Interacting with SQL Server Data Tools
After the installation of Visual Studio and SSDT you will need to set up your environment settings. These setting are chosen the first time you start Visual Studio. However, they can be changed later in the Options section of the Tools menu. Once set, each new project will use the options selected.
Getting ready
Now that Visual Studio and SSDT have been installed, this section will review how to access SSDT and use it to create a tabular model project.
How to do it...
- Open Visual Studio 2015.
- On the next screen, sign in if you have an account or select Not now, maybe later if you do not, and then select the color scheme you want to use.
- You are now at the base screen for Visual Studio projects. Select New Project...
- You will now be presented with the New Project window. From here expand Business Intelligence. Here you will see the choices for the features you installed. To create a new Tabular Mode project, select Analysis Services. Type
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