X-XMLA: v. Creating XMLA Script from Visual Studio and Deploy the Database

This will be the easiest entry in this series.  This is a reblog of an article I wrote last year.

Simple batch script to generate XMLA and deploy SSAS DB

As I was working through some issues with my cube design, I realized that I wanted to deploy my SSAS databases using XMLA in SSMS. This can be easily scripted from SSMS, but I had not deployed the database yet. As a result, I created a batch file to build the XMLA used to deploy a database. This script can be used for automated builds or even automated deployments if that fits into your model. I don’t write a lot of batch files so you may want to update the syntax as needed.  Read more…