Two days ago (January 7th) new version of BIDS (Business Intelligence Development Studio) Helper has been released /and yesterday Jan. 8th files has been updated/. This fantastic feature is an add-in using for Business Intelligence projects with:
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Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005
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Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2
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Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 2012 for SQL Server 2012
When You get file from CodePlex, unzipping, and installing, You will get access for many features:
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Analysis Services Multidimensional:
Aggregation Manager Calculation Helpers Column Usage Reports Delete Unused Aggregations Delete Unused Indexes Deploy Aggregation Designs Deploy MDX Script Deploy Perspectives Dimension Data Type Discrepancy Check Dimension Health Check Dimension Optimization Report Duplicate Role Many-to-Many Matrix Compression Measure Group Health Check Non-Default Properties Report Parent-Child Dimension Naturalizer Printer Friendly Aggregations Printer Friendly Dimension Usage Roles Report Similar Aggregations Smart Diff Show Extra Properties Sync Descriptions Test Aggregation Performance Tri-State Perspectives Update Estimated Counts Validate Aggregations Visualize Attribute Lattice
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Analysis Services Tabular:
Roles Report Smart Diff Tabular Actions Editor Tabular Display Folders Tabular HideMemberIf Tabular Pre-Build Tabular Sync Descriptions Tabular Translations Editor Tabular Annotation Workaround Unused Columns Report
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Integration Services:
Batch Property Update Biml Package Generator Create Fixed Width Columns Deploy SSIS Packages Design Warnings dtsConfig File Formatter Expression and Configuration Highlighter Expression List Fix Relative Paths Non-Default Properties Report Pipeline Component Performance Breakdown Reset GUIDs Smart Diff Sort Project Files Sortable Package Properties Report SSIS Performance Visualization Variables Window Extensions
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Reporting Services:
Dataset Usage Reports Delete Dataset Cache Files Smart Diff
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General:
Enable/Disable features Preferences Version Notification
From add-in’s download page You can choose from few versions:
- BIDSHelper2012Setup(1.6.5.0).exe | application, 1743K, uploaded Tue – 141 downloads
- BIDSHelper2012_1_6_5_0.zip | application, 2317K, uploaded Tue – 17 downloads
- BIDSHelper2008Setup(1.6.5.0).exe | application, 1711K, uploaded Tue – 80 downloads
- BIDSHelper2008_1_6_5_0.zip | application, 2277K, uploaded Tue – 16 downloads
- BIDSHelper2005Setup(1.6.5.0).exe | application, 1711K, uploaded Tue – 16 downloads
- BIDSHelper2005_1_6_5_0.zip | application, 2276K, uploaded Tue – 5 downloads
And when You get Your favorite… let’s play.