Mode |
Suitable for |
Description |
Process Default |
Cubes, databases, dimensions, measure groups, mining models, mining structures, and partitions |
Detects the processing state of a database object, makes the necessary processing, and transforms an object that is not processed or partially processed into an object that has been fully processed. If you change data binding, process defaults will perform "process all" on the affected objects. |
Process full |
Cubes, databases, dimensions, measure groups, mining models, mining structures, and partitions |
Processes the analysis Services object and all of its contained objects. When processing all is performed on an object that has already been processed, analysis Services deletes all the data in the object and then processes the object. If you make structural changes to an object (for example, adding, deleting, or renaming an attribute hierarchy), you need this kind of processing. |
Process Clear |
Cubes, databases, dimensions, measure groups, mining models, mining structures, and partitions |
Deletes data from the specified object and any low-level constituent objects. The data will not be reloaded after it is deleted. |
Process Data |
Dimensions, cubes, measure groups, and partitions. |
Only data is processed, not aggregations or indexes are generated. If there is data in the partition, the data is deleted before the partition is re-populated with the source data |
Process ADD |
Dimensions, measure groups, and partitions Note:
Process ADD is not available for dimension processing in Management Studio, and can write XMLA script performs this AC tion. |
For a dimension, add a new member and update the dimension attribute title and description. For measure groups and partitions, add new available fact data and process only the relevant partitions. |
Process Update |
Dimensions |
Forces re-reading of the data and updating the dimension attributes. Flexible aggregation and indexing of related partitions will be removed |
Process Index |
Cubes, dimensions, measure groups, and partitions |
Create or rebuild indexes and aggregations for all processed partitions. This option generates an error for unhandled objects. If you turn off lazy processing, you need to use this option for processing. |
Process Structure |
Cubes and mining structures |
If the cube is not processed, analysis Services will process all the dimensions of the cube if necessary. Then, analysis Services will only create cube definitions. If you apply this option to a mining structure, it populates the mining structure with the source data. The difference between this option and the process all option is that the option does not traverse the process down to the mining model itself |
Process Clear Structure |
Mining Structures |
Remove all training data from the mining structure |