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 an xcopy 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 can sign 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 an xcopy 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 can sign up to be a beta tester.