This tutorial will describe how you can maintain different dashboardstates referenced by the current dashboard in the Analysis Editor.
The functionality described in this tutorial was introduced to the platform in version 4.1.2 so you need to upgrade to this version to be able to follow this tutorial.

A dashboardstate is basically a snapshot of the dashboard configuration in its current state/view. The dashboardstate does not control the definition or the layout of the dashboard but it tells us which parameter options that are currently selected and which column filters that are set on each visualization.

Through this guide I will explain the concepts of the Tab and DashboardState relationship.

- What is a dashboardstate?
- Why do we provide several ways to add a tab to your desktop?
- Which type of add-tab-option should you be using in different scenarios?

These are questions I will try to answer through this guide.

Installing the Adventureworks demo database on SQL server 2005 SP2 or newer

1)    Download the msi-file from Codeplex.com using the link below.
http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/4004

A new version of the platform is announced and will be ready by November 2011.

For further information about this version before release see the discussion forum for news & announcement.