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Generate Script for Analysis Services Database


I'm trying to write a program to generate creation script for my databases on a Analysis Service server. I implemented below code and have stuck there

Server srv = new Server();
srv.Connect(@"DataSource=myservername");
Database db = srv.Databases["MyDatabaseName"];
ScriptInfo scrptInfo = new ScriptInfo(db, 
                       ScriptAction.CreateWithAllowOverwrite, 
                       ScriptOptions.Default, 
                       true);
Scripter scrpt = new Scripter();
XmlWriter xw = XmlWriter.Create(@"C:\temp\scrpt.xml");
scrpt.Script(scrptInfo, xw); // I get syntax error here

But, I need to pass an array of ScriptInfo in the last line and I don't know what to do.

I appreciate your help.


Solution

  • I finally found some codes that helped me to solve my problem.

    Below code, generated the same script as I could generate using SSMS.

    Server olapServer = new Server();
    olapServer.Connect(@"DataSource=myservername");
    Database olapDb = olapServer.Databases.GetByName("MyDatabaseName");
    
    XmlTextWriter xmlWriter = new XmlTextWriter(@"C:\temp\scrpt.xmla", Encoding.UTF8);
    xmlWriter.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
    xmlWriter.Indentation = 2;
    try
    {
        Scripter.WriteCreate(xmlWriter, olapServer, olapDb, true, true);
    }
    finally
    {
        xmlWriter.Close();
    }
    olapServer.Disconnect();