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Impact Analysis Dialog Box (Analysis Services - Multidimensional Data)

Use the Impact Analysis dialog box in Business Intelligence Development Studio and SQL Server Management Studio to identify and optionally process dependent objects that are affected if the objects listed in the Process dialog box are processed. You can display the Impact Analysis dialog box by clicking Impact Analysis from the Process dialog box.

Note

An object appears more than once if it is affected in more than one way.

Options

  • Object list
    Displays a list of dependent objects in a grid. The grid contains the following columns:

    • Object Name
      Displays the name of the dependent object that may need to be processed. The icon to the left of the name indicates the object type.

    • Type
      Displays the type of dependent object that may need to be processed.

    • Impact Type
      Displays the effect that processing the objects in the Process dialog box has on the dependent object. The following table lists the possible effects of processing and notes whether each one results in a warning or an error.

      Impact

      Message

      Object will be cleared (unprocessed)

      Warning

      Object would be invalid

      Error

      Aggregation would be dropped

      Warning

      Flexible aggregation would be dropped

      Warning

      Indexes will be dropped

      Warning

      Non-child object will be processed

      Warning

    • Process Object
      Select the dependent objects that you want to process with the processing operation. Dependent objects that are not selected must be processed after the processing operation is finished. Otherwise, they cannot be used.