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Unit 5: Microsoft Business Intelligence Platform

The Figure 5.4 displays the windows in Business Intelligence Development Studio with the Notes
default configuration.

Figure 5.4: Business Intelligence Development Studio
with Default Configuration

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Business Intelligence Development Studio comprises of four major windows:
Solution Explorer
Properties Window
Designer Window

Toolbox Window

Solution Explorer

You can manage all the different tasks in a solution from a single window, Solution Explorer.
The Solution Explorer view presents the active solution as a logical container for one or more
projects, and includes all the pieces associated with the projects. You can open project pieces for
modification and present other administration jobs directly from this view.
In Solution Explorer, you can create empty solutions and then add new or existing tasks to the
solution. If you create a new project without first creating a solution, Business Intelligence
Development Studio automatically creates the solution too. When the solution includes tasks,
the tree view includes nodes for project-specific objects. For example, the analysis Services
project includes a Dimensions node, the Integration Services project includes a Packages node,
and the Report form project includes a reports node.

Notes To access solution Explorer, click solution Explorer on the View menu.

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