Importing cube rules

You can import rules and accelerators from XML files or text files. Text files limit the information that can be imported. For example, if grouped rules, descriptions or disabled rules are exported to a text file they cannot be imported correctly. This is because the # symbol in a text export file designates both a disabled rule/accelerator and a description. Strings starting with # are imported as descriptions.

See Using a text editor to edit rules.

To import cube rules from a text file:

  1. Click Cubes in the Database group on the ribbon.
  2. Right-click the cube into which to import the rules.
  3. Select Rules > Import.
  4. Click Search to browse to the file to import.
  5. Click OK.
    Note: Ensure that the delimiter and decimal separator are not the same.