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Install sample data and multidimensional

projects

Use the instructions and links provided in this article to install the data and project
files used in the Analysis Services tutorials.

Step 1: Install prerequisites


The lessons in this tutorial assume that you have the following software installed. You
can install all of the features on a single computer. To install these features, run SQL
Server Setup and select them from the Feature Selection page.

 SQL Server Database Engine


 SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)

Analysis Services is available in these editions only: Evaluation, Enterprise,


Business Intelligence, Standard. Multidimensional models are not supported in
Azure Analysis Services.

By default, Analysis Services 2016 and later is installed as a tabular instance. You
can override the default mode by choosing Multidimensional Server Mode in
the server configuration page of the Installation Wizard.

Step 2: Download and install developer and management


tools
Visual Studio is downloaded and installed separately from other SQL Server features.
The designers and project templates used to create models are included in
the Analysis Services projects extension for Visual Studio.

Optionally, consider installing Excel to browse your multidimensional data as you


proceed through the tutorial. Installing Excel enables the Analyze in Excel feature
that starts Excel using a PivotTable field list that is connected to the cube you are
building. Using Excel to browse data is recommended because you can quickly build
a pivot report that lets you interact with the data.
Step 3: Install databases
An Analysis Services multidimensional model uses transactional data that you import
from a relational database management system. For the purposes of this tutorial, you
use the following relational database as your data source.

 AdventureWorksDW2012 or later - This is a relational data warehouse that


runs on a Database Engine instance. It provides the original data used by the
Analysis Services databases and projects that you build and deploy throughout
the tutorial. The tutorial assumes you are using AdventureWorksDW2012,
however, later versions do work.

You can use this sample database with SQL Server 2012 (11.x) and later. In-
general, you should use the sample database version matching your database
engine version.

To install the database, do the following:

1. Download an AdventureWorksDW database backup from GitHub.


2. Copy the backup file to the backup directory of the local SQL Server Database
Engine instance.
3. Start SQL Server Management Studio and connect to the Database Engine
instance.
4. Restore the database.

Step 4: Grant database permissions


The sample projects use data source impersonation settings that specify the security
context under which data is imported or processed. By default, the impersonation
settings specify the Analysis Services service account for accessing the data. To use
this default setting, you must ensure that the service account under which Analysis
Services runs has data reader permissions on the AdventureWorksDW database.

Note

For learning purposes, it is recommended that you use the default service account
impersonation option and grant data reader permissions to the service account in
SQL Server. Although other impersonation options are available, not all of them are
suitable for processing operations. Specifically, the option for using the credentials of
the current user is not supported for processing.
1. Determine the service account. You can use SQL Server Configuration Manager
or the Services console application to view account information. If you installed
Analysis Services as the default instance, using the default account, the service is
running as NT Service\MSSQLServerOLAPService.
2. In Management Studio, connect to the database engine instance.
3. Expand the Security folder, right-click Logins and select New Login.
4. On the General page, in Login name, type NT Service\
MSSQLServerOLAPService (or whatever account the service is running as).
5. Click User Mapping.
6. Select the checkbox next to the AdventureWorksDW database. Role
membership should automatically include db_datareader and public.
Click OK to accept the defaults.

Step 5: Install projects


The tutorial includes sample projects so that you can compare your results against a
finished project, or start a lesson that is further on in the sequence.

1. Download the adventure-works-multidimensional-tutorial-projects.zip from the


Adventure Works for Analysis Services samples page on GitHub.

The tutorial projects work for SQL Server 2012 (11.x) and later.

2. Move the .zip file to a folder just below the root drive (for example, C:\Tutorial).
This step mitigates the "Path too long" error that sometimes occurs if you
attempt to unzip the files in the Downloads folder.
3. Unzip the sample projects: right-click on the file and select Extract All. After
extracting the files, you should have folders Lesson 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Complete and Lesson 4 Start.
4. Remove the read-only permissions on these files. Right-click the parent folder,
select Properties, and clear the checkbox for Read-only. Click OK. Apply the
changes to this folder, subfolders, and files.
5. Open the solution (.sln) file that corresponds to the lesson you are in. For
example, in the folder named "Lesson 1 Complete", you would open the
Analysis Services Tutorial.sln file.
6. Deploy the solution to verify that database permissions and server location
information are setup correctly.

If Analysis Services and the Database Engine are installed as the default instance
(MSSQLServer) and all software is running on the same computer, you can
click Deploy Solution on the Build menu to build and deploy the sample
project to the local Analysis Services instance. During deployment, data is
processed (or imported) from the AdventureWorksDW database on the local
Database Engine instance. A new Analysis Services database is created on the
Analysis Services instance that contains the data retrieved from the Database
Engine.

If you encounter errors, review the previous steps on setting up database


permissions. Additionally, you might also need to change server names. The
default server name is localhost. If your servers are installed on remote
computers or as named instances, you must override the default to use a server
name that is valid for your installation. Furthermore, if the servers are on remote
computers, you might need to configure Windows Firewall to allow access to
the servers.

The server name for connecting to the database engine is specified in the Data
Source object of the multidimensional solution (Adventure Works Tutorial),
visible in Solution Explorer.

The server name for connecting to Analysis Services is specified in the


Deployment tab of the Property Pages of the project, also visible in Solution
Explorer.

7. In SQL Server Management Studio, connect to Analysis Services. Verify the


database named Analysis Services Tutorial is running on the server.

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