Well today was my first attempt outside of a classroom setting to dig my heels into SSAS DMX. I have an idea that I want to put into action (automating a process) and I believe it will benefit my organization. So fire up SSMS and connect to instance that has Analysis Services.
1) Start a New DMX Query
2) Execute Script
SELECT * FROM $system.DBSCHEMA_CATALOGS
3) Returning Specific Columns
Similar to Transact-SQL you just specify the columns you want; however, you need to wrap up the column names with brackets [column].
SELECT [CATALOG_NAME] FROM $system.DBSCHEMA_CATALOGS
Pretty simple. Now let’s try with XMLA, which is XML for Analysis Services.
Just like before connect to an instance which has Analysis Services and published cubes.
1. Start a New XMLA Query
2. Execute the Script
<Discover xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-analysis"> <RequestType>DBSCHEMA_CATALOGS</RequestType> <Restrictions /> <Properties /> </Discover>
Results
