SSIS job to check if SSAS cubes are working

Question

Hi all,
I am having some management problems and need to prove that the cubes are available for browsing.
I have had a look at SSIS to see if there is a task but I suspect I need to script something out.
Can anyone give me any pointers ?
Many thanks.

Answer 1

I found it easiest to set up a linked server between sql server and analysis services then wrote some sql to pull out a status update query for all the cubes in the database 
SELECT 
CAST(CUBE_Name AS VARCHAR(150)) AS Cube_Name
The below code is used to convert UTC time code to local time
,CAST(DATEADD (hour, DATEDIFF(hour, GETUTCDATE(), GETDATE()), LAST_DATA_UPDATE) AS DATE)
AS Day_Last_Updated
,CAST(CAST(CONVERT(VARCHAR,CAST(DATEADD (hour, DATEDIFF(hour, GETUTCDATE(), GETDATE()), LAST_DATA_UPDATE) AS TIME) , 109) AS TIME(0)) AS CHAR(8))
+ ' ' + 
RIGHT(CONVERT(VARCHAR,CAST(DATEADD (hour, DATEDIFF(hour, GETUTCDATE(), GETDATE()), LAST_DATA_UPDATE) AS TIME) , 109),2)
AS Time_Last_Updated
FROM 
OPENQUERY(SSAS_FINSQL, 'SELECT * FROM $SYSTEM.MDSCHEMA_CUBES') cbs
WHERE 
CUBE_SOURCE = 1
ORDER BY 1