | All Programs | MicroStrategy | Desktop menu and click on the Desktop icon.

2. Log in with Administrator and the corresponding password and right-click on the topmost folder named MicroStrategy Analytics Modules.

3. From the context menu that appears, select Create New Project....

4. In the Project Creation Assistant, click on Create project.

5. Type a name in the first textbox, for example, COOKBOOK and click on OK. We accept all the defaults for now. Once the wizard terminates creating the project, you...