[Tabular] Only an admin for the database (not server) -- can I push changes?

Question

I recently created a PowerPivot workbook that got pushed out to my enterprise's tabular server. And while our current IT policies keep me from being able to be an SSAS Administrator, I
did get included in the Admin role for the database itself (not the server.) And that's where I'm a little lost.
The database permissions for the Admin role are set for Full control, Process database, and Read. And yes, I can read and process the database. But is it possible for me to make any changes to the model itself? The only way I could think of to make changes
was to suck the model back down into Visual Studio, edit, and redeploy. But it looks like deploying requires being an Admin of the
server to push the metadata.
I'd love to know if I'm understanding things correctly.
Thanks so much,
Henson
**EDIT** Looking at this page, it seems that all you can really do on a database level is delete it or change the properties, not the model itself: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175596.aspx

Answer 1

Hi Techhenson,
According to your description, you want to know if you can change the SQL Server Analysis Services tabular model as a database administrator, right?
I have tested it on my local environemnt, as a database administrator, we can change the tabular model properties in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). If we need to change the structure of the tabular model, we need to create a Import Project to import
the model on SQL Server Data Tolls (SSDT), and then modify the model and redeploy it to the server.
Regards,
Charlie Liao
TechNet Community Support