BIDS Helper Overview:
A Visual Studio add-in with features that extend and enhance business intelligence development functionality in SQL Server 2005, 2008, and 2008 R2 BI Development Studio (BIDS) and SQL Server 2012 SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT).
New Release
A new version of BIDS Helper (1.6.1) is available here: http://bidshelper.codeplex.com/releases/view/88092
Release Notes
In addition to fixing a number of bugs that beta testers reported, this release includes the following new features for Tabular models in SQL 2012:
New Features:
- Tabular Display Folders
- Tabular Translations Editor
- Tabular Sync Descriptions
Fixed Issues:
- Biml issues
- SSIS Value cannot be null. Parameter name: adornedElement (Microsoft Visual Studio)
- fixing bug in Tabular Actions Editor Form where you type in an invalid action name which is a reserved word like CON or which is a duplicate name to another action
- Sync Descriptions (With Tables) Working? – fixing bug in SSAS Sync Descriptions where only the selected extra property (not all checked extra properties) are added to the description
- Tabular: data source credentials wiped out by Tabular HideMemberIf feature – fixing bug for models with data sources with credentials, Tabular HideMemberIf wipes out the credentials
- Edit Variable Expression in VS 2010 with BIDS Helper 2012 1.6.0 does not refresh result from expression in Task
- Tabular drillthrough returns numbers as text