This beta release is the first to support SQL Server 2012 (in addition to SQL Server 2005, 2008, and 2008 R2). Since it is marked as a beta release, we are looking for bug reports in the next few months as you use BIDS Helper on real projects.

In addition to getting all existing BIDS Helper functionality working appropriately in SQL Server 2012 (SSDT), the following features are new...

• Analysis Services Tabular
  • Smart Diff
  • Tabular Actions Editor
  • Tabular HideMemberIf
  • Tabular Pre-Build

Fixes and Updates

• The Unused Datasets feature for Reporting Services now accounts for new features in Reporting Services 2008 R2 like Lookups and new features in Reporting Services 2012.
• SSIS: emit an informational message when a variable has an expression defined and EvaluateAsExpression = False
• SSAS: roles reports points to wrong server
• SSIS - Variable Copy / Move broken in v1.5
• "Unused DataSets Report" not showing up in Context menu on VS2005 if Solution Folders used
• SSAS Tabular: Create a UI for managing actions
• SSAS Tabular: Smart Diff improvements for new schema and Tabular models
• SSIS: Copy/Move Variable Erroring due to custom Control Flow item Icon
• SSIS Performance Visualization Index out of range
• fixing bugs in AggManager when aggregation design IDs don't match names

The exe downloads are a self extracting installer, the zip downloads allow for an xcopy deploy. Make sure to note the updated xcopy deploy instructions for SQL Server 2012.