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Business Intelligence

Notes 5.5 Analysis Services Tools

Business Intelligence Development Studio is Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 with project types
that are specific to SQL Server business intelligence. Business Intelligence Development Studio
is the primary natural environment that you will use to evolve enterprise solutions that includes
analysis Services, Integration Services, and Reporting Services tasks. Each project type supplies
templates for creating the objects needed for business intelligence answers, and supplies a
variety of designers, tools, and wizards to work with the objects.
Features in Business Intelligence Development Studio:

Start Page
Tool Windows in Business Intelligence Development Studio
Menus in Business Intelligence Development Studio
Toolbars in Business Intelligence Development Studio

Working with Projects and Solutions
Customizing Environment, Tools, and Windows

Using Source Control Services
Getting More Information
Analysis Services in Business Intelligence Development Studio
Integration Services in Business Intelligence Development Studio

Reporting Services in Business Intelligence Development Studio

5.5.1 Start Page

When you first open Business Intelligence Development Studio, the Start page appears in the
centre of the Business Intelligence Development Studio user interface. This page exhibits a
register of lately revised projects; help topics, World Wide Web sites and other resources; links
to product and updated information from Microsoft; and by default, a register of items from the
RSS feed of the specified report.
To display a page other than the Start Page at startup, click Options on the tools menu, expand
the Environment node, and in the At Startup menu, select the item to display.

Notes To discover more about the Start page, click within the Start Page and press F1.

5.5.2 Tool Windows in Business Intelligence Development Studio

Business Intelligence Development Studio includes a set of windows for all stages of solution
development and project administration.

Example: Business Intelligence Development Studio includes windows that let you
organise multiple tasks as a unit and view and change the properties of objects in projects. These
windows are accessible to all the project types in Business Intelligence Development Studio.

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