SSDT: SQL Server Data Tools
SSAS: SQL Server Analysis services
Analysis Services project A project based on an Analysis Services multidimensional model template。
Solution Includes one or more projects
Project
A collection of related objects.Projects exist within a solutionA project has one or more data sourcesProject source databases are frequently hosted on one or more remote computersData source view
A single, unified view of the metadata from the specified tables and views that the data source defines in the project.Enables to work with the metadata during development without an open connection to any underlying data source.Based on one or more data sources.Cube Wizard
Define the measure groups and dimensions for a cube.Attributes
Are commonly based on fields from a data source view.Include fields from any table in the data source view.Deploying/ Processing Deploying an Analysis Services project creates the defined objects in an instance of Analysis Services. Processing the objects in an instance of Analysis Services copies the data from the underlying data sources into the cube objects.
Hierarchies: support navigation and aggregation at various levels
Formats: specific measure
Define calculations and relationships: speeds up dimension, partition, and query processing
Named calculation
A SQL expression(calculated column, a table in a data source view)Enable extending the relational schema of existing tables in a data source view without modifying the table in the underlying data source.Refer as a property of an attribute.Composite KeyColumns
Contains the column/ columns that represent the key for the attribute.Create uniquely identify an attribute.