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Figure 2-47.
Creating an SSAS data source
As you proceed to the next page, you are asked for impersonation information. This is an important screen,
because it defines the account that will be used to connect to the Analysis Server from Visual Studio and also
from the Analysis Server to the data warehouse. This is another topic that is discussed further in Chapter 9.
The best choice is to enter your computer name followed by a slash and a personal account name.
Make sure the account you use has access to both the Analysis Server and the SQL Server where your data
warehouse is hosted. In Figure
2-48
, Randal has an account on his laptop computer called Administrator,
