powerSSAS - A PowerShell provider for SQL Server Analysis Services

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Project Collection Service Accounts — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:38:35 GMT

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Source code checked in, #94876

Project Collection Service Accounts — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:31:06 GMT

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Source code checked in, #87477

dgosbell — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:44:17 GMT

fixing bug with benchmark queries that only have 1 axis

New Post: get relational DataSource for MDCatalog

DGOSBELL — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:40:04 GMT

No, get-ASConnection just returns an AMO connection to SSAS.

You can get the details of the relational data sources with something like the following:

$db = get-asdatabase "localhost\sql08" "Adventure Works DW 2008"
$db.datasources | select name, connectionstring

New Post: Get-ASDimension for Cubes doesn't work

DGOSBELL — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:35:39 GMT

Hi Reiner,

Yes, there seems to be some issues with the parameter binding or cube dimensions.

The following variants that get a database level dimension object work, but the cube parameter does not appear to be working

get-asdimension "localhost\sql08" "adventure works dw 2008"
get-asdimension "localhost\sql08" "adventure works dw 2008" "product"

New Post: get relational DataSource for MDCatalog

rw5611 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:32:56 GMT

Hi Darren,

Is it possible to get the relational Datasource aka, Server and Database of a multidimensional Catalog? I've been fiddling around with Get-ASConnection but am not so sure it was build for that.

Thanks

Reiner

New Post: Get-ASDimension for Cubes doesn't work

rw5611 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:45:08 GMT

Hi Darren,

I'm trying to get the Dimension of both Catalog and Cube. Catalog works fine, but when trying to get the Cube Dims, I'm getting these error messages.

PS C:\> Get-ASDimension Server\Instance "Adventure_Works_DW_2008" "Adventure Works"
Get-ASDimension : The 'Dimension' with 'Name' = 'Adventure Works' doesn't exist in the collection.
At line:1 char:16
+ Get-ASDimension <<<< Server\Instance "Adventure_Works_DW_2008" "Adventure Works"
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-ASDimension], AmoException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AmoException,Gosbell.PowerSSAS.Cmdlets.CmdletGetASDimension

PS C:\> Get-ASDatabase Server\Instance "Adventure_Works_DW_2008" | Get-ASDimension "Adventure Works"
Get-ASDimension : A connection cannot be made. Ensure that the server is running.
At line:1 char:76
+ Get-ASDatabase Server\Instance "Adventure_Works_DW_2008" | Get-ASDimension <<<< "Adventure Works"
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-ASDimension], ConnectionException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.AnalysisServices.ConnectionException,Gosbell.PowerSSAS.Cmdlets.CmdletGetASDimension

Thanks lots,

Reiner

New Post: New Compilation of powerSSAS

dgosbell — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:28:49 GMT

I don't think these forums will let you attach things. :(

If you want to contact me via email you can click on my username on the left hand side and then on my profile page under my picture there is a contact link that will let you email me.

New Post: New Compilation of powerSSAS

rw5611 — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:02:13 GMT

Test whether picture posting works

New Post: New Compilation of powerSSAS

rw5611 — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:59:19 GMT

Hi Darren,

I tested the new version and it works. Sometimes posting a picture is better than typing a whole bunch of words. Any chance I can post screenshots or send them otherwise to you?

Reiner

New Post: New Compilation of powerSSAS

dgosbell — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:31:40 GMT

Sorry about that. I was experimenting with including some of the MDX Studio functionality into PowerSSAS, but I'm not entirely given that MDX studio is no longer under active development I'm not convinced that taking this dependency is a good idea, so I've excluded that DLL and those cmdlets from the project for the time being.

So I've pushed out a new 0.3.1.5 release at http://powerssas.codeplex.com/releases/view/80770

Having a beta tester would be great, specially for stuff like this that works on my machine. If you have any ideas for improvements or new features feel free to let me know.

Created Release: 0.3.1.5 (Jan 18, 2012)

dgosbell — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:00:37 GMT

This release should be pretty stable, but it includes new functionality that has not been fully tested yet, so it has no been made the default download yet.

Released: 0.3.1.5 (Jan 18, 2012)

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:00:36 GMT

This release should be pretty stable, but it includes new functionality that has not been fully tested yet, so it has no been made the default download yet.

Source code checked in, #85490

dgosbell — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:56:38 GMT

Updating version to 0.3.1.5

Source code checked in, #85489

dgosbell — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:55:09 GMT

removing dependancy on MDXParser.dll

New Post: New Compilation of powerSSAS

rw5611 — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:38:51 GMT

Great. Thanks for doing this. I'm sorry to bug you with an install error, but maybe you know the solution.

Import-Module : Cannot load Windows PowerShell snap-in C:\Users\Reiner\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\powerSSAS\powerSSA
S.dll because of the following error: Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information.
Loader Exceptions:
Could not load file or assembly 'MDXParser, Version=0.4.12.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. T
he system cannot find the file specified.
At C:\Users\Reiner\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1:14 char:14
+ import-module <<<< powerSSAS
+ CategoryInfo : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [Import-Module], PSSnapInException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PSSnapInLoadFailure,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand

Thanks lots for your help. Maybe I can be your Beta-Tester. :-)

New Post: New Compilation of powerSSAS

dgosbell — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:30:35 GMT

Hi Reiner,

I have just put up an interim release for version 0.3.1.4 here http://powerssas.codeplex.com/releases/view/80703

I have not marked it as the default release yet as I have not done a lot of testing on it, but you are welcome to try it out. Most of the new stuff should be pretty solid, but there are some deployment and performance benchmarking related functionality that I am still working on.

Darren

Created Release: 0.3.1.4 (Jan 17, 2012)

dgosbell — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:25:24 GMT

This release should be pretty stable, but it includes new functionality that has not been fully tested yet, so it has no been made the default download yet.

Source code checked in, #85402

dgosbell — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:24:53 GMT

Update version numbers for 0.3.1.4 release

Source code checked in, #85358

dgosbell — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:28:13 GMT

Checking in for test release