Comments for BI Grab Bag http://agilebi.com/ddarden A random assortment of BI tips, tricks, and information Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:46:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on SQL Server Analysis Services Projects with Multiple Developers by Pavan http://agilebi.com/ddarden/2009/05/26/sql-server-analysis-services-projects-with-multiple-developers/#comment-4959 Pavan Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:46:32 +0000 /cs/blogs/ddarden/archive/2009/05/25/sql-server-analysis-services-projects-with-multiple-developers.aspx#comment-4959 Hello ddarden, I haven't updated the default Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 profile file of powershell with the code for loading the ps1 files. I got that fixed by basically replacing the contents of that file with Profile.ps1. Now it is identifying the Clean-SsasProject method and the clean operation works very well. This was much needed for us to save lot of time in my currrent project implementation. I have done some custom changes as per our project cleanup requirements. Thanks a lot for this. One problem that I found is that when the schema contains Unicode characters other than ASCII, then the cleaned file has some non unicode characters. Example: 'Costo Estándar' is replaced with 'Costo Estándar'. This can be problematic if the schema contains any Translations which are non ASCII characters. I guess this problem is coming because of the way powershell handles the file content. When powershell's Get-Content function loads the text from the file to [xml][/xml] object, it loads in ASCII format, so it is not able to identify characters like á, thus it changes it to some junk characters á. To get away from this problem, I tried changing the file format to Unicode using Get-Content Product.dim | Out-File -Encoding UTF8 Product_ANSI.dim, but it is not able to change those junk characters. What do you think about this? If you could give me directions on this, it would be great. Also, it would be great help to BI community if you can add your project to Codeplex. Cheers !! Pavan Hello ddarden,
I haven’t updated the default Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 profile file of powershell with the code for loading the ps1 files. I got that fixed by basically replacing the contents of that file with Profile.ps1. Now it is identifying the Clean-SsasProject method and the clean operation works very well. This was much needed for us to save lot of time in my currrent project implementation. I have done some custom changes as per our project cleanup requirements.
Thanks a lot for this.

One problem that I found is that when the schema contains Unicode characters other than ASCII, then the cleaned file has some non unicode characters.
Example: ‘Costo Estándar’ is replaced with ‘Costo Estándar’. This can be problematic if the schema contains any Translations which are non ASCII characters.

I guess this problem is coming because of the way powershell handles the file content. When powershell’s Get-Content function loads the text from the file to [/xml] object, it loads in ASCII format, so it is not able to identify characters like á, thus it changes it to some junk characters á.

To get away from this problem, I tried changing the file format to Unicode using
Get-Content Product.dim | Out-File -Encoding UTF8 Product_ANSI.dim, but it is not able to change those junk characters.

What do you think about this? If you could give me directions on this, it would be great.

Also, it would be great help to BI community if you can add your project to Codeplex.

Cheers !!
Pavan

]]> Comment on SQL Server Analysis Services Projects with Multiple Developers by ddarden http://agilebi.com/ddarden/2009/05/26/sql-server-analysis-services-projects-with-multiple-developers/#comment-4937 ddarden Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:43:44 +0000 /cs/blogs/ddarden/archive/2009/05/25/sql-server-analysis-services-projects-with-multiple-developers.aspx#comment-4937 You will need to make sure the entire script is executed first in your session (i.e., defining the function) before you can use it. You can do that by running the file as the first statement in your command, or by running it as part of your Profile.ps1. You will need to make sure the entire script is executed first in your session (i.e., defining the function) before you can use it. You can do that by running the file as the first statement in your command, or by running it as part of your Profile.ps1.

]]> Comment on SQL Server Analysis Services Projects with Multiple Developers by Pavan http://agilebi.com/ddarden/2009/05/26/sql-server-analysis-services-projects-with-multiple-developers/#comment-4936 Pavan Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:24:31 +0000 /cs/blogs/ddarden/archive/2009/05/25/sql-server-analysis-services-projects-with-multiple-developers.aspx#comment-4936 Hello, This is very interesting and handy. Tried it out of curiosity on one of my local projects, but ran into the following error: ------------ The term 'Clean-SsasProject' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:18 + Clean-SsasProject <<< powershell -Command "Clean-SsasProject C:\SampleSSASProjectFolderPath" Am i missing something? Looking forward to some help. Thanks Hello,
This is very interesting and handy. Tried it out of curiosity on one of my local projects, but ran into the following error:
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The term ‘Clean-SsasProject’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:18
+ Clean-SsasProject <<< powershell -Command “Clean-SsasProject C:\SampleSSASProjectFolderPath”

Am i missing something? Looking forward to some help.

Thanks

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