Mastering OLAP Reporting: Prototype KPIs in Reporting Services - Page 2August 21, 2006 Preparation Create a New Analysis Services Project within a New Solution For purposes of our practice session, we will create a copy of the Adventure Works Analysis Services project, one of several samples that are available with (albeit installed separately from) the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 integrated business intelligence solution. Creating a "clone" of the project means we can make changes to select contents (perhaps as a part of later exploration with our independent solution), while retaining the original sample in a pristine state for other purposes, such as using it to accompany relevant sections of the Books Online, and other documentation, as a part of learning more about Analysis Services and other components of the Microsoft integrated business intelligence solution in general. To begin, we'll launch the SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio. 1. Click Start. 2. Navigate to, and click, the SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio, as appropriate. The equivalent on my PC appears as depicted in Illustration 1.
We briefly see a splash page that lists the components installed on the PC, and then Visual Studio .NET 2005 opens at the Start page. 3. Close the Start page, if desired. 4. Select File --> Open from the main menu. 5. Click Project / Solution ... from the cascading menu, as shown in Illustration 2.
The Open Project dialog appears. 6. Browse to the location of the Adventure Works Analysis Services sample project folder. Two versions of the Adventure Works Analysis Services project samples are installed, by default (and, of course, subject to be installed in a different location (or locations) on our individual machines), in the following location C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Samples\AdventureWorks Analysis Services Project Of the two samples, we will select the Enterprise project, as it is a more evolved sample than the Standard project. We will copy the Enterprise folder to another location, and work with it within our practice session. (If the Standard project is all that is available in the local environment, use that instead.) 7. Right-click the Enterprise folder, containing the sample Adventure Works solution, project and associated objects. 8. Select Copy from the context menu that appears, as depicted in Illustration 3.
9. Navigate, from within the Open Project dialog box, to the location of preference for storing the folder we have copied, and from which we will create a "clone" project. 10. Upon arrival within the desired folder, right-click the area within the folder. 11. Select Paste from the context menu that appears, as shown in Illustration 4.
The Enterprise folder appears, via the Open Project dialog, in the new location, as depicted in Illustration 5.
12. Right-click the Enterprise folder, within the Open Project dialog. 13. Select Rename from the context menu that appears, as shown in Illustration 6.
14. Type the following replacement name into the folder's activated caption box: RS032 Simple KPIs in RS 15. Click outside the caption box to accept the new name, which then appears as depicted in Illustration 7.
16. Click the new folder, to select it. 17. Click the Open button on the Open Project dialog. The solution file, Adventure Works.sln, and the project file, Adventure Works DW.dwproj, appear at this point, along with two folders containing associated objects. 18. Select the Adventure Works.sln file, and then click the Open button, as shown in Illustration 8.
The Adventure Works solution opens, complete with Adventure Works DW Analysis Services project, and we see the various associated objects appear in Solution Explorer, as depicted in Illustration 9.
19. Right-click the Adventure Works solution, within the Solution Explorer. 20. Select Rename from the context menu that appears, as shown in Illustration 10.
21. Type the following replacement name into the solution's activated caption box: RS032_Adventure Works 22. Click outside the caption box to accept the new name. 23. Right-click the Adventure Works DW Project, underneath the newly renamed solution, within the Solution Explorer. 24. Select Rename from the context menu that appears, as depicted in Illustration 11.
25. Type the following replacement name into the project's activated caption box: RS032_Adventure Works DW 26. Click outside the caption box to accept the new name. 27. Click Yes on the dialog box that appears next, asking if we would like to change the object name as well, as shown in Illustration 12.
The newly renamed solution and project appear within the Solution Explorer, as depicted in Illustration 13.
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