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ToddChitt — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:48:22 GMT

Why does the operation ins step 2 of the instructions ("From the Model menu, select Create DAX file for model.") only create ONE measure. Would it not read ALL the measures from ALL the tables?

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qiyuef — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:06:19 GMT

intellisense doesn't work for me either

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qiyuef — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:47:17 GMT

never mind. found it.

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qiyuef — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:46:07 GMT

I cannot find create DAX file from Model menu. I am running SP1. Thanks

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Challen — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:52:50 GMT

yes, I have the same issue as EricLeBouffon, I do the same as "Enter the workspace database name (copy/paste from bim file properties) and workspace database server name in the property grid" so I think the database and server name is correct, why there is no intellisense? can anybody give some comment to this issue? thanks in advance. Challen Fu

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EricLeBouffon — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:27:36 GMT

No intellisense? I entered both DatabaseName and ServerName as indicated in step 3 but can't seeany intellisense around... As a test, I created an invalid measure and no warning of any sort... Am I missing something?

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cathyk — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:26:24 GMT

Project Description

The DAX Editor for SQL Server an extension to Visual Studio 2010 that implements a language service for the DAX language. The DAX language is the expression languaged used for SQL Server Analysis Services tabular models. This extension can be used when editing DAX queries and also for writing DAX measures.

This extension was written in C# and implements the language service using managed Babel.

Features

DAX syntax highlighting
DAX formatting. Support for increasing and decreasing format depth using Edit->Advanced->Increase Format Depth or Decrease Format Depth
IntelliSense support for keywords, functions, columns, and measures. Press Ctrl+Space to show IntelliSense.
Autocomplete for keywords, functions, tables, columns and measures. Press Ctrl+Space to autocomplete.
Syntax error reporting using squiggles/Error List
Brace matching
QuickInfo support in AutoComplete list that gives description of functions
F1 help for functions & keywords

Installing, uninstalling, and usage information

See the DAX Editor for SQL Server v1 and Documentation sections for details

Updated Wiki: Building and debugging the DAX Editor

cathyk — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:25:01 GMT

Building and debugging the DAX Editor

Prerequisites for building

Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Pro or higher
Visual Studio 2010 SP1 SDK, available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=21835
AMO and ADOMD. CTP3 versions of these DLLs are available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26726
To edit measures in tabular models, you must have SQL Server Data Tools for SQL Server 2012 installed. RC0 is available at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28145. This includes Visual Studio 2010, AMO, ADOMD, and an evaluation version of the Analysis Services Engine.

Building and installing the DAX editor

1. Install all pre-requisites and download the source code.
2. Open DaxEditorSample.sln.
3. Build the project.
4. Go to the bin\debug folder.
5. Double-click DaxEditor.vsix. Accept the license and complete the installation.
6. Restart all instances of Visual Studio. Now the DAX editor is ready to use.

Debugging the DAX editor

You may modify the source code for the DAX Editor. As you are working, you can debug the DAX Editor using the experimental instance of Visual Studio. To ensure that your changes to the DAX Editor appear only in the experimental instance, and not all instances of Visual Studio, you should start VS from the command line with appropriate arguments, like this:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe /rootsuffix Exp

Updated Wiki: Building and debugging the DAX Editor

cathyk — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:24:15 GMT

Building and debugging the DAX Editor

Prerequisites for building

Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Pro or higher
Visual Studio 2010 SP1 SDK, available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=21835
AMO and ADOMD. CTP3 versions of these DLLs are available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26726
To edit measures in tabular models, you must have SQL Server Data Tools for SQL Server 2012 installed. The CTP3 is available at http://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/pd/SQLDCTP3CTA/enus/default.aspx. This CTP includes Visual Studio 2010, AMO, ADOMD, and an evaluation version of the Analysis Services Engine.

Building and installing the DAX editor

Debugging the DAX editor

Updated Wiki: Home

cathyk — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:19:03 GMT

Project Description

Features

DAX syntax highlighting
DAX formatting. Support for increasing and decreasing format depth using Edit->Advanced->Increase Format Depth or Decrease Format Depth
IntelliSense support for keywords, functions, columns, and measures. Press Ctrl+Space to show IntelliSense.
Autocomplete for keywords, functions, tables, columns and measures. Press Ctrl+Space to autocomplete.
Syntax error reporting using squiggles/Error List
Brace matching
QuickInfo support in AutoComplete list that gives description of functions
F1 help for functions & keywords

Installing, uninstalling, and usage information

See the http://daxeditor.codeplex.com/releases/view/78214 and Documentation sections for details

Updated Wiki: Home

cathyk — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:17:04 GMT

Project Description

Features

DAX syntax highlighting
DAX formatting. Support for increasing and decreasing format depth using Edit->Advanced->Increase Format Depth or Decrease Format Depth
IntelliSense support for keywords, functions, columns, and measures. Press Ctrl+Space to show IntelliSense.
Autocomplete for keywords, functions, tables, columns and measures. Press Ctrl+Space to autocomplete.
Syntax error reporting using squiggles/Error List
Brace matching
QuickInfo support in AutoComplete list that gives description of functions
F1 help for functions & keywords

Installing, uninstalling, and usage information

See the Downloads and Documentation sections for details

Updated Wiki: Documentation

cathyk — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:15:28 GMT

Topics:

Updated Wiki: Building and debugging the DAX Editor

cathyk — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:14:50 GMT

Building and debugging the DAX Editor

Prerequisites for building

Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Pro or higher
Visual Studio 2010 SP1 SDK, available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=21835
AMO and ADOMD. CTP3 versions of these DLLs are available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26726
To edit measures in tabular models, you must have SQL Server Data Tools for SQL Server 2012 installed. The CTP3 is available at http://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/pd/SQLDCTP3CTA/enus/default.aspx. This CTP includes Visual Studio 2010, AMO, ADOMD, and an evaluation version of the Analysis Services Engine.

Building and installing the DAX editor

Debugging the DAX editor

Updated Wiki: Using the DAX Editor

cathyk — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:14:07 GMT

Using the DAX editor for DAX queries

1. Press Ctrl+N to create a new file. Choose Text file.
2. Choose Save As. Change the filter from Text files to All files, and save the file with a .dax file extension. The file is now a DAX file and can be used for DAX queries.
3. optional To get IntelliSense for tables, columns, and members:

Click inside the DAX file and then press F4 to show the property grid.
Enter the database name and server name in the property grid.

Using the DAX editor to edit measures in tabular models

1. Create a tabular model. Save the BIM file.
2. From the Model menu, select Create DAX file for model. This adds a .dax file to the tabular model project.
3. Double-click to open the DAX file. If you want IntelliSense for column names:

Click inside the DAX file and then press F4 to show the property grid.
Enter the workspace database name (copy/paste from bim file properties) and workspace database server name in the property grid.

4. Edit measures in the .dax file.
5. To save your new or modified measures to the .bim file:

Save and close the .bim file.
Click the DAX file to activate.
Select DAX->Save Measures to BIM file.
Reload the BIM file. New measures appear in the far left corner of the measure grid.

6. To get measures from the BIM file to the DAX file:

Save the .bim file.
Click the DAX file to activate.
Select DAX->Get Measures from BIM file. The contents of the DAX file are overwritten with the measures from the BIM file. This will unfortunately overwrite any comments you have made in the DAX file.

Updated Wiki: Home

cathyk — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:08:18 GMT

Project Description

Features

DAX syntax highlighting
DAX formatting. Support for increasing and decreasing format depth using Edit->Advanced->Increase Format Depth or Decrease Format Depth
IntelliSense support for keywords, functions, columns, and measures. Press Ctrl+Space to show IntelliSense.
Autocomplete for keywords, functions, tables, columns and measures. Press Ctrl+Space to autocomplete.
Syntax error reporting using squiggles/Error List
Brace matching
QuickInfo support in AutoComplete list that gives description of functions
F1 help for functions & keywords

Prerequisites

Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Pro or higher
AMO and ADOMD. CTP3 versions of these DLLs are available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26726
To edit measures in tabular models, you must have SQL Server Data Tools for SQL Server 2012 installed. RC0 is available at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28145. This includes Visual Studio 2010, AMO, ADOMD, and an evaluation version of the Analysis Services Engine.

Using the DAX editor for DAX queries

Click inside the DAX file and then press F4 to show the property grid.
Enter the database name and server name in the property grid.

Using the DAX editor to edit measures in tabular models

Click inside the DAX file and then press F4 to show the property grid.
Enter the workspace database name (copy/paste from bim file properties) and workspace database server name in the property grid.

4. Edit measures in the .dax file.
5. To save your new or modified measures to the .bim file:

Save and close the .bim file.
Click the DAX file to activate.
Select DAX->Save Measures to BIM file.
Reload the BIM file. New measures appear in the far left corner of the measure grid.

6. To get measures from the BIM file to the DAX file:

Save the .bim file.
Click the DAX file to activate.
Select DAX->Get Measures from BIM file. The contents of the DAX file are overwritten with the measures from the BIM file. This will unfortunately overwrite any comments you have made in the DAX file.

Uninstalling the DAX editor

1. From VS, choose Tools->Extension Manager
2. Select DAX Editor for SQL Server, then click Uninstall.
3. Restart all instances of Visual Studio to remove the addin

Updated Wiki: Documentation

cathyk — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:00:34 GMT

Building and debugging the DAX Editor

Prerequisites for building

Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Pro or higher
Visual Studio 2010 SP1 SDK, available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=21835
AMO and ADOMD. CTP3 versions of these DLLs are available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26726
To edit measures in tabular models, you must have SQL Server Data Tools for SQL Server 2012 installed. The CTP3 is available at http://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/pd/SQLDCTP3CTA/enus/default.aspx. This CTP includes Visual Studio 2010, AMO, ADOMD, and an evaluation version of the Analysis Services Engine.

Building and installing the DAX editor

Debugging the DAX editor

Updated Wiki: Documentation

cathyk — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:59:41 GMT

Building the DAX Editor from Source

Prerequisites for building

Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Pro or higher
Visual Studio 2010 SP1 SDK, available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=21835
AMO and ADOMD. CTP3 versions of these DLLs are available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26726
To edit measures in tabular models, you must have SQL Server Data Tools for SQL Server 2012 installed. The CTP3 is available at http://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/pd/SQLDCTP3CTA/enus/default.aspx. This CTP includes Visual Studio 2010, AMO, ADOMD, and an evaluation version of the Analysis Services Engine.

Building and installing the DAX editor

Updated Wiki: Documentation

cathyk — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:59:09 GMT

!Building the DAX Editor from Source

!!Prerequisites for building
*Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Pro or higher
*Visual Studio 2010 SP1 SDK, available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=21835
*AMO and ADOMD. CTP3 versions of these DLLs are available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26726
*To edit measures in tabular models, you must have SQL Server Data Tools for SQL Server 2012 installed. The CTP3 is available at http://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/pd/SQLDCTP3CTA/enus/default.aspx. This CTP includes Visual Studio 2010, AMO, ADOMD, and an evaluation version of the Analysis Services Engine.

!!Building and installing the DAX editor
1. Install all pre-requisites and download the source code.
2. Open DaxEditorSample.sln.
3. Build the project.
4. Go to the bin\debug folder.
5. Double-click DaxEditor.vsix. Accept the license and complete the installation.
6. Restart all instances of Visual Studio. Now the DAX editor is ready to use.

Updated Wiki: Home

cathyk — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:27:32 GMT

Project Description

Features

DAX syntax highlighting
DAX formatting. Support for increasing and decreasing format depth using Edit->Advanced->Increase Format Depth or Decrease Format Depth
IntelliSense support for keywords, functions, columns, and measures. Press Ctrl+Space to show IntelliSense.
Autocomplete for keywords, functions, tables, columns and measures. Press Ctrl+Space to autocomplete.
Syntax error reporting using squiggles/Error List
Brace matching
QuickInfo support in AutoComplete list that gives description of functions
F1 help for functions & keywords

Prerequisites

Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Pro or higher
Visual Studio 2010 SP1 SDK, available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=21835
AMO and ADOMD. CTP3 versions of these DLLs are available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26726
To edit measures in tabular models, you must have SQL Server Data Tools for SQL Server 2012 installed. The CTP3 is available at http://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/pd/SQLDCTP3CTA/enus/default.aspx. This CTP includes Visual Studio 2010, AMO, ADOMD, and an evaluation version of the Analysis Services Engine.

Building and installing the DAX editor

Using the DAX editor for DAX queries

Click inside the DAX file and then press F4 to show the property grid.
Enter the database name and server name in the property grid.

Using the DAX editor to edit measures in tabular models

Click inside the DAX file and then press F4 to show the property grid.
Enter the workspace database name (copy/paste from bim file properties) and workspace database server name in the property grid.

4. Edit measures in the .dax file.
5. To save your new or modified measures to the .bim file:

Save and close the .bim file.
Click the DAX file to activate.
Select DAX->Save Measures to BIM file.
Reload the BIM file. New measures appear in the far left corner of the measure grid.

6. To get measures from the BIM file to the DAX file:

Save the .bim file.
Click the DAX file to activate.
Select DAX->Get Measures from BIM file. The contents of the DAX file are overwritten with the measures from the BIM file. This will unfortunately overwrite any comments you have made in the DAX file.

Uninstalling the DAX editor

1. From VS, choose Tools->Extension Manager
2. Select DAX Editor for SQL Server, then click Uninstall.
3. Restart all instances of Visual Studio to remove the addin

Debugging the DAX editor

You may modify the source code for the DAX editor. As you are working, you can debug the DAX editor using the experimental instance of Visual Studio. To ensure that your changes to the DAX editor appear only in the experimental instance, and not all instances of Visual Studio, you should start VS from the command line with appropriate arguments, like this:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe /rootsuffix Exp