Strategy ONE

Creating a Database Instance for Analysis Services 2012/2014/2016/2017/2019/Azure

After you complete the installation and configuration as described in Install and Configure Analysis Services and the MDX Cube Provider, create a database instance as follows:

  1. In MicroStrategy Developer, navigate to the Folder list.
  2. Open your project source and choose Administration.
  3. Choose Configuration Managers > Database Instance.
  4. Choose File > New > Database Instance.
  5. In the Database instance name text field, type a descriptive name for the database instance.

  6. From the Database connection type drop-down, choose:

    Microsoft Analysis Services 2016/2017/2019/Azure (MDX Cube Provider) if you are connecting to Analysis Services 2016/2017/2019/Azure with the Strategy MDX Cube Provider.

    or

    Microsoft Analysis Services 2012 and 2014 (MDX Cube Provider) if you are connecting to Analysis Services 2012, Analysis Services 2012 in Tabular Mode, or Analysis Services 2014 with the Strategy MDX Cube Provider.

Upon creating the database instance, see Create a Database Connection for Analysis Services for next steps.