hi folks,
I've started working again in SSAS2016 (after previously having no issues w/ development in SSAS2012/2014), and it seems the VS IDE is having problems refreshing (to reflect the updated structures) after renaming a column, a hierarchy name, creating a table
relationship or hiding a column from client tools. It seems the VS 2015 IDE is not refreshing at all, my only option being to close the project and restart it. Sometimes even getting "object reference not set to an instance of an object"
So, for example, in Diagram view, when designing a cube, when I create a hierarchy and try to rename it, upon hitting the "Enter" key, the name of the hierarchy is not changing. Same with a column, and same with a relationship, after making the respective changes and hitting the "Enter" key, the respective change does not reflect. My only option is to close the project and re-open it. This seems to me like a fairly big issue.
First, I was working with Visual Studio 2015 Shell, Version 14.0.23107.0 D14REL, then I also installed Visual Studio Pro 2015 14.0.25431.01 Update 3 -- to no avail. I have SSAS2016 13.0.5081.1.
When working with VS2017 SSDT, I am getting at the top: "Extension 'Microsoft Analysis Services Projects 2.7', likely caused xx seconds of unresponsiveness, Disabling it may improve your experience" along with all the same IDE refresh issues above.
Are there any workarounds to get a better, more consistent IDE experience? or is it the very reason why developers are preferring the Tabular Editor 2.8 instead? I kind of like the Excel grid/matrix view in VS where I can group the measures in logical areas, but otherwise, I have no strong feelings why I should keep using VS for SSAS development, if all these issues exist and cannot be solved.
Lastly, I will install SSAS2016 and VS2015/17 on a new environment and retry these, hopefully will glean some insight whether this is reproducible or only happens in the original environment -- and report back.
thanks much for any feedback,
Cos