Backing up Analysis Services

There's a very straight forward way to backup a cube onto a shared location.


First create the folder within the shared path e.g. \\SHAREDPATH\CUBEFOLDER


Open new XMLA window and  run XMLA code below on server with the cube



<Backup xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine">

<Object>

<DatabaseID>CUBENAME<DatabaseID>

</Object>

<File>\\SHAREDPATH\CUBEFOLDER\CUBENAME.abf</File>

<AllowOverwrite>true</AllowOverwrite>

</Backup>