How to refresh a cube in SSAS, after making change to database - ssas

I made change to database, only changed datatypes from int to money.. But I can't make it appear in my cube, it is still unchanged. But if I create new cube, it is OK. But I don't want to create new cubes every time I change something in database...
Some know how do refresh the cube? Thanks

You need to first refresh your Data Source View, then edit wherever you are using that column in cubes or dimensions.

if you right click on your project containing your cube and then select "Process", cube will be processed and the data in the cube will be updated with the data on database .

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SSAS Tabular Model - Add column to existing table

I am using VS2019 for SSAS Tabular Model development. Have imported a table from a CSV. The source CSV has undergone a change(new column has been added). When I process my table in VS2019, it gets processed successfully. However I am unable to see the new column introduced in source CSV. I went to Table properties and did a Refresh Preview but was not able to see the new column. Closed and re-started solution, re-processed the table but no luck! I remember in VS2017 we used to add the column by going into table properties and selecting the new column but things seem to be different in VS2019. Any help would be appreciated.
I'm assuming you used Get Data / Power Query to import the CSV. This unfortunately generates a Power Query Csv.Document function call that includes the number of columns when the query was generated. This parameter isn't exposed through the usual Power Query UI.
If you use the Advanced Editor or turn on the Formula Bar (view menu), you will see a parameter like Columns=10, was generated, usually in your Source step.
It currently seems safe to delete that parameter by editing the code - it will then always pull back all columns presented. Or if you prefer, you can edit the number of columns, as described in this blog post:
https://prathy.com/2016/08/how-to-add-extra-columns-to-an-existing-power-bi-file-which-using-csv-data-source/

measure not showing data after calculations created

I have my cube build and everything processed. Before i made any measures on my FactSales table all the data was showing in the browser when i dragged and dropped the measures. But when I made calculations on that Fact table it didn't show any data. I check in the dsv by browse data and its showing the data there. I also went and processed full in SSMS and did see all the rows being processed in both FactSales and FactSales1(where the calculation is) with the same amount of rows. But still no luck
Can anyone tell me how i can resolve this?
If you look at the calculations tab and flip to Script view does your MDX script start with CALCULATE? Removing that line will cause the behavior you describe.
If you do have CALCULATE then post your entire MDX script here or try commenting out each section until you find the culprit.

pivot report excel 2007 on ssas

I am very new to this. I built a pivot report (excel 2007) on ssas. It has data, rows, columns. And columns has hierarchy likes day-month. Now I want to send this report to a customer, so he can view it by himself and expand the hierarchy as he likes. But he can only see the contents as I saved the report. E.g. I saved it as month hierarchy and he can only see the monthly figures and can not expand the hierarchy to day. What should I do? The customer has no access to the ssas data source.
Thanks
N. Z
The pivot report needs some kind of a datasource.
Whether it is the cell values of an excel sheet or the connection to the SSAS Cube, it's fine but in order to do drillthrough actions a datasource is obligatory.
There are various workarounds for this:
Export all the aggregated data that you want your user to view to a new spreadsheet and make a simple pivot table based on that sheet.
Setup a role in SSAS and give your user the specific permissions you want him to have on the data. This requires the knowledge of some MDX but simple stuff is autoconfigured. You can then give your user access to the datasource inside of the excel.
Set up a sharepoint installation which is part of the BI (this is a bit of an overkill) and provide your users with dashboards of reports using PerformancePoint Services.
I really don't think that you can browse the data without data(datasource)!!! I would be glad to be proven wrong.

Dimension Attribute not showing up in Business Intelligence Dev Studio

So I have a database schema and now I need to create a Cube for Analysis Services. I am, however, having an issue with one of the columns.
Here is what I did:
1. Create the Data Source
2. Create the Data Source View
3. Create dimensions, and this is where the problem is...
So my database has 10 tables and most of them work fine except for one. One table 'CustomerSatisfaction' has the columns 'year' 'quarter' 'customerSatisfactionValue' and 'productID'. Now when I create dimensions from this table I can't see the 'quater' column.
Basically I use the create dimension wizard but on the 'Select Dimension Attributes' section of the wizard I can't see the 'quarter' column. Any ideas why this is? I really want 'quarter' to be an attribute but it doesn't seem to be working...
Thanks for any help!
Is quarter listed as a column in the data source view?
If so, open up the dimension designer and drag the attribute from the data source view (on the right) to the attribute list (left).
If not, you'll need to fix the dimension query / refresh the table column listing in the data source view.

I am not able to get dimensions and fact values while browsing cube in SSAS 2005

I am new to SSAS. I have two tables, FactAnswers and DimDebit. one dimension and one fact. After creating cube when I try to browse dimensions and fact, I got nothing. I want to get AnswerValue from fact table and Debit values from Dim table. Everything you can see in this figure.
Please guide me, Where I am wrong.
Thanks
Have you processed the database yet? That is what actually "loads" data into it...deploying just builds the structure.
Also, are you trying to browse the cube via BIDS, SSMS, Excel, something else?