BIDS Helper

Installation

To install BIDS Helper, download the installer from the Releases tab.
If for some reason you cannot use the installer the latest release includes an xcopy deploy option.

Suggestions

We are always looking for potential new features, and we maintain a list of items in the Issue Tracker. If you see an item you would like addressed in the Issue Tracker please vote for it. If you have a feature you would like to see added, drop us a line on the discussion forum.

Features

• Analysis Services Multidimensional
  • Aggregation Manager
  • Calculation Helpers
  • Column Usage Reports
  • Delete Unused Aggregations
  • Deploy Aggregation Designs
  • Deploy MDX Script
  • Dimension Data Type Discrepancy Check
  • Dimension Health Check
  • Dimension Optimization Report
  • Duplicate Role
  • Many-to-Many Matrix Compression
  • Measure Group Health Check
  • Non-Default Properties Report
  • Parent-Child Dimension Naturalizer
  • Printer Friendly Aggregations
  • Printer Friendly Dimension Usage
  • Roles Report
  • Similar Aggregations
  • Smart Diff
  • Show Extra Properties
  • Sync Descriptions
  • Test Aggregation Performance
  • Tri-State Perspectives
  • Update Estimated Counts
  • Validate Aggregations
  • Visualize Attribute Lattice
• Analysis Services Tabular
  • Smart Diff
  • Tabular Actions Editor
  • Tabular Display Folders
  • Tabular HideMemberIf
  • Tabular Pre-Build
  • Tabular Sync Descriptions
  • Tabular Translations Editor
  • Tabular Annotation Workaround
• Integration Services
  • Batch Property Update
  • Biml Package Generator
  • Create Fixed Width Columns
  • Deploy SSIS Packages
  • Design Warnings
  • dtsConfig File Formatter
  • Expression and Configuration Highlighter
  • Expression List
  • Fix Relative Paths
  • Non-Default Properties Report
  • Pipeline Component Performance Breakdown
  • Reset GUIDs
  • Smart Diff
  • Sort Project Files
  • Sortable Package Properties Report
  • SSIS Performance Visualization
  • Variables Window Extensions
• Reporting Services
  • Dataset Usage Reports
  • Delete Dataset Cache Files
  • Smart Diff
• General
  • Enable/Disable features
  • Preferences
  • Version Notification

Developers

For information about compiling the latest source code yourself, please see this discussion