This BIDS Helper release brings the following new features and fixes:
New Features:
Fixed Issues:
The exe downloads are a self extracting installer, the zip downloads allow for anxcopy deploy which does not require administrator permissions. Make sure to note the updated xcopy deploy instructions for SQL Server 2012.
Note: SQL 2014 and Visual Studio 2013 are not yet supported. BIDS Helper support for SQL2014 and VS2013 are in progress and you cansign up to be a beta tester.
New Features:
- Delete Unused Indexes for Analysis Services Multidimensional models
- Deploy Perspectives for Analysis Services Multidimensional models
- Roles Report for Analysis Services Tabular models
- Unused Columns Report for Analysis Services Tabular models
Fixed Issues:
- adding Smart Diff support for the built-in Visual Studio 2012 diff viewer
- Fixed issue with Dimension Health Check where you couldn't show the problem rows
- Dimension Health Check Error with secondary data source
- Tabular Actions Editor - Max Size Expression
- Improvement to Printer Friendly Dimension Usage Bus Matrix report to show dimensions not tied to any measure groups
- Improvement to various Aggregation Manager features when in Online mode and connected using the FQDN of the server
The exe downloads are a self extracting installer, the zip downloads allow for anxcopy deploy which does not require administrator permissions. Make sure to note the updated xcopy deploy instructions for SQL Server 2012.
- BIDS Helper 2012 is for SQL 2012, Visual Studio 2010, and Visual Studio 2012.
- BIDS Helper 2008 is for SQL 2008, SQL 2008 R2, and Visual Studio 2008.
- BIDS Helper 2005 is for SQL 2005 and Visual Studio 2005.
Note: SQL 2014 and Visual Studio 2013 are not yet supported. BIDS Helper support for SQL2014 and VS2013 are in progress and you cansign up to be a beta tester.