How to: Test an Action

You test an action by using the Browser view in Cube Designer. Cube Designer can be accessed from Business Intelligence Development Studio. After you create the action, you must process the cube before the action can be tested. For more information, see Processing in Analysis Services.

To test an action

  1. Open the cube that contains the action that you want to test, then under View, click Browser.

  2. Drag the target object to either Drop Column Fields Here or Drop Row Fields Here.

  3. In the view pane, right-click the object to which the action is attached (for example, a cell). The action name will appear in the context menu.

  4. Click the action name to test the action.

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