Installation Instructions for Visual Studio 2017 and 2017 SQL Server

Important Note Before starting installation:

It is recommended that Window10 should be REINSTALLED from the old Window 10 to

get updated with the fixes for the reported little glitches.

0. Download Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 and SQL Server 2017 Enterprise from

https://e5.onthehub.com/WebStore/ProductsByMajorVersionList.aspx?ws=31b9929b-

c09b-e011-969d-0030487d8897

1. Right click the vs_enterprise application, run as administrator.

2. I highly recommend you guys to change the installation locations from the system drive

(C) to any other drive. Such like

3. You can also check the space requirement from the right bottom corner

4. At any time after installation, you can install workloads or components that you didn’t

install initially. So, just click install this time.

5. It will start automatically after installation. You can sign in with your CSUID, like

*******@vikes.csuohio.edu

6.

7. Download JRE 8 from

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html

8. Install jre-8u181-windows-x64.exe, you don’t need to change any initial set.

9. Right click en_sql_server_2017_enterprise_x64_dvd_11293666, and mount it.

10. Execute the setup application

11. Follow the red pen

I highly recommend the added current user is the member of Administrator Group.

For Analysis Service Configuration, Choose Multidimensional and Data Mining Mode.

After finish the install

Now, let’s install SSDT unless you don’t need BI.

Attention, if you cannot see the last figure above and you receive an error said

“The requested metafile operation is not supported (0x800707d3)”

Which is a typical problem when someone installs SSDT for SQL server 2017.

So, try restart your computer first, then re-install SSDT.

Or, check the URL https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46421619/ssdt-installation-issue-failed-

to-execute-exe-package/47645278 (You should use CMD to run the command in that webpage)

Or, come to TA’s office on FH 305 from 9:30 -13:30 every weekday.

If everything runs well, please run the visual studio 2017 and do

You will see

If you want to modify the VS2017, you can do like this

Install any package you want.

How to Check if Analysis Service (DW OLAP Server) and SSDT Integration Service (Data

Mining Tool) are running on my computer

OR

If any problems, come to TA’s office on FH 305.

After everything is set up correctly and import a sample DW Adventure Work from the MS

github site (https://github.com/Microsoft/sql-server-samples/releases/tag/adventureworks ) later

(see Lab4 section for this), you can connect to Analysis Service to submit any MDX query from

your SQL Server Management Studio as below (the example shows in MS 2014 Server) or from

your Visual Studio as well. The Examples of Client UI for DW OLAP Server (Analysis Service

for BI) or Data Mining Mode for SSDT (Integration Service) are shown as follow: