About the Analytics Client Data Source Files

The Analytics Client Data Source Generator generates the Analytics Client Data Source files. These files contain:

• Data store connection information.

• Relationship definitions between the measure and dimension tables.

• Correct identification of dimension and measure fields. For example, a Numeric Dimension field is correctly identified as a dimension and not a measure in the Analytics Client.

• Internal table columns (primary and foreign keys, dimension table and measure table columns) that are marked as hidden columns.

The generator creates a .tds file for each of the measures in the model.

The generated files are named after the measures in the client model. For example, if a model has 3 measures—measure001, measure002 and measure003—the generated files will be called measure001.tds, measure002.tds and measure003.tds respectively.