How to update SSAS 2008 dimension without redeploying whole cube?

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How to update SSAS 2008 dimension without redeploying whole cube?

lorenzdominic_

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March 13, 2012 at 5:41 pm

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Hi all,
I have made some changes to the hierarchies in a single dimension within a SSAS 2008 project - sorry for posting in wrong section but it applies to 2005 as well I hope.
I want to update these changes to my cube that is running on an Analysis Server TEST environment.
I only understand that I can do this by redeploying the whole cube?
However I do not want to redeploy the whole cube because if I redeploy the whole cube I lose all my permissions created on the cube and have to recreate them all the time which is very time consuming.
Is this possible to update a dimension without redeploying the whole cube and if so how do I do that?
The only way I have understood to update the cube with new dimension changes is to rebuild and redeploy?
Any help appreciated 🙂
Dom

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259085 More actions · Answer 1

Log into SSAS using SSMS.

Locate your cube database, open the dimensions and right click on the dimension that you want to change. Choose Script Dimension As and select ALTER To. This will generate a XMLA script that will alter the dimension. Run this script on the other server.

Don't forget to process your dimension afterwards.

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lorenzdominic_ Old Hand Points: 334 More actions · Answer 2

thanks for your help.

I understand that this might be the process for updating the Production environment with changes from the TEST.

Is that correct?

thanks

Dom

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259085 More actions · Answer 3

There are several ways to deploy a cube from one environment to another, and this is one of them.

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Jayanth_Kurup SSC-Insane Points: 22967 More actions · Answer 4

http://sqldb.wordpress.com/2006/06/23/deploying-an-analysis-services-database-into-the-production-environment/

this wud be a good place to start. you should understand each option and decide which is best for you.

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Jayanth_Kurup - Thursday, March 15, 2012 12:42 AM
http://sqldb.wordpress.com/2006/06/23/deploying-an-analysis-services-database-into-the-production-environment/this wud be a good place to start. you should understand each option and decide which is best for you.

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