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Figure 12-4
All communications to Analysis Services is through XML for Analysis (XML/
A). The management tasks executed through SSMS use the management
object model AMO (Analysis Management Objects), which in turn sends
XML/A Execute commands to the Analysis Services instance. You will see
some of the commands sent to the server while performing the management
tasks in this chapter.
Processing Analysis Services Database Objects
One of the important jobs of an Analysis Services DBA (database administrat-
or) is to process the objects resident in databases. Analysis Services 2005
provides fine-grain control to the Analysis Services DBA to process the ob-
jects within an Analysis Services database using the Process dialog. You can
launch the Process dialog by right-clicking the object folders such as Cubes,
Dimensions, and Mining Structures — this works just as well on individual ob-
jects or groups of objects too. Based on the location from which the Process
dialog is launched, the options for processing the object or group of objects
will vary. In addition to this you can select an object and launch the process
dialog. To process the database AnalysisServicesTutorial2005, do the follow-
ing:
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