A Visual Studio extension that enhances development functionality in Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) and SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT).
This project was previously called BIDS Helper (see Project History)
Installation
Starting with Visual Studio 2015, BI Developer Extensions is installed from the Visual Studio Marketplace.
For install instructions with earlier versions of Visual Studio, see the downloads page.
Documentation
All of the features in BI Developer Extensions are documented under the Features menu.
SSAS Multidimensional Features
- Calculation Helpers
- Delete Unused Aggregations
- Delete Unused Indexes
- Deploy Aggregation Designs
- Deploy MDX Script
- Dimension Data Type Discrepancy Check
- Dimension Health Check
- Many-to-Many Matrix Compression
- Measure Group Health Check
- Non-Default Properties Report
- Printer Friendly Aggregations
- Show Extra Properties
- Similar Aggregations
- Test Aggregation Performance
- Tri-State Perspectives
- Update Estimated Counts
- Visualize Attribute Lattice
SSAS Tabular Features
- Tabular Actions Editor
- Tabular Annotation Workaround
- Tabular Display Folders
- Tabular HideMemberIf
- Tabular Pre-Build
- Tabular Sync Descriptions
- Tabular Translations Editor
SSRS Features
SSIS Features
- BIML Package Generator
- BIML: Controlling the Control Flow
- BIML: Copy Data Dynamically with BimlScript
- BIML: Creating Project Connection Managers
- BIML: Creating a basic package
- BIML: Creating tables using BIML and BIMLScript
- BIML: Defining the Data Flow
- BIML: FAQ
- BIML: Introduction to BIML in BI Developer Extensions
- BIML: Manually Configuring BIML Package Generator
- BIML: Samples and Tutorials
- Deploy SSIS Packages
- Expression List
- SSIS Parameter Window Extensions
- SSIS Performance Visualization
- Smart Diff
- Sort Project Files
- Sortable Package Properties Report